requirements for the film studies major

The major in Film Studies requires nine courses, with at least four at the 300- or 400- level. Further, no more than four courses cross-listed with any single department can count toward the major.

The requirements are:

1. Three core courses:

• FLM 201: Film History I: 1895-1945
• FLM 202: Film History II: 1945-Present (W)
• COM 251: Fundamentals of Visual Communication

2. One course in national and regional cinemas:

• GRM 316: German Cinema (A or H)
• FLM 325: French New Wave Cinema
• FLM 326: Films of Brazil: Cinema and Social Change (D)
• FLM 328: Australian Cinema
• FLM 380: New Asian Cinemas (D)
• FLM 382: Film Cultures of the Middle East (D)

3. One course in genres, forms, and movements:

• FLM 225: The Western Film
• COM 344: Documentary Film (A)
• COM 346: Exploratory Cinema (A or H)

4. One Senior Experience course:

• EITHER:
  • FLM 450: Film Studies Seminar
• OR:
  • COM 467: Advanced Electronic Media Production

5. Three Electives:

The electives can come from any of the courses in the categories “National and Regional Cinema” and “Genres, Forms, and Movements,” or from the following courses that are not in any category. (Again, four courses for the major must be taken at the 300- or 400- level, and no more than four courses can be counted toward the major that are cross listed with any single department.)

Additional elective courses:

• COM 240 Methods of Film and Video Analysis (A)
• ENG 255 Literature and Film (L)
• ENG 321 Shakespeare and Film (L)
• FLM 341 The Film Industry: How Hollywood Works
• COM 340 Film Theory & Criticism
• COM 351 Video Production
• ENG 207 Dramatic Writing
• ENG 390 Screenwriting Workshop
• ENG 917 Advanced Screenwriting

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