Cinema Studies Major
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.
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 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 | |
| Music For Film | ||
| Chinese Cinema | ||
| Introduction to Cinema | ||
| Topics in Int'l Film Movements | ||
| Film and Society | ||
| Topics in Authors and Genres | ||
| Topics in Cinema and Politics | ||
| History of Animation | ||
| Documentary Film | ||
| Digital Cinema | ||
| Cine Reception & Cult Memory | ||
| Contemporary Hollywood Cinema | ||
| Contemporary Chinese Cinema | ||
| U.S. Film History | ||
| Intro to Latin American Film | ||
| Cultural Politics & Cinema | ||
| Gender and The Cinema | ||
| National Cinema Latin Am | ||
| Special Topics (capstone option when designated) 1 | ||
| Special Topics (capstone option when designated) 1 | ||
| Spectacular Cinema (capstone option) | ||
| Cinema, History, Archive (capstone option) | ||
| Cinema Technology Modernity (capstone option) | ||
| Honors Thesis | ||
| Seminar In Comm Studies 1 | ||
| Seminar In Comm Studies 1 | ||
| Introduction to Digital Filmmaking | ||
| Narrative Filmmaking | ||
| Screenwriting | ||
| Literature and Film | ||
| French Cinema | ||
| Special Topics 1 | ||
| Special Topics 1 | ||
| Intro To German Film | ||
| Weimar Cinema | ||
| Nazi Cinema | ||
| WWII In French Film | ||
| Visual History & Filmmaking | ||
| Topics in Italian Literature and Cinema 1 | ||
| Ital Lit In Translation 1 | ||
| Topics in 19th & 20th Centery Italian Literature 1 | ||
| Topics Lit/Cinema Transl (capstone option) 1 | ||
| Society Through Cinema | ||
| Intro to Spanish Film | ||
| Intro to Latin American Film | ||
| Topics in Spanish Cultural Studies 1 | ||
| 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.