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Cinema and Media Studies (Minor)

A minor in Cinema and Media Studies comprises two required courses and three electives.

Minor Requirements:

A minor in Cinema and Media Studies comprises two required courses and three electives.

One elective must be a production class. (Production classes are ART 138, ART 139, ART 232, ART 237, ART 239, ART 256, COMM 120, COMM 121, COMM 163, COMM 220, COMM 222, COMM 246, and COMM 262) In addition, at least one elective must be at the 200- or 300-level. No more than two photography classes will be counted toward the minor.


Required Courses:

ENGL 195Art of Film

4
ENGL 221The Critical Lens: Introduction to Film and Media Theory

4

Elective Courses:

AST 307Black History At the Movies: Truth Telling or Story Telling

4
AST 388Black Popular Culture & the Education of Black Youth

4
ART 138The Poetry of Photography

4
ART 139Color Photography CSI

4
ART 232Advanced Digital Workshop

4
ART 237Advanced Black and White Photography

4
ART 239Art of the Real: Documentary Photography

4
ART 249History of Photography

4
ART 256Approaches in Contemporary Photography

4
MUS 165Music in Film

4
CHIN 214Contemporary Chinese Cinema

4
COMM 120Communications Media

4
COMM 121Visual Communication

4
COMM 124Media, Messages and Society

4
COMM 163Radio Operations and Performance

4
COMM 220Video Production

4
COMM 222Animation

4
COMM 246Digital Imaging for Design

4
COMM 262Media Convergence

4
COMM 263Broadcast, Narrowcast, Interactivity

4
ENGL 230Postcolonial Film

4
ENGL 327Psychoanalysis, Race and Sexuality

4
ENGL 354Cliffhangers and Tears: Studies in Film Melodrama

4
ENGL 398Feminist Media Studies

4
FREN 314Topics in French Cinema

4
HIST 254History Through Novels & Film

4
HIST 329Film and History Representation

4
PHIL 152Philosophy Through Literature and Film

4
PHIL 225Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Information Technology

4
SPAN 314Hispanic Culture As Seen Through Film

4
HIST 374Modern U.S. History: Digital Humanities

4

Restrictions on Electives

One elective must be a production class (Production classes are designated:
ART 138The Poetry of Photography

4
ART 139Color Photography CSI

4
ART 232Advanced Digital Workshop

4
ART 237Advanced Black and White Photography

4
ART 239Art of the Real: Documentary Photography

4
ART 256Approaches in Contemporary Photography

4
COMM 120Communications Media

4
COMM 121Visual Communication

4
COMM 220Video Production

4
COMM 222Animation

4
COMM 246Digital Imaging for Design

4
COMM 262Media Convergence

4

At least one elective must be at the 200 or 300 level. No more than two photography classes will be counted toward the minor.

Transfer Students

The English department will accept up to three English classes transferred in toward the minor; we require grades of C or above in these classes. (Five classes are required for the minor, at least one of which must be at the 200 or 300-level.)

All transfer students must take the two 300-level seminars required of English majors at Simmons. (We will accept advanced classes toward the major if students have earned grades of C or above in these classes, but these classes will not satisfy the 300-level requirements.)