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Film Studies is a department in which the motion picture is explored in a unified manner, combining the liberal arts tradition of cultural, historical, and formal analysis with filmmaking at beginning and advanced levels. The requirements for admission include a minimum overall academic average of B (85.0) and the successful completion by the middle of the sophomore year of Film 304, History of World Cinema to the
1960s, and Film 310, Introduction to Film Analysis. These courses are open to all students and provide both an historical survey and an introduction to the basic terminology and techniques of film analysis and criticism. A minimum grade of B+ must be earned in both of these two courses to enter the major.
To fulfill the major, students must complete satisfactorily:
- Film 304 and Film 310
- The additional required courses in Group I
- Elective courses from Group II (a minimum of six)
Course offerings vary from year to year and not all courses are available in every year. Many electives in Group II are cross-listed with other programs and departments; only film courses listed or cross-listed as Film Studies count for the major. Electives in Group III, as well as First Year Initiative courses, tutorials, and student fora, count toward graduation but not toward fulfillment of the major.
Many elective courses are open to non-majors, although most have a prerequisite for admission. Non-majors who complete Film 304 or Film 310 will meet the prerequisite for admission to several intermediate Film Studies courses. Production classes (Film 440 and 450) as well as Senior Seminar (Film 414) are open only to Film Studies majors.
Departmental Advising Expert: Jeanine Basinger
GATEWAY CLASSES (Minimum grade of B+ must be earned in each class.)
*Film 304 History of World Cinema to the 1960s
*Film 310 Introduction to Film Analysis
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ADDITIONAL REQUIRED COURSES AFTER ENTRY INTO THE MAJOR
GROUP I
Film 414 Senior Seminar
Film 450 Sight and Sound (or approved equivalent)
GROUP II ELECTIVES
Film 306 Understanding Television: Industrial System, Cultural Form, and Everyday Life
Film 308 The Musical Film
Film 309 Film Noir
Film 313 Early Cinema and the Rise of the Hollywood Feature
Film 314 Directorial Style: Classic American Film Comedy
Film 320 The New German Cinema
Film 322 Alfred Hitchcock
Film 341 The Cinema of Horror
Film 342 Cinema of Adventure and Action
Film 343 The American Film Industry in the Studio Era
Film 344 Color in the Cinema
Film 346 Contemporary East Asian Cinema
Film 347 Melodrama and the Woman’s Picture
Film 348 Postwar American Independent Cinema
Film 349 Television: The Domestic Medium
Film 350 Contemporary International Art Cinema
Film 351 Classical Film Theory
Film 365 Kino: Russia at the Movies
GROUP III (Additional Electives)
Film 363 Making an Anthropological Video
Film 454 Screenwriting
Film 456/457 Advanced Filmmaking (Fall/Spring)
Film 409/410 Senior Thesis (Fall/Spring)
*Film 304 and Film 310 must be completed before admission to the major.
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