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)

06-270	Introduction to Film Studies	3
06-430	Film Theory and Criticism	3

II. Choose four Electives: (12)

06-227	Stories into Film	3
06-361	Topics in Film and Literature	3
06-363	Postmodern American Fiction and Film	3
06-370	Topics in Film Study	3
06-371	Classic Hollywood Cinema	3
06-372	The History of Film	3
06-374	The Horror Film	3
06-375	Women in Film	3
06-376	World/Ethnic Film	3
10-230	Digital Filmmaking	3

III. One Elective may be selected from the following:

22-271	Acting I	3
22-371	Acting II	3
10-370	Opinion Writing	3
10-426	Special Topics in Media	3