Film Studies Minor
The minor in Film Studies provides students with a solid foundation in film analysis across diverse genres and national traditions, with an introduction to film production through digital photography and video-making. What underlies the program’s approach to analysis is the practical proposition that film is primarily a visual language and that to achieve fluency students must first fully understand its grammar and vocabulary through close reading of both still and moving images. A shared philosophy joins together all Film Studies minor coursework: the conviction that transmedia literacy and practice currently represent an indispensable means for striving towards global citizenry and professional success in an increasingly image-based world.
For minors with 18 credits no more than 6 credits may overlap with the student's declared major.
Minor Requirements (18 Credits)
Foundation (3 credits)
| CLCS 206T | Reading Film on Location: Visual Storytelling, Creative Industry | 3 |
Critical Skills (3 credits)
One of the following:
| AHT 270 | Theories and Methods of Art Histories, Ecologies, Industries | 3 |
| CLCS 110 | Reading Cultures: Approaches to Cultural Studies | 3 |
Film Studies (9 credits)
Three of the following:
| AHT 371 | Topics in Art Histories, Ecologies, Industries | 3 |
| CLCS 230 | Science / Fiction: Envisioning the Possible | 3 |
| CLCS 242 | Representations of Poverty in Literature, Film and the Media | 3 |
| CLCS 250 | Ecocritical Approaches to Film | 3 |
| FRE 376 | French Cinema: The New Wave | 3 |
| GER 376 | Screening Swissness: An Introduction to Swiss-German Film | 3 |
| IS 274 | Italian and Italian-American Cinema | 3 |
| IS 280T | Italian Cinema on Location: Projections of the Eternal City in Italian Film and Cultural Studies | 3 |
| ITA 373 | Italian Film and Society | 3 |
| ITA 374 | Italian Cinema | 3 |
Electives (3 credits)
One of the following (all courses in English):
| AHT 213 | Art and Ideas: Exploring Vision | 3 |
| AHT 216 | Introduction to the History of Photography | 3 |
| AHT 285T | Technology in Art, Visual Communication, and Fashion | 3 |
| CLCS 335 | Hauntings | 3 |
| MUS 213 | Classical Music in Film | 3 |
| POL 230 | Politics and Films | 3 |
| STA 107 | Introduction to Digital Photography | 3 |
| VCA 120T | Documentary and Street Photography on Location: Munich | 3 |
Film Studies Professional Portfolio (non-credit)
| CLCS 490 | Film Studies Professional Portfolio | 0 |