Cinema Studies

Program of Study

18 credit hours required

A curriculum for Cinema Studies may include coursework in film history, production, film theory, national cinemas, genre studies, authorship, visual culture, history, philosophy, and aesthetics. All courses in the curriculum are devoted primarily to study or production of the moving image. We suggest that a rigorous curriculum will be grounded first of all in a basic understanding of production along with cinema history and theory.

Required Courses

1. Comm 330: Basic Video Production
2. One of the following:
   • Cine 201: The Language of Film
   • Comm 220: Introduction to the History of Film

The minor will be completed with courses from the following lists of electives. Students may focus on a production sequence, a sequence in cinema studies, or select from both.

Electives in Production

Comm 427: TV programming and production
Comm 428: Advanced TV production
Comm 480: TV documentary production
Comm 495: Special Topics: Scriptwriting

Electives in Cinema Studies

Cine 201: The Language of Film

Cine 220: Introduction to the History of Film (also Comm 220)

Cine 319: Filmic Narrative (also Comm 319)

Cine 350: Laughter Blood and Tears: Studies in Film Genre

Cine 365: Nonfiction and Documentary Cinema

Cine 380: Women and Film (also Comm 380)

Cine 382: American Cinema (also Comm 382)

Cine 460: Shakespeare and Film (also Eng 460)

Cine 465: Global Cinema (also Eng 465)

Cine 466: American Cinema in the 60s and 70s (also Eng 466)

Cine 480: Topics in Cinema Studies

Cine 489: Studies in Film Adaptation (also Eng 489)

Cine 490: Independent Study

Comm 495: Special Topics: Popular Film and Politics

Hist 476: African History through Film

Hum 290: German Culture through Film

Peace Studies 111: War and Peace through Film