Major & Minor Requirements
The major consists of ten courses. Three core courses are required: the Introduction to Film Studies, the Introduction to Film Production, and a Capstone Research Seminar to be taken in the senior year. The remaining courses are cross-listed or offered by departments such as Art and Art History, Classical Studies, English, Journalism, Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and Music.
These courses have been divided into three groups (A, B, and C); students choose two courses each from groups A and B. Course groupings can be found here. This range of courses provides students with the opportunity to construct a program of study that is targeted to their particular interests.
New courses are continually being developed, so check the courses page and BannerWeb for the most up to date schedule of recent and upcoming courses.
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Major
The Film Studies Major
Note: Note: No more than four courses can be taken at the 200-level or below without permission of the relevant professor and the film studies coordinator.
10 units, including:
FMST-201 Introduction to Film Studies
FMST-202 Introduction to Film Production
FMST-400 Research Seminar
Two Group A courses
Two Group B courses
Three additional courses from either Group A, B, or C
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Minor
The Film Studies Minor
Note: Note: No more than four courses can be taken at the 200-level or below without permission of the relevant professor and the film studies coordinator.
Six units, including:
FMST-201 Introduction to Film Studies
FMST-202 Introduction to Film Production
One Group A course
One Group B course
Two additional courses from either Group A, B, or C
(The course groupings are listed under the Film Studies Course Groups tab.) -
Major/
Minor Courses Film Studies Course Groups
Core Curriculum:
Group A Courses:
ENGL-367 Indigenous Film in North America
Group B Courses:
Group C Courses:
FMST-302 Intermediate Film Production
FMST 303 Film Editing: Theory and Practice
JOUR-307 Documentary Journalism
THTR-305 Sound Design
THTR-307 Stage Lighting Design
THTR-308 Basics of Directing
THTR-325 Script Analysis
VMAP-117 Introduction to Film, Sound and Video
VMAP-260 Thematic Explorations in Sound and Video Art
VMAP-310 Time-Based Media Studio
Additional courses:
FMST-397 Selected Topics in Film Studies (depending on subject matter, each iteration of this course would be categorized as either Group A, B, or C and apportioned accordingly)