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Cinema and Media Studies (Minor)

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.

Minor Requirements:

Required:

LTWR 195Art of Film

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

4

Electives

Choose 3, 1 of which is a production class.
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
AS 216Asian American Cinema

4
AST 202 Introduction to Black Popular Culture

4
AST 307Black History at the Movies

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 Podcasting

4
COMM 220Video Production

4
COMM 222Animation

4
LTWR 230Postcolonial Film

4
COMM 246Digital Imaging for Design

4
COMM 262Media Convergence

4
COMM 263Social Media Journalism

4
LTWR 327/LTWR 527Psychoanalysis, Race and Sexuality

4
LTWR LTWR 354/LTWR 554Studies in Film: Melodrama

4
LTWR 398/WGSS 398Feminist Media Studies

4
FREN 314Topics in French and Francophone Cinema

4
HIST 254History Through Novels & Film

4
HIST 329Film and History Representation

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

4
PHIL 152Philosophy Through Literature and Film

4
SPAN 314Hispanic Culture as Seen Through Film

4