Minor in Film Studies
The Minor in Film Studies is ideal for students interested in learning about both film studies and digital media production. Students have the flexibility to take courses that focus on film aesthetics, history, and critical analysis of representation, and those that involve hands-on creation of moving image digital media. Each student can tailor the balance between film studies courses and digital production courses to their own interests. Requires 21 to 25 units.
Requirements for a minor in Film Studies (21-25 units)
| Lower-division requirements (3-4) | 3-4 | |
| Three or four units chosen from: | ||
| Beginning Photography | ||
| Looking at Movies | ||
| Television Studio Production | ||
| World Drama | ||
| Upper-division requirements (18-21) | ||
| Six units chosen from: | 6 | |
| The Development of Motion Pictures | ||
| Visual Communication | ||
| Studies in a Literary Genre ((when the topic is Film and Literature)) | ||
| Three units chosen from: | 3 | |
| Movies in the Digital Age | ||
| Film Analysis | ||
| Topics in Film Studies | ||
(when the topic is Contemporary Cinema and Society) | ||
| Nine to twelve units chosen from the following two categories: | 9-12 | |
Film and Digital Media Theory and Criticism: | ||
| Media, Culture, and Society | ||
| Media Institutions in Context | ||
| Global Cinema | ||
| Queer Cinema | ||
| Analysis of Poetry and Drama | ||
| From Cannes to Cameroon: Francophone Cinema and Culture | ||
| Special Topics in Spanish Language Cinema and/or Theatre | ||
| Dramatic Analysis and Playwriting for Teachers | ||
Digital Media Production: | ||
| Video Art | ||
| Introduction to Digital Video Editing | ||
| Digital Video Field Production | ||
| Fundamentals of Screenwriting | ||
| Multimedia Journalism | ||
| Digital Motion Graphics | ||
| Acting for the Camera | ||
| Total Units | 21-25 | |