Minor in Cinema Studies
No major is available.
Requirements for the Minor:
At least 6 credits
- Communication 212: Visual Rhetoric (required), formerly COMM 112: Introduction to Visual Communication
- Cinema Studies 175: Introduction to Film Studies (required), formerly COMM 275 Introduction to Film Studies
- 4 elective courses chosen from:
- Art 155: Stop Motion Animation
- Art 243: Video, Sound, and Electronic Art
- Art 343: Advanced Video, Sound, and Electronic Art
- Chinese 232: Chinese Cinema (formerly CHIN 333)
- Cinema Studies 200: Film Editing
- Cinema Studies 201: Narrative Flimmaking
- Cinema Studies 202: Documentary Filmmaking
- Cinema Studies 210: Wonder Women: Gender, Geek Culture, and the Hollywood Blockbuster
- Cinema Studies 280: Subversive Cinema: Pictures at a Revolution
- Cinema Studies 371: Music Video Production
- Cinema Studies 381: The Movies of Wilder and Hitchcock
- Cinema Studies 382: Reel Journalism: Hollywood and the Newsroom
- Communication 376: Queer Cinema
- Communication 390: Communication Internship – production-based (for 1 credit)
- Education 344: Africa in Films: Language, Education, Development
- Education 346: Africa in Films: Gender, Education, and Development
- French 230: French Literature and Cinema
- French 338: Cinéma Français
- History 360: History and the Moving Image
- Music 266: Music in Film
- Philosophy 258: Fight the Power
- Philosophy 301: Romantic Comedies and Philosophy of Love
- Philosophy 302: Philosophical Issues in Documentary Film
- Philosophy 304: Philosophy of Film
- Religion 185: Film and Religion
- Religion 245: Film and Religion: Asia and America
- Sociology & Anthropology 286: Social Structure and Culture Through Film
- Spanish 333: Cine e Historia en América Latina
- Spanish 334: Cine Español
- Spanish 336: Latin American Film
- Spanish 338: Cine Latinoamericano
- Spanish 380: Fiction, Film, and Society in Latin America
- Theater 240: Shakespeare on Film
- Theater 320: Acting for the Camera
A maximum of three courses from any one department may count for the minor.
The minor also strongly recommends but does not require a production component.
Students majoring in Communication with a minor in Cinema Studies may double-count a maximum of two courses.