The development of cinema over the course of the last centuries has consolidated audiovisual and institutional practices that continue to be the foundation for today's emergent moving image practices. The cinema studies faculty are committed to the multidisciplinary study of cinema in its global dimensions. Our teaching and research emphasize theoretical and historical approaches to cinema; the formal analysis of films; cinema's ties to new technologies from the nineteenth through the twenty-first centuries; and cinema's sociopolitical, economic, and environmental implications. In keeping with a liberal arts approach, cinema studies students will develop critical reading and writing skills and intellectual flexibility. Most centrally, students will acquire an ability to critically understand and analyze audiovisual material, a training that is essential to media literacy and being an active citizen in today's media-dominated world.

Students pursuing this bachelor’s degree must earn a minimum of 30 credit hours in the Newcomb-Tulane College core curriculum, 120 credit hours in their degree and a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.000. More information on degree and core curriculum requirements can be found here.

See Sample Plan of Study below.

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Curriculum Requirements

A major in Cinema Studies involves the successful completion of ten Cinema Studies courses, seven of which should be at the 3000 level or above. All students working toward the major are required to take COMM 3150 Film Analysis (4 c.h.) followed by  COMM 4860 Film Theory (4 c.h.)  and one upper-level capstone seminar course. Capstone courses may be selected from regularly taught and special topics elective courses that include a capstone option. (This designation will be noted in the Schedule of Classes.) For capstone credit attached to this course, students should also enroll in CINE 5110 Capstone (0 c.h.). In addition to the required courses, students may select from the list of elective courses below. In the case of special topics courses, only cinema topics will count toward the CINE major or minor and approval of the Cinema Studies Coordinator is required. Cinema courses that are not listed below may be included with the prior approval of the Coordinator.

Course List

Course ID	Title	Credits
Required Courses
COMM 3150	Film Analysis	4
COMM 4860	Film Theory	4
CINE 5110	Capstone (in conjunction with capstone option course)	0
Capstone Course		3
Elective Courses
Select 7 from the following courses:		21
APMS 3330	Music For Film
ASTA 3770	Chinese Cinema
COMM 1150	Introduction to Cinema
COMM 2400	Topics in Int'l Film Movements
COMM 2500	Film and Society
COMM 3270	Topics in Authors and Genres
COMM 3520	Topics in Cinema and Politics
COMM 3560	History of Animation
COMM 3600	Documentary Film
COMM 3750	Digital Cinema
COMM 3800	Cine Reception & Cult Memory
COMM 4150	Contemporary Hollywood Cinema
COMM 4160	Contemporary Chinese Cinema
COMM 4170	U.S. Film History
COMM 4190	Intro to Latin American Film
COMM 4300	Cultural Politics & Cinema
COMM 4350	Gender and The Cinema
COMM 4610	National Cinema Latin Am
COMM 4810	Special Topics (capstone option when designated) 1
COMM 4820	Special Topics (capstone option when designated) 1
COMM 4830	Spectacular Cinema (capstone option)
COMM 4840	Cinema, History, Archive (capstone option)
COMM 4850	Cinema Technology Modernity (capstone option)
COMM 5000	Honors Thesis
COMM 6210	Seminar In Comm Studies 1
COMM 6220	Seminar In Comm Studies 1
DMPC 2001	Introduction to Digital Filmmaking
DMPC 2002	Narrative Filmmaking
DMPC 2003	Documentary Filmmaking
ENLS 3640	Screenwriting
ENLS 4100	Literature and Film
FREN 3110	French Cinema
FREN 4810	Special Topics 1
FREN 4820	Special Topics 1
GERM 3710	Intro To German Film
GERM 3720	Weimar Cinema
GERM 3730	Nazi Cinema
HISE 3220	WWII In French Film
HIST 3210	Visual History & Filmmaking
ITAL 3300	Topics in Italian Literature and Cinema 1
ITAL 3330	Ital Lit In Translation 1
ITAL 3560	The Italian Cinema
ITAL 3565	The Italian Cinema
ITAL 4040	Topics in 19th & 20th Century Italian Literature 1
ITAL 4440	Topics Lit/Cinema Transl (capstone option) 1
ITAL 4520	Cinema neorealista italiano
ITAL 4525	Italian Neorealist Cinema
SOCI 2450	Society Through Cinema
SPAN 4170	Intro to Spanish Film
SPAN 4190	Intro to Latin American Film
SPAN 4520	Topics in Spanish Cultural Studies 1
SPAN 6910	Special Topics 1
Total Credit Hours		32

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Only cinema topics will be considered and approval of the Cinema Studies Coordinator is required.

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Sample Plan of Study

This example plan of study for the BA in Cinema Studies represents a fall semester start and encompasses all program requirements. Students are responsible for reviewing university, school, and program requirements, along with prerequisites and the sequencing of courses in coordination with their academic and major advisors.

Plan of Study Grid

Year 1
Fall		Credit Hours
Select one Cinema Studies pre-requisite course for COMM 3150		3
NTC Core and General Electives		13
	Credit Hours	16
Spring
Select one Cinema Studies elective		3
NTC Core or General Electives		12
	Credit Hours	15
Year 2
Fall
COMM 3150	Film Analysis	4
NTC Core and General Electives		13
	Credit Hours	17
Spring
Select one Cinema Studies elective		3
NTC Core and General Elective		12
	Credit Hours	15
Year 3
Fall
Select two Cinema Studies electives		6
NTC Core and General Elective		9
	Credit Hours	15
Spring
COMM 4860	Film Theory	4
Select one Cinema Studies elective		3
NTC Core and General Elective		9
	Credit Hours	16
Year 4
Fall
Select two Cinema Studies electives		6
NTC Core and General Electives		10
	Credit Hours	16
Spring
CINE 5110	Capstone	0
4000-level Cinema Studies Capstone Course Taken in conjunction with CINE 5110		3
NTC Core or General Elective		7
	Credit Hours	10
	Total Credit Hours	120

^{Program String and Field of Study: LABA_UG, CINE}

For more information, contact the School of Liberal Arts.