Introductory course (3 credits)

• COMM 103 - Introduction to Film

• or ENGL 261 - Film Study: Introduction to the Art  

  or ENGL 270 - Reading Film Language  

Film history course (3 credits)

• COMM 256 - Film History

Electives (12 credits)

Complete twelve credits, selected from the courses listed below.

• ANTH 420 - Culture, Media and the Visual Imagination
• ARTS 204 - Video Art *
• ARTS 206 - Animation *
• COMM 106 - Film/Video Production I *
• COMM 203 - Screenwriting *
• COMM 261 - Global Cinema
• COMM 350 - Documentary Film
• COMM 401 - Film Theory and Criticism
• COMM 430 - Topics in Film +
• ENGL 262 - Film Study: Literature and Film
• ENGL 388 - Topics in Film +
• LANG 350 - International Women’s Cinema
• LANG 360 - Japanese Cinema and Theater
• LASP 350 - Gender, Sexuality and Politics in Hispanic Cinema
• PHIL 236 - Film and Philosophy

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  *Notes:

  • To underscore the interdisciplinary nature of this minor, students must choose 3-credit courses in at least two departments.
  • Students must take at least three credits at the 300-level or above.
  • Only ONE of these film/video production courses marked with an asterick (*) above (ARTS 204, ARTS 206, COMM 106 or COMM 203) may be applied to the minor.
  • With permission from the Film Studies Coordinator, departmental topics and themes courses, including Second Year Seminars of Freshman Honors Colloquia, may count toward the minor. Each semester during advising, the Coordinator will circulate a list of courses in the following semester that will count toward the minor.
  • Special topics courses marked with a dagger (+) are repeatable for credit.
  • Students may take a Directed Study (1-3 credits) in any department with permission from the Film Studies Coordinator.

Total minimum credits: 18