Academic Programs Catalog

The Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Studies offers students in-depth education in the disciplinary understanding of film as a medium and in the critical analysis of films as interpretable texts. Students will gain an understanding of aspects of cinematic aesthetics, film grammar, the history of film, cultural contexts of film, and theoretical and critical approaches in film studies.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Film Studies
 

1. The University requirements for bachelor’s degrees as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Studies.
   
   The University’s Tier II writing requirement for the Film Studies major is met by completing one of the following courses: Film Studies 334, 400, 434, 435B, 460, 480, or 499. Those courses are referenced in item 3. below.
2. The requirements of the College of Arts and Letters for the Bachelor of Arts degree.
   1. The following requirements for the major (36 to 40 credits):

      a.	All of the following courses (9 credits):
      	FLM	200	Film Collective				1
      	FLM	230	Introduction to Film Studies				4
      	FLM	260	Introduction to Digital Film and Emergent Media				4
      b.	All of the following courses (12 credits):
      	FLM	300	Classical Film and Media Theory				3
      	FLM	301	History of Film after Midcentury				3
      	FLM	380	Classical Film and Media Theory				3
      	FLM	381	Contemporary Film and Media Theory				3
      c.	One of the following courses (3 credits):
      	FLM	450	Studies in Ethnic Film				3
      	FLM	451	Studies in Postcolonial Cinema				3
      	FLM	452	Studies in Film, Gender, and Sexuality				3
      d.	One of the following capstone courses (3 credits):
      	FLM	400	Seminar in the History of Film (W)				3
      	FLM	460	Seminar in Digital Film and Emergent Media (W)				3
      	FLM	480	Seminar in Film and Media Theory (W)				3
      	FLM	493	Film Studies Internship				3
      e.	Complete 9 to 13 credits in courses from the following:
      	ENG	231	Film and Literature				4
      	ENG	478A	Literature, Technology, Representation				3
      	ENG	478B	Literature and Visual Culture				3
      	FLM	211	Documentary History and Theory				3
      	FLM	255	Stars and Directors				3
      	FLM	311	Introduction to Documentary Production				3
      	FLM	334	Introduction to Screenwriting (W)				3
      	FLM	335	Film Directing				3
      	FLM	336	Aesthetics of Film Editing				3
      	FLM	337	Topics in Film Form				3
      	FLM	350	National and Transnational Cinemas				3
      	FLM	355	Studies in Film Genres				3
      	FLM	400	Seminar in the History of Film (W)				3
      	FLM	411	Collaborative Documentary Design and Production (W)				3
      	FLM	434	Advanced Screenwriting (W)				3
      	FLM	435A	Creating the Fiction Film I				3
      	FLM	435B	Creating the Fiction Film II (W)				3
      	FLM	438	Film Financing, Programming, and Distribution				3
      	FLM	450	Studies in Ethnic Film				3
      	FLM	451	Studies in Postcolonial Cinema				3
      	FLM	452	Studies in Film, Gender, and Sexuality				3
      	FLM	455	Experimental Film and Media				3
      	FLM	460	Seminar in Digital Film and Emergent Media (W)				3
      	FLM	480	Seminar in Film and Media Theory (W)				3
      	FLM	489H	Senior Honors Independent Project				3
      	FLM	490	Independent Study				1 to 4
      	FLM	491	Special Topics in Film Studies				3
      	FLM	492H	Honors Seminar in Film Studies				3
      	FLM	493	Film Studies Internship				2 to 4
      	FLM	499	Senior Thesis Research (W)				1 to 4
      	LL	250A	Topics in National Cinemas: German Cinema				3
      	LL	250B	Topics in National Cinemas: East Asian Cinema				3
      	ROM	355	French, Italian, Portuguese or Spanish Cinema since 1930				4
      	RUS	250	Russian and Soviet Cinema				3
      	THR	304	Topics in Acting/Directing II: Acting for the Camera				3
      	THR	350	Plays as Film				3
      	Film Studies 450, 451, or 452 may not count towards fulfillment of this requirement if used towards requirement 3. c. above. Film Studies 400, 460, 480, or 493 may not count towards fulfillment of this requirement if used towards requirement 3. d. above.