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.
No more than two courses applied to a minor may overlap with the student's declared major.
Minor Requirements (18 Credits)
Foundation (3 credits)
Critical Skills (3 credits)
One of the following:
| AHT 270 | Theories and Methods in Art History and Visual Culture | 3 |
| CLCS 110 | Reading Cultures: Approaches to Cultural Studies | 3 |
Film Studies (9 credits)
Three of the following:
| AHT 371 | Topics in Art History | 3 |
| CLCS 230 | Science / Fiction: Envisioning the Possible | 3 |
| CLCS 242 | Representations of Poverty in Literature | 3 |
| CLCS 250 | Ecocritical Approaches to Film | 3 |
| FRE 374 | Introduction to French Cinema | 3 |
| FRE 376 | French Cinema: The New Wave | 3 |
| GER 376 | Screening Swissness: An Introduction to Swiss-German Film | 3 |
| IS 274 | Italian and Italian-American Cinema | 3 |
| IS 280T | Italian Cinema on Location: Projections of the Eternal City in Italian Film and Cultural Studies | 3 |
| ITA 373 | Italian Film and Society | 3 |
| ITA 374 | Italian Cinema | 3 |
| ITA 375 | Italian Film Adaptation: From the Page to the Screen | 3 |
| STA 209 | The Video Essay: From Conception to Projection | 3 |
| STA 279 | The Video Essay and Photography on Location in Europe | 3 |
Electives (3 credits)
One of the following (all courses in English):
| AHT 213 | Art and Ideas: Exploring Vision | 3 |
| AHT 216 | Introduction to the History of Photography | 3 |
| AHT 285T | Technology in Art, Visual Communication, and Fashion | 3 |
| AHT 362 | Visual Semiotics: Signs and Symbols in Art, Architecture, Film, and Fashion | 3 |
| CLCS 335 | Hauntings | 3 |
| COM 327 | Producing Digital Media: Communication and Media in Practice | 3 |
| MUS 213 | Classical Music in Film | 3 |
| POL 230 | Politics and Films | 3 |
| STA 107 | Introduction to Digital Photography | 3 |
| STA 179 | Photography on Location in Europe | 3 |
| VCA 120T | Documentary and Street Photography on Location: Munich | 3 |
Film Studies Professional Portfolio (non-credit)
| CLCS 490 | Film Studies Professional Portfolio | 0 |