Catalog 2011 - 2012

Film and Media Arts Minor

The film and media arts minor requires a minimum of 24 credit hours. Students choose an emphasis on production or studies after completing the foundation coursework. Communication and advertising and public relations majors must complete all requirements in the minor, with at least 4 credit hours of courses that meet requirements beyond the courses for their major.

Degree Requirements

Foundation (12 credit hours):

ART 241/COM 241Introduction to Sound, Image and Motion

4

WRI 226/COM 226Introduction to Scriptwriting for Motion Pictures and Television

4

And one of the following courses:

Total Credit Hours:12

Production (12 credit hours):

One of the following courses:

ART 312/COM 312Narrative Production

4

ART 313/COM 313Documentary Production

4

ART 314/COM 314Experimental Filmmaking

4

Total Credit Hours:12

And one of the following courses:

ART 331/COM 331Adolescent/Adult Art

4

COM 342Producing for Motion Picture and Digital Media

4

COM 399Independent Study in Communication

1-4

Total Credit Hours:4

And the following (in Senior year only)/;

COM 460Senior Seminar in Film and Digital Production

4

Total Credit Hours:4

Cinema Studies (12 credit hours)

Two of the following courses:

COM 300The Documentary Tradition

4

COM 335Survey of Independent Video and Film

4

COM 360Film Directors

4

WST 370/COM 370Women, Film and Popular Culture

4

COM 390Ethnicity in Film and Literature (Honors)

4

WST 435/COM 435Women Directors: Theory and Criticism

4

COM 445/WST 435The Image and the Reality

4

COM 450Experimental Cinema: History and Theory

4

Total Credit Hours:12

And the following (in Senior year only)

COM 460Senior Seminar in Film and Digital Production

4

Total Credit Hours:4

Total Credit Hours: 48