Cinema Studies Minor

Mission

The program is devoted to the study of media and of formats related to the moving image, including recent developments in digital technology. Students will not only acquire the vocabulary necessary to a full appreciation of cinematic techniques but also develop an appreciation for the aesthetic and methodological values of the discipline. In addition, by implicitly acknowledging the intersections of art, technology, and commerce in cinematic texts, course in the program help to prepare students for careers in the new age of global media institutions and projects.

Curriculum

Students in the Cinema Studies program take at least six courses, which must include one 200 – level introductory course from list below, at least three 300 – level courses from the list below, and two electives from either level.

• COM 220 - Understanding Film
• COM 321 - Film Genres
• COM 323 - Honors-Film Censorship and American Culture
• ENG 271 - Film and Story
• ENG 272 - Film History
• ENG 273 - Hitchcock
• ENG 322 - World Cinema
• ENG 323 - Film Industry
• ENG 324 - Television Drama
• ENG 325 - Film and Ideology
• ENG 326 - American Cinema
• ENG 327 - European Cinema
• ENG 328 - Film and Gender
• ENG 329 - Race in American Film
• ENG 422 - Seminar (offered periodically by English instructors in cinema studies as part of the regular departmental rotation of seminar assignments)