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Film Studies Requirements

 

Concentration in Film Studies | Minor in Film Studies | Previous Requirements

 

Please note that the first set of requirements below will apply to all new majors.  Students who started under the old system may choose which set of requirements to follow. Click to download pdf for a printable copy of the guidelines for new majors. Non-concentration course requirements can be found within the undergraduate advising guide. 

 

Concentration in Film Studies

 

English majors must take at least 15 hours of 300/400 level courses in the major. A minimum grade of C is required in each course in this concentration.

 

Gateway Course (3 cr.)

• Film C292 Introduction to Film Studies (formerly ENG C190 Introduction to Film Studies, which will also count for this requirement)

Film Theory Course (3 cr.) 

• Film C391 The Film: Theory and Aesthetics

Culture and Film History Courses (6 cr.)

• Film C390 The Film and Society: Topics (Variable subjects)

• Film C393 History of European and American Films I

• Film C394 History of European and American Films II

• American Film Decades (so far; others are taught under C390):

  • FILM C361 Hollywood Studio Era 1930-1949

  • FILM C362 Hollywood in the 1950s

• FILM C380 French Cinema

Genres and Authorship Courses (6 cr.)

• FILM C392 Genre Study in Film (Variable Subjects)

• Permanent Genre Courses (so far; others taught under C392):

  • FILM C350 Film Noir

  • FILM C351 Musicals

  • FILM C352 Biopics

• FILM C491 Authorship and Cinema (Variable Subjects)

Film, Writing, and Literature Course (3 cr.)

Choose one:

• Eng W260 Film Criticism

• Eng W302 Screenwriting

• Film C493 Film Adaptations of Literature

English Experience (9 cr.)

Choose one from each category (must be 200 level or above):

• Linguistics _________________________ (including ENG W310 Language and Study of Writing)

• Literature ___________________________

• Writing or Creative Writing _____________________________ (excluding ENG W260 Film Criticism, ENG W302 Screenwriting, ENG W396 Writing Fellows Training Seminar, and ENG E398 Internship in Writing)

Capstone Seminar (3 cr.)

• E450

 

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Minor in Film Studies

 

The minor in Film Studies provides the skills for understanding film in its aesthetic, popular, and ideological dimensions.  Students with a minor in fim studies will have a knowledge of film history, theory of film, genres and authorship, interpretive approaches to films, and film as a cultural artifact.  

 

The minor in Film Studies requires 15 credit hours.  

 

Required (3 cr)

• Film C292 Introduction to Film 

Electives (12 cr)

Select from the following courses:

• Film

  • C350 Film Noir

  • C351 Musicals

  • C352 Biopics

  • C361 Hollywood Studio Era 1930-1949

  • C362 Hollywood in the 1950s

  • C380 French Cinema

  • C390 Topics in Cinema: Variable Titles

  • C391 Film Theory and Aesthetics

  • C392 Film Genres: Variable Titles

  • C393 World Film History I 1895-1945

  • C394 World Film History II 1946-present

  • C491 Authorship in Cinema (Directors, etc.) Variable Titles

  • C493 Film Adaptations of Literature

• English W260

• Communication Studies M373

• German G370

 

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Gateway Course (3 cr.)

• C292 Introduction to Film Studies

 

 

Distribution Courses (9 cr.) 

One 3-credit course each, at the 200 level or above, in linguistics (including W310 Language and Study of Writing), literature, and writing or creative writing (excluding W260 Film Criticism, W302 Screenwriting, W396 Writing Fellows Training Seminar, and E398 Internship in English).

 

 

Film Theory Course (3 cr.) 

• C391 The Film: Theory and Aesthetics

 

 

Culture and Film History Courses (6 cr.)

• C390 The Film and Society (may be repeated once with different topic)
• C393 History of European and American Films I
• C394 History of European and American Films II

 

 

Genres and Authorship Courses (6 cr.)

• C392 Genre Study in Film
• C491 Authorship and Cinema
• Communication Studies M373 Film and Video Documentary

 

 

Film, Writing, and Literature Course (3 cr.)

Choose one:

• W260 Film Criticism
• W302 Screenwriting
• C493 Film Adaptations of Literature

 

 

Capstone Seminar (3 cr.)

• E450

 

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