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 329 – Film and Television Analysis (3)
Electives – 15 credits
Electives from either Film Studies or Production/Writing categories (15 credits).
No more than 6 credits from the Production/Writing category can be used to complete the minor.
Film Studies Electives –
- AMST 2203 – America at the Movies (3)
- COMM 2211 – Film in Ireland and Scotland (3)
- COMM 2264 – Historical Moments in TV Culture (3)
- COMM 2360 – Social Documentary (3)
- ENGL 2212 – Shakespeare on Film (3)
- ENGL 2273 – Film History [to be proposed] (3)
- ENGL 268 – P1 Fundamentals of Film (3)
- HIST 161 – Hitler and Hollywood (3)
- HIST 2105 – The Invalid Woman (3)
- PHIL 2402 – Ethics Goes to the Movies (3)
- SOCI 2221 – Reality & Documentary Film (3)
- WGST 2121 – Queering Film (3)
- WGST 2130 – Race and Film (3)
- WGST 2222 – Masculinity in Film (3) or other film courses approved by department chair.
Production/Writing Electives –
- COMM 231 – Video Storytelling (3)
- COMM 323 – Screenwriting (3)
- COMM 327 – Television Writing (3)
- COMM 328 – Cinematography and Editing (3)
- COMM 332 – Television Production (3)
- COMM 361 – Documentary Production (3)
- COMM 431 – Filmmaking (3)
Total: 18 credits
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. (For students majoring in media and communication, that course is COMM 329.) A student may not minor in both media and communication and film and television studies.