Professor Zachau, German, Chair
Professor Malde, Art
Associate Professor Pond, Art
Assistant Professor Glacet, French
Assistant Professor Swimelar, Political Science
Assistant Professor Skomp, Russian
Instructor L. Richardson, Italian
Minor in film studies: The Film Studies Minor combines study in two tracks: Film Theory (FT) and Film Production (FP). Film Theory includes film analysis and the exploration of film histories in relation to genre and diverse national cultures. Film Theory encourages students to acquire a theoretical, comparative, and critical understanding of film as well as some appreciation for film production. Film Production focuses on the practice of film and video preparation within the context of film theory. As part of declaring the minor with the Chair, each student selects an advisor from program faculty in the appropriate track. Students in the Film Theory or Film Production track then select their courses in consultation with their advisor.
The Film Studies Minor comprises three tiers of courses: introductory level courses, advanced level courses, and several additional electives with a film component.
Requirements for the minor: Students in the Film Studies Minor must complete a total of six courses. Two courses must be taken from the list of courses at the introductory level listed below; either Film Studies 105 or 108 is required as an introductory film foundation course. At least two more courses must be chosen from the advanced courses listed below.
Students in each track choose at least two courses within the Film Studies roster that are outside their track. Thus, a film production student elects two courses in film theory and a film theory student elects two courses in film production.
Introductory Courses (two courses including either Film 105 or Film 108)
Film Production (FP)
Art 103: Introduction to Lens and Time-based Media
Art 104: Introduction to Three- and Four-Dimensional Media
Art 143: Beginning Video Production
Art 231: Intermediate Digital Arts
Art 263: Intermediate Documentary Projects in Photography
Film 108: Introduction to Film Production (Film foundation course) [Pending course approval]
Film Theory (FT)
Film 105: Introduction to World Cinema (Film foundation course)
PolS 111: Reel Politics: Exploring the Politics of Film
Thea 107 (also ArtH 107): The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
Advanced Courses (at least two courses)
Film Production (FP)
Art 243: Intermediate Video Production
Art 343 (also Thea 343): Advanced Video Production
Film Theory (FT)
Fren 415: History of French Cinema
Grmn 353: German Film
Rusn 355: Russian and Soviet Film
Elective Courses
Film Theory (FT)
AmSt 333: Junior Seminar
ArtH 212 (also AmSt 212): American Animation, 1910-1960
Asia 210: Heroes and Heroines in Japanese Literature and Film
Asia 311: Modern China in Literature and Films: Memory, Identity, and Modern Narratives
Fren 413: Modern France through Films and Other Texts
Span 410: Spanish-American Short Fiction and Film
