Program Requirements
Minor in Film and Television Studies
A grade point average of 2.00 is required for all courses taken in residence that may be applied to the minor.
Requirements
Required Course – 3 credits
- COMM/ENGL 329 – Film and Television Analysis (3)
Storytelling and Screenwriting – 3-6 credits
Choose at least ONE of the following:
- COMM 231 – Video Storytelling (3)
- COMM 323 – Screenwriting (3)
History and Fundamentals – 6-9 Credits
Choose at least TWO of the following:
- Choose ONE:
- COMM 264 – P1 Television History (3)
- COMM 2264 – Historic Moments in TV Culture (3)
- ENGL 268 – P1 Fundamentals of Film (3)
- ENGL 273 – Film History (3)
Electives (if necessary) – 0–6 credits
- AMST 203 – P1 Hollywood Film Genres (3)
- AMST 204 – P1 Film, Television, and Visual Culture (3)
- Choose ONE:
- COMM 211 – P1 Irish and Scottish Film (3)
- COMM 2211 – Film in Ireland & Scotland (3)
- COMM 233 – Studio Production (3)
- COMM 2360 – Social Documentary (3)
- COMM 332 – Television Production (3)
- COMM 361 – Documentary Production (3)
- COMM 431 – Filmmaking (3)
- ENGL 2212 – Shakespeare on Film (3)
- ENGL 2263 – Image and the Word (3)
- POSC 122 – P1 Politics at the Movies (3)
- WGST 220 – P1 Women and Film (3)
- WGST 2121 – Queering Film (3)
- Choose ONE:
- WGST 258 – P1 Gender in Popular Media (3)
- WGST 2258 – Identity and Popular Media (3)
Total: 18 credits
*Applicable depending on topic; consult with program director.
Note: Only one course applied to a student's major may also be used to satisfy a requirement in the film and television studies minor. Excluding COMM/ENGL 329, no more than three courses may come from one discipline.