Modified Major in Film and Media Studies

Students may modify a Film & Media Studies major with another related discipline with the permission of the Chair of Film & Media Studies and the chair of the secondary department. F&MS can be either the major (primary) or the minor (secondary) part of a modified major.

Film & Media Studies Modified Major Worksheet

Requirements

Two Prerequisites

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

2. FILM 20: Film History 1 (Silent to Sound)

Six Required Courses

1. One film or media history course:

  • FILM 21: Film History II (1930-1960)
  • FILM 22: Film History III (1960-1990)
  • FILM 23: Film History IV (1990-present)
  • FILM 45: U.S. Television History
  • FILM 42: National Cinema

Students may also petition to the Chair to count specific offerings of the following topics classes for credit in this requirement:

  • FILM 41.01-41.21
  • FILM 46 .01-46.11
  • FILM 47.01-47.34

2. FILM 40: Theories and Methodologies of Film and Media Studies

3. One studies course:

  • 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 form 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

5. Two courses at an advanced level, one of which must be the Culminating Experience:

  • FILM 32: Filmmaking II
  • FILM 34: Writing for the Screen II
  • FILM 38: Advanced Animation
  • FILM 39 & 39.01: Advanced Videomaking
  • Any courses between FILM 41-FILM 48
  • FILM 49 & 49.02: Practicum in Digital Culture and New Technologies
  • FILM 50.01-50.04: Topics in Media Theory
  • FILM 80: Independent Study
  • FILM 93: Major Project
  • FILM 95: Honors Project I