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Film Studies Minor


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The Film Studies minor is an interdisciplinary program that analyzes film theory, history, practice, and cultural significance. Students will study a broad range of film texts and learn to appreciate a variety of aesthetic and filmmaking techniques. A minor in Film Studies will enable students to analyze, contextualize, and produce films within the broad context of humanistic studies. The Film Studies minor will provide students with a solid background in critical thinking, writing, and filmmaking skills. The film studies minor consists of a minimum of 18 credits distributed among a core (9 credits) and a choice of electives (9 credits) and can be integrated with any major or minor.

 

Program Prerequisite:  None required.  However, some of the individual course options have a prerequisite or corequisite, as shown below.

Grade Requirements: A grade of 2.0 or better in all courses used toward the minor.

Credit Hour Requirements: 18 credit hours, apportioned as directed below.

Program Code: 3085

Upper-division Electives


Select at least three courses from the following (must equal 9 credits total); no more than two courses from the same prefix/department (e.g., COMM, ENGL, FILM).

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