Minor in Film and Media Studies

Requirements

One Prerequisite

1. One introductory course:

  • FILM 1: Introduction to Film: From Script to Screen
  • FILM 2: Introduction to Television
  • FILM 3: Introduction to Digital Arts and Culture

Six Required Courses

1. One film history course:

  • FILM 20 Film History I (Silent to Sound)
  • FILM 21 Film History II (1930-1960)
  • FILM 22 Film History III (1960-1990)
  • FILM 23 Film History IV (1990-present)

2. One television studies course:

  • FILM 45: U.S. Television History
  • FILM 46.01-46.11

3. Two additional studies courses from among the following:

  • Genre: FILM 41.01-41.22
  • National Cinema: FILM 42.02-42.23
  • Film Creator: FILM 43.01-43.05
  • Theory Meets Practice: FILM 44-44.13
  • U.S. Television History: FILM 45
  • Topics in Television: FILM 46.01-46.11
  • Topics in Film: FILM 47.01-47.34
  • Topics in Digital Culture and New Technologies: FILM 48-48.07
  • Topics in  Media Theory: FILM 50.01-50.04

4. One production course among the following:

  • FILM 30: Documentary Videomaking
  • FILM 31: Filmmaking I: Basic Elements of Film
  • FILM 33: Writing for the Screen I
  • FILM 35: Animation: Principles and Practice
  • FILM 36.01 & 36.03: Videomaking
  • FILM 37: Directing for the Camera
  • FILM 51: Game Design Studio

         Or one theory course among the following:

  • FILM 40: Theories and Methodologies of Film and Media Studies 
  • FILM 50.01-50.04: Topics in  Media Theory

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