Degree Requirements

If a minor is required in your degree program, at least 9 (lower and/or upper-division) hours of courses in the minor must be completed at the University.

Minor in Film Studies

Film Studies is a multi-disciplinary minor for students who wish to learn about film, television, and digital visual media in a sustained, intensive fashion. Film Studies courses invite students to approach the subject from many important angles, including genre (the Western, film noir, New Wave), director (Alfred Hitchcock, Jane Campion, Wong Kar-Wai), and nationality (in addition to established courses in Japanese and Chinese cinemas, cinema from Europe, Africa, and the Americas). Students will discover the historical and cultural contexts, and the theoretical and artistic underpinnings, that have informed various filmic traditions, and they will use this knowledge to think, talk, and write critically about their experiences as viewers.

Requirements: FS minors are required to take 18 hours in Film Studies (FS) and affiliated classes: FS-Introduction to Film Studies (3 cr.); and any 15 additional credits from the other courses listed below. (Note: Future options will include FS 300-International Cinema, FS 301-Major Directors, and FS 302-Major Genres.)