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2020-21 College of Liberal Arts 
    
2020-21 College of Liberal Arts [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Film Studies Minor


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More than a century old, film is an integral, omnipresent art form and a component of our day-to-day lives. The film studies minor examines how film reflects and affects the social, intellectual, cultural, ethical, economic, aesthetic, and political aspects of our world; encourages students to move toward critical thinking about how film influences values and ideologies as well as our views on gender, race, class, sexuality, religion, and nationality; and demonstrates that film is a medium which both reflects and produces social conflicts, desires, and power relations.

Minor Requirements


Six (6) courses are required: two (2) core courses and four (4) electives. Students are advised to complete FIL 150  as one of the first three courses counted toward the film studies minor.

Electives


Choose four (4) courses from the schedule of courses that are noted as fulfilling the “FIL minor,” which meet the following criteria.

  • At least two at the 300 level or above
  • At least one must focus on foreign film
  • One may be an internship

Film courses taken in the Hamilton Holt School or at other institutions may count toward the minor at the discretion of the Film Studies Program Director.

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