Required Courses (4 credit hours)

• FILM 2201 - Introduction to Film (3)
• FILM 4690 - Capstone in Film Studies (1)

Elective Courses (15 credit hours)

Select five courses representing at least three of the departments or disciplines offering the minor.  Courses that satisfy the minor include the following:

• AFRS 2105 - Black Images in the Media in the U.S. (3)
• COMM 3050 - Topics in Communication Studies (1 to 3) (Film topic)
• COMM 3052 - Topics in Mass Media (3)
• COMM 3125 - New Media for Communications (3)
• ENGL 2106 - Film Criticism (3)
• ENGL 3050 - Topics in English (3) (Film topic)
• FILM 3050 - Topics in Film (3) (W) (Includes screenwriting)
• FILM 3051 - Topics in Film (3) (Includes video production)
• FILM 3120 - The Fundamentals of Video/Film Production (3)
• FILM 3800 - Directed Project in Film or Video (1 to 3)
• FILM 4410 - Professional Internship in Film Studies (1 to 6)
• GERM 3660 - Survey of German Film (3) (O,W)
• HIST 3010 - Non-Western History and Culture through Film (3)
• HIST 3011 - History and Culture through Film (3)
• JAPN 3160 - Topics in Japanese Film (3) (W)
• LACS 3050 - Topics in Language, Literature, and Culture (3) (W) (French, German, Italian, Japanese, etc. film topic)
• LACS 3160 - European Cinema (3) (O,W)
• RELS 3212 - Religion and Film (3) (W)
• RELS 3213 - Jesus on the Silver Screen (3)
• THEA 2320 - Playwriting I (3)
• THEA 4001 - Topics in Theatre (1 to 6) (W) (Fundamentals of Film Production and other topics)

Notes:

In addition, topics courses or seminars offered by American Studies, Communication Studies, and other departments not presently associated with the Minor in Film Studies may be applied to the minor upon approval of the Director.

Students may elect as one of their courses an internship that focuses on a video or film project in any of the participating departments.  Students who choose this option register for the the internship course of the department that seems most appropriate.  If no department designation is available, students register for the following:

• FILM 4410 - Professional Internship in Film Studies (1 to 6)