Film Studies Minor

Minor Credit Hours: 18

To earn the Minor in Film Studies, students must complete 18 hours of approved courses. Of those 18 hours, the student must satisfactorily complete two required courses, 06-270 Introduction to Film Studies and 06-430 Film Theory and Criticism, a capstone seminar. The remaining 12 hours may be selected from among the list of approved electives below.

Each student’s program of study in Film Studies is developed with the advice and consent of the advisor. In addition to the regularly offered courses listed here, other courses (such as Special Topics courses in various disciplines) and workshops meeting the requirements of the minor are listed together each semester in the University Course Schedule, published by the Office of the Registrar.

Degree Requirements

I. Required Courses (6)

06-270Introduction to Film Studies

3

06-430Film Theory and Criticism

3

II. Electives (12)

06-227Stories into Film

3

06-361Topics in Film and Literature

3

06-363Postmodern American Fiction and Film

3

06-370Topics in Film Study

3

06-371Classic Hollywood Cinema

3

06-372The History of Film

3

06-374The Horror Film

3

06-375Women in Film

3

06-376World/Ethnic Film

3

10-230Digital Filmmaking

3

III. One Elective may be selected from the following:

22-271Acting I

3

22-371Acting II

3

10-370Opinion Writing

3

10-426Special Topics in Media

3