Film/Media Studies

About the Film/Media Studies Concentration

The Concentration in Film/Media Studies applies traditional literary practices of close textual reading and critical thinking to the realm of film and media. This option allows students to learn about film and media practices through historical study of American and world cinema, theoretical analysis, and creative production.

Requirements

Students electing the Concentration in Film/Media Studies must take ENGL 130 (Writing about Film) plus a minimum of nine additional courses (4 in the English Core and 5 in Film Studies) above the 100-level. See the course listing below.

Courses

English Core (4 courses):

  • One English survey course
  • One 19th Century course
  • One 20th Century course
  • One of the following theory courses (or another theory course approved by advisor):
    • ENGL 298 (Introduction to Literary Theory)
    • ENGL 398 (Seminar in Critical Theory)

Film/Media Studies Concentration (5 courses):

  • ENGL 337 (Film Theory)
  • Two of the following courses:
    • ENGL 231 (Pre- and Early Cinema)
    • ENGL 232 (Film History I)
    • ENGL 233 (Film History II)
    • ENGL 234 (National Cinemas)
    • ENGL 235 (Gender and Film)
    • ENGL 238 (Special Topic in Film Studies)
    • ENGL 258 (Shakespeare and Film)
  • One of the following seminars:
    • ENGL 332 (Film and Technology)
    • ENGL 336 (Film Genres and Auteurs)
    • ENGL 339 (Special Topics in Film Studies)
    • ENGL 358 (Seminar in Shakespeare and Film)
  • One of the following courses:
    • FRENCH 255 (Introduction to French Cinema). Prerequisite: permission of the instructor
    • ITAL 250 (Italian Cinema). Prerequisite: permission of the instructor
    • RUSS 225 (Russian Cinema: From the Revolution to Repentance). Prerequisite: permission of the instructor
    • ANTH/EAST 247 Japanese Film as Anthropology
    • ART 112 (Basic Photography)
    • ART 227 (Introduction to Visual Culture)
    • ART 234 (Digital Photography)
    • ART 340 (Multimedia and Installation Art)
    • CAPS 494 (Literature and Film: Theory of Screen Adaptation)
    • EAST 222 (Passion/Perversion: Japanese Film)
    • ANTH/EAST 247 (Japanese Film as Anthropology)
    • ECON 280 (Political Economy of Media and Advertising)
    • HUMN 450 (Hybridity, Identity, Postmodernity)
    • RELI 234 (Hinduism and Film)
    • THEA 245 (Entertainment Technology)
    • THEA 252 (Sound Design)
    • UNIV 258 (Star Power: Aesthetics of Classic Hollywood)
    • UNIV 275 (Post WW II European Cinema)