Film Studies Minor

The minor in Film Studies provides students with a solid foundation in film analysis across diverse genres and national traditions, with an introduction to film production through digital photography and video-making. What underlies the program’s approach to analysis is the practical proposition that film is primarily a visual language and that to achieve fluency students must first fully understand its grammar and vocabulary through close reading of both still and moving images. A shared philosophy joins together all Film Studies minor coursework: the conviction that transmedia literacy and practice currently represent an indispensable means for striving towards global citizenry and professional success in an increasingly image-based world.

Collaboration with Emerson College: Film Studies minors are eligible to participate in the Film as Fine Art in Europe course offered at Emerson College’s Kasteel Well program in the Netherlands each summer. Successful completion of this course may count as one of the three required Film Studies courses in the minor

Minor Requirements (18 Credits)

Foundation (3 Credits)

CLCS 150TReading Film (Spain)

3

Critical Skills (3 Credits)

One of the following:

AHT 270Theories and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture

3

CLCS 110Reading Cultures: Approaches to Cultural Studies

3

No more than one of the following courses may overlap with other major or minor requirements.

Film Studies (9 credits)

Three of the following:

AHT 371Topics in Art History

3

CLCS 230Science / Fiction: Envisioning the Possible

3

CLCS 242Representations of Poverty in Literature

3

CLCS 250Ecocritical Approaches to Film

3

FRE 374Introduction to French Cinema

3

FRE 376French Cinema: The New Wave

3

GER 376Screening Swissness: An Introduction to Swiss-German Film

3

IS 274Italian and Italian-American Cinema

3

IS 280TItalian Cinema on Location: Projections of the Eternal City in Italian Film and Cultural Studies

3

ITA 373Italian Film and Society

3

ITA 374Italian Cinema

3

ITA 375Italian Film Adaptation: From the Page to the Screen

3

STA 209The Video Essay: From Conception to Projection

3

STA 279The Video Essay and Photography on Location in Europe

3

AHT 371, CLCS 230, CLCS 242, CLCS 250, IS 274, IS 278T, STA 209, and STA 279: in English

FRE 374 and FRE 376: in French

GER 376: in German

ITA 373, ITA 374, and, ITA 375: in Italian

Electives (3 Credits)

One of the following (all courses in English):

AHT 213Art and Ideas: Exploring Vision

3

AHT 216Introduction to the History of Photography

3

AHT 285TTechnology in Art, Visual Communication, and Fashion

3

AHT 362Visual Semiotics: Signs and Symbols in Art, Architecture, Film, and Fashion

3

CLCS 335Hauntings

3

COM 327Producing Digital Media: Communication and Media in Practice

3

MUS 213Classical Music in Film

3

POL 230Politics and Films

3

STA 107Introduction to Digital Photography

3

STA 179Photography on Location in Europe

3

VCA 120TDocumentary and Street Photography on Location: Munich

3

Film Studies Professional Portfolio (non-credit)

CLCS 490Film Studies Professional Portfolio

0