Cinema Studies Minor

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The Cinema Studies minor provides students with an in-depth exposure to film. It engages students in analysis of the aesthetics and themes embedded in movies. World and historic films as well as contemporary media, including original series, will be studied. Besides the obvious compatibility with many majors including English and Education, a minor in Cinema Studies will balance the more vocationally oriented offerings in many of today’s majors. It will provide a classic, humanistic educational component in which students evolve their own perspective on the world through engagement with great cinematic art.

Requirements

Students must earn 18 credits from the Department of Communications in Cinema Studies. At least three credits must be from a 300 level course. Students must maintain at least a 3.0 average in these classes. Only 9 credits can count toward this minor in Cinema Studies and also count toward a degree in Communications or a Concentration in Digital Production.

100 Level Classes

COM (0108) 104 - Art of Film and Video Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 131 - History of Cinema I Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 132 - History of Cinema II Credits: 3

200 Level Classes

COM (0108) 215 - Film: Then and Now Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 251 - The New Cinema: Original Series Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 261 - Major Directors Credits: 3.00 (this is a repeatable course; it can be taken twice and both times can count toward the major; different directors are covered in the course every semester)

300 Level Classes (prerequisite: at least one 200 level course)

COM (0108) 331 - Major Genres Credits: 3.00
COM (0108) 332 - World Cinema Credits: 3.00

400 Level Courses (prerequisite: two 300 level courses)

COM (0108) 415 - Film Theory and Criticism Credits: 3.00
Guided Research Tutorials entailing an in-depth investigation of a particular director’s full body of work