Cinema Studies Minor, UG
for the Minor in Cinema Studies - Undergraduate
The Cinema Studies minor provides undergraduate students with core coursework in the film studies discipline while also allowing them freedom to explore various approaches to the subject, presented by Media & Cinema Studies department faculty as well as film scholars throughout campus.
Students pursuing the Cinema Studies minor will take coursework that is foundational to the discipline with themes including contemporary movies, surveys of world cinema, and film theory and criticism. Students will take at least one course related to either non-U.S. cinema or about identity, culture, and politics within the United States as it interfaces with film.
Programs in Cinema Studies
Undergraduate Programs:
- major: Media & Cinema Studies, BS
- minors: Cinema Studies | Critical Film Production | Media
Graduate Programs:
- phd: Communications & Media
- minor: Cinema Studies
for the Minor in Cinema Studies - Undergraduate
Students are expected to complete 18 hours of approved Cinema Studies minor coursework, of which 6 hours must be at the 300- or 400-level. At least 3 hours of 300- or 400-level coursework must be offered by or cross-listed with the Department of Media & Cinema Studies (MACS), other than those used to fulfill the requirements below.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | 12 | |
| MACS 203 | Contemporary Movies | 3 |
| MACS 261 | Survey of World Cinema I | 3 |
| MACS 262 | Survey of World Cinema II | 3 |
| MACS 361 | Film Theory | 3 |
| Select one course from EITHER Non-US Cinema OR Identity Culture and Politics | 3 | |
Non-US Cinema (Contact department for complete list) | ||
| Indian Cinema in Context | ||
| Media and Cinema in French | ||
| French & Comparative Cinema II | ||
| Russian & East European Film | ||
| Japanese Cinema | ||
| Topics in Italian Cinema | ||
| Green Screen: Film and Nature | ||
| German Cinema I | ||
| Introduction to Italian Cinema | ||
Identity Culture and Politics (Contact department for complete list) | ||
| Introduction to Documentary | ||
| Intro to African-American Film | ||
| Latina/os on the Bronze Screen | ||
| Am Indian and Indigenous Film | ||
| Film, TV, and Gender | ||
| Sex & Gender in Popular Media | ||
| Asian American Media and Film | ||
| Latina/o Media in the US | ||
| 21st Century Documentaries | ||
| Black Women and Film | ||
| Commodifying Difference | ||
| Politics of Popular Culture | ||
| Watching the Environment | ||
| Select one additional course (300-level or above) on film offered by or cross-listed with MACS, other than those used to fulfill the requirements above | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 18 | |
for the Minor in Cinema Studies - Undergraduate
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