Minor Requirements

The requirements for a minor in Film Studies are as follows:

I. Complete 21 semester hours in the following distribution:
A. FILM 1301, Introduction to Film Studies, and FILM 2301, International Cinema.
B. Six hours taken from at least two departments from the Study Coursework list.
C. Three hours from the Practice Coursework list.
D. Six hours of electives chosen from either the Study or Practice Coursework list.

II. Guidelines for selection of coursework:
A. At least nine hours of coursework in the Film Studies Minor must be upper division.
B. No more than nine hours of the coursework can be taken from one department to fulfill the requirements of the minor.

Required Courses:
FILM 1301                 Introduction to Film Studies
FILM 2301                 International Cinema

Study Coursework:
CHIN 3313                 Cities of Strangers: Trans-Cultural Chinese Cinema
COMM 3325              Special Topics: Women Journalists in Film and Novel
COMM 3325              Special Topics: Film Noir*
DRAM 2332               Play Structure and Analysis
HIST 3372                  Black Images in Film
ML&L 3303                Chinese Cinema
ML&L 3311                French Cinema
ML&L 3321                German Cinema
PHIL 3357                  Philosophy of Film
PLSI 1332                   Film, Literature, and Politics of the Third World
RELI 3318                  Religion, Literature, and Film
SPAN 3321                 Spanish Cinema
SPAN 3322                 Spanish American Cinema

 Practice Coursework:
ART 2350                   Beginning Photography
ART 3350                   Intermediate Photography
ART 4-50                    Photography: Advanced
ART 2352                   Digital Photography: Beginning
ART 3352                   Digital Photography: Intermediate
ART 4-52                    Digital Photography: Advanced
ART 2380                   Digital Art
ART 3380                   Advanced Digital Art
COMM 3342              Visual Communication: Narrative Production
COMM 3342              Visual Communication: Theory and Practice of Montage
DRAM 1320               Introduction to Production Techniques
DRAM 1352               Acting I
DRAM 2310               Principles of Design
DRAM 2314               Principles of Stage Lighting
DRAM 2352               Acting II: Scene Study
DRAM 3340               Directing
ENGL 3302                Fiction Writing

* This class has not yet been approved for the minor by the University Curriculum Council.  See Dr. Patrick Keating for more details. 

For a list of course descriptions, see Course Descriptions. 

For a list of courses offered the current semester, see Current Offerings.