Minor

Minor in Film and Television

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 (3)
  • ENGL 268 – P1 Fundamentals of Film (3)
  • HIST 161 – Hitler and Hollywood (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 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. The minor in film and television studies is not available to students majoring in film and television or minoring in media and communication.

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