Film Studies and Media Production
Co-Major
The new co-major includes core courses in both theory and practice in the areas of Film Studies and Media Production along with electives and a capstone.
Overview of the Film Studies degree
(56 credits)
REQUIRED CORE – FILM STUDIES (24 credits)
- FILM 200: Introduction to Film Studies (4 credits)
- FILM 300: World Cinema (4 credits)
- FILM 305: Screenwriting (4 credits)
- FILM 310: Filmmaking (4 credits; pre-requisite: DIMA 240)
- FILM 335: Film Theory and Criticism (4 credits)
- FILM 350: Contemporary Issues in Film (4 credits)
PLUS ELECTIVES IN FILM STUDIES (4 credits)
- CLAS 225: The Classical Hero, Epic, and Film (4 credits)
- COMM 332: Documentary in American Culture (4 credits)
- ENGL 395: Issues in Literature, Language, and Culture (4 credits)
- FILM 225: Women and Gender in Film (4 credits)
- FILM 230: Race and Representation in Contemporary U.S. Film (4 credits)
- FILM 250: Introduction to Italian Cinema (4 credits)
- FILM 295: Topics (2 credits)
- FILM 296: Topics (2 credits)
- FILM 297: Topics (4 credits)
- FILM 298: Topics (4 credits)
FILM 320: Memory and Trauma in Film (4 credits) - FREN 490: French Cinema (4 credits)
LNGS 370: Holocaust in Literature, Film, and Visual Culture (4 credits) - MUSC 140: Music Media (2 credits)
- MUSC 170: Music of Film (4 credits)
- MUSC 205: Advanced Studio Recording (2 credits)
- SPAN 415: Hispanic Cinema Studies (4 credits)
- THTR 214: Beginning Acting (4 credits)
- THTR 218: Acting for the Camera (4 credits)
REQUIRED CORE - MEDIA PRODUCTION (24 credits)
- DIMA 111: Introduction to Mass Media (4 credits)
- DIMA 232: Visual Media in Theory and Practice (4 credits)
- DIMA 240: Digital Imagery and Sound (4 credits)
- DIMA 262: Audio Production (4 credits)
- DIMA 360: Videography (4 credits)
- DIMA 460: Advanced Videography (4 credits)
PLUS CAPSTONE (4 credits)
- DIMA 480: Capstone: Digital Media for the Common Good (4 credits)
—crosslisted with—
- FILM 480: Capstone: Filmmaking for the Common Good (4 credits)