2. Major Requirements for the B.A. in Film and Media Studies
Prerequisite: (C or higher) FILM 240 (3 hours)
Major Courses (30 hours) A. FILM 300 Film and Media History (3 hours) B. Three additional film and/or media history courses, from FILM 365 {=ARTH 365, ENGL 474, and THEA 480}, FILM 366 {=ARTH 366, ENGL 475, and THEA 481}, FILM 510, FILM 555 {=MART 555}, MART 569, and/or other upper-level film and media history courses approved by the student's advisor, at least one of which must be from outside the United States (9 hours) C. FILM 473 {=ENGL 473, PHIL 473} Film and Media Theory and Criticism (3 hours) D. One film and/or media production or performance course, from MART 210, MART 371, THEA 575, THEA 581, THEA 587, or other appropriate course approved by the student's advisor (3 hours) E. Four additional courses from the list below or other appropriate courses (special topics, Honors College, etc.) approved by the student's advisor (12 hours):
ANTH 300 Comparing Cultures Through Film
ANTH 516 Indonesian Culture Through Film
ANTH 517 {=AFRO 517} Anthropological View of Blacks in Films
ANTH 570 Ethnographic Film
ARTH 569 Topics in Film History
FILM 365 {=ARTH 365, ENGL 474, and THEA 480} History of Cinema I
FILM 366 {=ARTH 366, ENGL 475, and THEA 481} History of Cinema II
FILM 510 Topics in Film and Media History
FILM 511 Topics in Film and Media
FILM 555 {=ARTH 555} History of Documentary Film
FILM 566 {=ENGL 566} Topics in American Film
FILM 597 {=CPLT 597} Comparative Studies in Film
FILM 598 {=FORL 598} Topics in World Film
FREN 397 The French Film Experience
GERM 580A {=FILM 598A} Topics in German Film
HIST 492F Film and History
ITAL 412 Post-World War II Italian Cinema
JAPA 350 Japanese Culture and Society through Film
MART 371 The Moving Image
MART 490, 590 Special Topics in Media Arts
MART 490V Vision, Visuality, and the Logics of Visual Media Culture
PHIL 336 Philosophy and Film
POLI 357 Film, Politics, and Social Change
POLI 362 Politics and the Mass Media
PORT 301 Cultural Manifestations of Modern Brazil
RUSS 598F {=FILM 598F} Survey of Russian Film
SPAN 380A Hispanic Film and Culture: Spain
SPAN 380B Hispanic Film and Culture: Latin America
THEA 575 Rehearsal and Performance
THEA 581 Film as Performance
THEA 587 Film and Television Acting
At least one of the courses from categories B, D, or E above should be in documentary and/or experimental media.
Please consult Current Courses for a full list of film studies courses offered during a given semester.
