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Cinema & Media Studies (Minor)


Minor Requirements

The interdisciplinary minor in Cinema & Media Studies consists of five (5) courses for twenty (20) credit hours in total.

Two (2) Required Courses

LTWR 195/COMM 195Art of Film

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

4

Plus Three (3) Electives

Electives may be chosen from the lists below with the following restrictions:

  • At least one (1) elective, must be a designated Production Course;
  • At least one (1) elective, must be at the 200 or 300-level, and;
  • No more than two (2) photography courses, can count for the minor.

Production Courses

Students will take at least one of these designated production courses for the minor.  These courses may also count as electives for the minor.

ART 138/COMM 138The Poetry of Photography

4
ART 139/COMM 139Color Photography CSI

4
ART 232/COMM 232Advanced Digital Workshop

4
ART 237/COMM 237Advanced Black and White Photography

4
ART 239/COMM 239Art of the Real: Documentary Photography

4
ART 256/COMM 256Approaches in Contemporary Photography

4
COMM 120Communications Media

4
COMM 121Visual Communication

4
COMM 163Radio Operations and Podcasting

4
COMM 220Video Production

4
COMM 222Animation

4
COMM 246Digital Imaging for Design

4
COMM 262Media Convergence

4
COMM 263Social Media Journalism

4

Elective Courses

ART 138/COMM 138The Poetry of Photography

4
ART 139/COMM 139Color Photography CSI

4
ART 232/COMM 232Advanced Digital Workshop

4
ART 237/COMM 237Advanced Black and White Photography

4
ART 239/COMM 239Art of the Real: Documentary Photography

4
ART 249History of Photography

4
ART 256/COMM 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
COMM 120Communications Media

4
COMM 121Visual Communication

4
COMM 124Media, Message, and Society

4
COMM 163Radio Operations and Podcasting

4
COMM 220Video Production

4
COMM 222Animation

4
COMM 246Digital Imaging for Design

4
COMM 262Media Convergence

4
COMM 263Social Media Journalism

4
HIST 254History Through Novels & Film

4
HIST 329Film and History Representation

4
HIST 374Seminar in Modern U.S. History

4
LTWR 230Postcolonial Film

4
LTWR 327Psychoanalysis, Race and Sexuality

4
LTWR 354Studies in Film: Melodrama

4
LTWR 398/WGSS 398Feminist Media Studies

4
MUS 165Music in Film

4
PHIL 152Philosophy Through Literature and Film

4
SPAN 314Hispanic Culture as Seen Through Film

4