Cinema Studies Graduate Minor
for the Graduate Minor in Cinema Studies
The Graduate Minor in Cinema Studies promotes the graduate-level study of cinema and related screen media and their cultural and institutional contexts and offers formal recognition of such work, undertaken alongside and in conjunction with Illinois graduate students' primary fields of study.
Admission
Applicants to the Graduate Minor program must be in residence and in good standing in a qualifying master's or doctoral program at Illinois and must designate Cinema Studies as a field/area of concentration for the master's or the doctoral degree and have that designation formally accepted by the student's home department.
Applications to the department head are accepted on a rolling basis. The Department Head will monitor students' advancement toward completion of the minor.
Graduate Programs in Cinema Studies
for the Graduate Minor in Cinema Studies
For additional details and requirements refer to the Graduate College Handbook.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MACS 503 | Historiography of Cinema | 4 |
| MACS 504 | Theories of Cinema | 4 |
| Two graduate courses in cinema or related media, chosen with the prior approval of the Minor Advisor. (One of the two electives may be satisfied by an independent study course or by an approved graduate-level course taken at another institution.) | 6-8 | |
| Total Hours | 14-16 | |
Other Requirements
| Requirement | Description |
|---|---|
| The student's master's examination (if applicable) or preliminary /qualifying examination must include a Cinema Studies topic. | |
| If the student's master's thesis or doctoral dissertation deals in whole or in part with a Cinema Studies or related screen media topic, a member of the Department of Media and Cinema Studies must be a formal member of the student's committee. |
for the Graduate Minor in Cinema Studies
Department of Media and Cinema Studies
Head of Department: C.L. Cole
Media and Cinema Studies website
Media and Cinema Studies faculty
119 Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-1549