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Cinema Studies Requirements

Requirements for the Cinema Studies Major (36 semester hours)

36 semester hours, at least twelve semester hours in addition to the senior project must be at the 300 level or above. No course may be counted twice.

Core Requirements (8 semester hours)

  • CINE110 Introduction to Cinema Study (4)

  • Senior Experience, either

Area 1: Production (4 semester hours)

  • ARTS121 Introduction to Digital Media

  • ARTS130 Introduction to Photography

  • ARTS216 Video Art (4)

  • ARTS232 Black and White Photography (4)

  • ARTS331 Installation Art (4)

  • ARTS355 Advanced Photography (4)

  • ARTS357 Photography Now (4)

  • CINE394 Major Internship (1-4)

  • ENGL339W Special Topics in Creative Writing (4) (when focused on screenwriter)

  • MUSC121 Creating Music with Technology (4)

  • MUSC425 Recording Studio Music Production (4)

  • MUSC315 Music and Sound in Visual Media

  • THTR155 Stagecraft 1

  • THTR233 Costume Design

  • THTR250 Sound Design for the Stage and Screen

  • THTR251 Introduction to Computer Aided Design/Drafting

  • THTR255 Scenic Design for the Entertainment Industry

  • THTR256 Lighting Design for Entertainment and Other Spaces

  • THTR260 Stage Combat

  • THTR379 Directing 1

Area 2: Theory (4 semester hours)

  • ANTH335 Visual Anthropology (4)

  • ARTH230W Principles of Visual Literacy (4)

  • ARTH362W Theories and Methodologies of Art History (4)

  • CINE340 Avant-Guarde Cinema, Theories & Practices (4)

  • ENGL355 Feminist Film Criticism (4)

  • FREN241 Topics in French History through Film (4)

  • FREN285W Gender and Sexuality in African Literature and Cinema (4)

  • RHET235W Propaganda: WWII & Cold War (4)

  • RHET240W Propaganda: 21st Century (4)

  • RHET309W Filming Identity: Israeli & Palestinian Documentary (2)

  • RHET310W Conflict & Identity: Israeli & Palestinian Feature Film (2)

  • RHET362W Telling News: Framing Reality (4)

  • RUSS235 Russian and Soviet Cinema (4)

  • THTR212 Global Fashion History (4)

Area 3: Cinema and Society (4 semester hours)

  • ANTH335 Visual Anthropology (4)

  • CCM258 Gender and Mass Communication in Asia (4)

  • CCM301 Asian Visual and Creative Culture (4)

  • HIST270 Cinema in the Middle East (4)

  • MUSC214 Knowing the Score: A History of Music for Film (4)

  • PHEAL120 Global Health through Film (4)

  • RHET235W Propaganda: WWII & Cold War (4)

  • RHET240W Propaganda: 21st Century (4)

  • RHET271 Telling the Internment Story (4)

  • RHET309W Filming Identity: Israeli & Palestinian Documentary (2)

  • RHET310W Conflict & Identity: Israeli & Palestinian Feature Film (2)

  • RHET362W Telling News: Framing Reality (4)

Area 4: National and Transnational Cinema (4 semester hours)

  • CCM258 Gender and Mass Communication in Asia (4)

  • CCM288 Introducing Asia to the World (4)

  • CCM301 Asian Visual and Creative Culture (4)

  • FREN241 Topics in French History through Film (4)

  • FREN275 African Cinema (4)

  • GERM241 German Cinema and Visual Culture (4)

  • HIST270 Cinema in the Middle East (4)

  • JAPN340 The Japanese Cinema (4)

  • RUSS235 Russian and Soviet Cinema (4)

  • SPAN260 Hispanic Literature in Translation (4) (when focused on cinematic adaptation)

  • SPAN380 Latin American Cinema (4)

Twelve additional semester hours

At least two courses at the 300 level, and at least two courses from a single Area (1-4). No class may be counted twice. One course may be counted by petition when the focus is in a cinema studies area.

Requirements for the Cinema Studies Minor (20 semester hours)

Introduction to Cinema Studies (4 semester hours)

  • CINE110 CINE 110 Introduction to Cinema Study (4)

4 semester hours from each of the Areas 1-4 . At least two of the classes must be at the 300 level or above.

Area 1: Production (4 semester hours)

  • ARTS121 Introduction to Digital Media (4)

  • ARTS216 Video Art (4)

  • ARTS232 Black and White Photography (4)

  • ARTS242 Photography: Experimental Processes (4)

  • ARTS331 Installation Art (4)

  • ARTS355 Advanced Photography (4)

  • ARTS357 Photography Now (4)

  • CINE394 Major Internship (1-4)

  • ENGL339W Special Topics in Creative Writing (4) (when focused on screenwriter)

  • MUSC121 Creating Music with Technology (4)

  • MUSC425 Recording Studio Music Production (4)

Area 2: Theory (4 semester hours)

  • ENGL355 Feminist Film Criticism (4)

  • RHET235W Propaganda: WWII & Cold War (4)

  • RHET240W Propaganda: 21st Century (4)

  • RHET309W Filming Identity: Israeli & Palestinian Documentary (2)

  • RHET310W Conflict & Identity: Israeli & Palestinian Feature Film (2)

  • RHET362W Telling News: Framing Reality (4)

  • RUSS235 Russian and Soviet Cinema (4)

Area 3: Cinema and Society (4 semester hours)

  • ANTH335 Visual Anthropology (4)

  • CCM258 Gender and Mass Communication in Asia (4)

  • CCM301 Asian Visual and Creative Culture (4)

  • HIST270 Cinema in the Middle East (4)

  • MUSC214 Knowing the Score: A History of Music for Film (4)

  • PHEAL120 Global Health through Film (4)

  • RHET235W Propaganda: WWII & Cold War (4)

  • RHET240W Propaganda: 21st Century (4)

  • RHET271 Telling the Internment Story (4)

  • RHET309W Filming Identity: Israeli & Palestinian Documentary (2)

  • RHET310W Conflict & Identity: Israeli & Palestinian Feature Film (2)

  • RHET362W Telling News: Framing Reality (4)

Area 4: National and Transnational Cinema (4 semester hours)

  • CCM258 Gender and Mass Communication in Asia (4)

  • CCM288 Introducing Asia to the World (4)

  • CCM301 Asian Visual and Creative Culture (4)

  • FREN241 Topics in French History through Film (4)

  • FREN275 African Cinema (4)

  • GERM241 German Cinema and Visual Culture (4)

  • HIST270 Cinema in the Middle East (4)

  • JAPN340 The Japanese Cinema (4)

  • RUSS235 Russian and Soviet Cinema (4)

  • SPAN260 Hispanic Literature in Translation (4) (when focused on cinematic adaptation)

  • SPAN380 Latin American Cinema (4)

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