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 minor in cinema studies requires the successful completion of six Cinema Studies courses, four of which would be at the 3000-level or above. All students working toward the minor are required to take COMM 3150 Film Analysis (4 c.h.) followed by COMM 4860 Film Theory (4 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. Film courses that are not listed below may be included with the prior approval of the Director.
| Course ID | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| Film Analysis | ||
| Film Theory | ||
| Elective Courses | ||
| Select four of the following courses: | ||
| Chinese Cinema | ||
| Introduction to Cinema | ||
| Topics in Int'l Film Movements | ||
| Film and Society | ||
| Topics in Authors and Genres | ||
| Topics in Cinema and Politics | ||
| Third World Cinema | ||
| History of Animation | ||
| Documentary Film | ||
| Digital Cinema | ||
| Cine Reception & Cult Memory | ||
| Contemporary Hollywood Cinema | ||
| Contemporary Chinese Cinema | ||
| U.S. Film History | ||
| African Cinema | ||
| Intro to Latin American Film | ||
| Cultural Politics & Cinema | ||
| Globalization & Malaysian Film | ||
| Gender and The Cinema | ||
| National Cinema Latin Am | ||
| Special Topics (capstone option when designated) 1 | ||
| Special Topics (capstone option when designated) 1 | ||
| Spectacular Cinema | ||
| Cinema, History, Archive | ||
| 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 | ||
| Capstone (in conjunction with capstone course) | ||
| French Cinema | ||
| Special Topics 1 | ||
| Intro To German Film | ||
| Weimar Cinema | ||
| Nazi Cinema | ||
| WWII In French Film | ||
| Visual History & Filmmaking | ||
| Topics Ital Lit & Cinema 1 | ||
| Ital Lit In Translation 1 | ||
| Topics 19 & 20 Cent Ital Lit 1 | ||
| Topics Lit/Cinema Transl (capstone option) 1 | ||
| Society Through Cinema | ||
| Intro to Spanish Film | ||
| Intro to Latin Amer Film | ||
| Special Topics 1 | ||
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Only film topics will be considered and approval of the Film Studies Director is required.