Film Studies

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music, Film, and Creative Enterprise (MFCE)
Brady Education Center (BEC) 112, (651) 962-5875

Anderson (E-Media); Chaudhury (ENGL); Craft-Fairchild (ENGL); Custer (ENGL); Domingo (MCL); Feng (E-Media); Finckle (MF&CE); Gregg (E-Media); Harrison (ENGL); Hepner (CLAS); Johnson (Director; MF&CE); Kachian (MF&CE); Kroll (MCL); Lawrence (ENGL); Hoolihan (MF&CE); Itkin (MF&CE); Osmundson (MCL); Schultz (MF&CE); Snapko (MF&CE); Solachau-Chamutouski (MF&CE & MCL); Winter (MF&CE)

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The Film Studies major is an interdisciplinary program that provides students with a solid foundation in film history and theory, plus training in skills related to film production. By completing this major, students will be able to understand the historical development of film language (camera work, acting, and editing) including film’s pre-history and relationship to photography and theatre; identify and analyze films from the major film traditions, movements, genres (narrative, documentary, and experimental-surreal), studios and directors; understand developments in world cinema, including expression, imagery and representations of nationhood, ethnicity, race, sex, gender, sexuality, social class, cultural values, religious values, political movements, etc; articulate and apply major film theories and critical approaches; understand the political and economic context of film, including the impact of distribution and circulation on the production and reception of film; and develop skills relevant to film production, such as writing, directing, acting, design, composition and the acquisition and editing of images and sound.

Students will complete 40 credits for the Film Studies major:

Required:

• DIMA 240 Digital Imagery and Sound (4 credits)
• FILM 200 Introduction to Film Studies (4 credits)
• FILM 300 World Cinema (4 credits)
• FILM 310 Filmmaking (4 credits)
• FILM 350 Contemporary Issues in Film (4 credits)

Plus a total of 20 credits chosen from the following lists. Please note: at least five courses taken for the Film Studies major must have the FILM prefix. At least five courses taken for the Film Studies major must be numbered 300 or higher.

Film Production and Practice courses:

• DIMA 262 Audio Production (4 credits)
• DIMA 360 Videography (4 credits)
• DIMA 460 Advanced Videography (4 credits)
• DIMA 480 Capstone: Digital Media for the Common Good (4 credits)
• FILM 305 Screenwriting (4 credits)
• MUSC 140 Music Media (2 credits)
• MUSC 205 Advanced Studio Recording (2 credits)
• MUSC 221 Synthesis for Music Production (2 credits)
• MUSC 305 Mixing and Post Production (2 credits)
• MUSC 330 Composition/Production for Film/TV/Games (4 credits)
• MUSP 111 Digital Music for Film (1 credit)*
• MUSP 166 Music Composition for Film (1 credit)*
• THTR 214 Beginning Acting (4 credits)
• THTR 218 Acting for the Camera (4 credits)

* May be taken for credit more than once.

Film History and Analysis courses:

• CLAS 225 The Classical Hero, Epic, and Film (4 credits)
• COMM 332 Documentary in American Culture (4 credits)
• DIMA/JOUR 232 Visual Communication in Theory and Practice (4 credits)
• ENGL 395 Issues in Literature, Language, and Culture (Film) (4 credits)
• FILM 225 Women and Gender in FIlm (4 credits)
• FILM 250 Italian Cinema (4 credits)
• FILM 295 Topics (2 credits)
• FILM 296 Topics (2 credits)
• FILM 297 Topics (4 credits)
• FILM 298 Topics (4 credits)
• FILM 320 Memory and Trauma in Film (4 credits)
• FILM 335 Film Theory and Criticism (4 credits)
• FREN 490 French Cinema (4 credits)
• LNGS 370 Holocaust in Literature, Film and Visual Culture (4 credits)
• MUSC 170 Music of Film (4 credits)
• SPAN 415 Hispanic Cinema Studies (4 credits)

Students may also take individual or experiential learning toward the 20 elective credits:

• FILM 393: Individual Study (2 or 4 credits)
• FILM 495: Individual Study (2 or 4 credits)
• FILM 476: Experiential Learning (0-4 credits)

Students will complete 20 credits for the FILM minor:

• FILM 200 Introduction to Film Studies (4 credits)
• FILM 300 World Cinema (4 credits)

Plus four credits in film theory/history/criticism/analysis:

• CLAS 225 The Classical Hero, Epic, and Film (4 credits)
• COMM 332 Documentary in American Culture (4 credits)
• DIMA/JOUR 232 Visual Communication in Theory and Practice (4 credits)
• ENGL 395 Issues in Literature, Language, and Culture (Film) (4 credits)
• FILM 225 Women and Gender in Film (4 credits)
• FILM 250 Italian Cinema (4 credits)
• FILM 295 Topics (2 credits)
• FILM 296 Topics (2 credits)
• FILM 297 Topics (4 credits)
• FILM 298 Topics (4 credits)
• FILM 320 Memory and Trauma in Film (4 credits)
• FILM 335 Film Theory and Criticism (4 credits)
• FILM 350 Contemporary Issues in Film (4 credits)
• FREN 490 French Cinema (4 credits)
• LNGS 370 Holocaust in Literature, Film and Visual Culture (4 credits)
• MUSC 170 Music of Film (4 credits)
• SPAN 415 Hispanic Cinema Studies (4 credits)

Plus four credits in production/practice

• DIMA 240 Digital Imagery and Sound (4 credits)
• DIMA 262 Audio Production (4 credits)
• DIMA 360 Videography (4 credits)
• DIMA 460 Advanced Videography (4 credits)
• DIMA 480 Capstone: Digital Media for the Common Good (4 credits)
• FILM 305 Screenwriting (4 credits)
• FILM 310 Filmmaking (4 credits)
• MUSC 140 Music Media (2 credits)
• MUSC 205 Advanced Studio Recording (2 credits)
• MUSC 221 Synthesis for Music Production (2 credits)
• MUSC 305 Mixing and Post Production (2 credits)
• MUSC 330 Composition/Production for Film/TV/Games (4 credits)
• MUSP 111 Digital Music for Film (1 credit)*
• MUSP 166 Music COmposition for FIlm (1 credit)*
• THTR 214 Beginning Acting (4 credits)
• THTR 218 Acting for the Camera (4 credits)

* May be taken for credit more than once.

Plus four additional credits from:

• those listed above, internship, experiential learning, or independent study as approved by FILM studies director. At least two courses must be numbered 300 or higher.