Film and Media Studies Minor
The English department offers a minor in Film and Media Studies for students interested in the history and criticism of film and media. Courses are designed to give students knowledge and critical skills in film and media analysis, key concepts in film and media theory, emerging trends in new media scholarship, and an understanding of cultural and historical factors in film and media production and reception.The minor requires five courses. English majors can only apply two of their major courses to this minor.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENG 2450/COM 2010 | Introduction to Film | 4 |
| Select four courses from the following, two of which must be at the 4000-level or above. | 12-16 | |
| Digital Literacies: Writing about Texts | ||
| Introduction to Visual Culture: Writing about Texts | ||
| Comics and Graphic Novels: Writing about Texts | ||
| Television Culture: Writing about Texts | ||
| Introduction to Cultural Studies | ||
| Topics in Film and Media | ||
| Topics in Visual Culture | ||
| Allowed from other disciplines: | ||
| The African-American Film Experience | ||
| African Americans in Television | ||
| Contemporary Chinese Pop Culture | ||
| Screenwriting | ||
| French through Film I | ||
| French through Film II | ||
| Italian through Film | ||
| Italian Cinema | ||
| Trends and Themes in Films of the Middle East | ||
| Russian and East European Film | ||
| Polish and Yugoslavian Cinema | ||