Minor in Film and Media Studies

The minor in Film and Media Studies consists of seven courses:

One Prerequisite:

1. FILM 1 (Introduction to Film: From Script to Screen) or FILM 2 (Introduction to Television) or FILM 3 (Introduction to Digital Arts and Culture)

And Six Required Courses:

1. One film history course from among the following:

         FILM 20 Film History (Silent to Sound)

         FILM 21 Film History (1930-1960)

         FILM 22 Film History (1960-1990)

         FILM 23 Film History (1990-present)

2., 3., and 4. Three studies courses from among the following, at least one of which must be a television studies course (  FILM 45 or FILM 46's):

         FILM 41's Genre

         FILM 42's National Cinema

         FILM 43's Film Creator

         FILM 44 Theory Meets Practice

         FILM 45 U.S. Television History

         FILM 46's Topics in Television

         FILM 47's Topics in Film

         FILM 48 Topics in Digital Culture and New Technologies

5. One Production Course

         FILM 30 Documentary Videomaking

         FILM 31 Filmmaking I

         FILM 33 Screenwriting I

         FILM 35 Animation: Principles and Practice

         FILM 36's Videomaking

         FILM 37 Directing for the Camera

         FILM 51 Game Design Studio

         Or

         One Theory Course:

         FILM 40 Theories and Methodologies of Film and Media Studies

         FILM 50 Topics in Media Theory

6. One other production, screenwriting, or studies course  (any additional course from FS 20 and above) in line with area of major interest.