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 cinema 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):
COM 226 | Introduction to Scriptwriting for Motion Pictures and Television | 4 |
COM 241 | Introduction to Sound, Image and Motion | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
And one of the following courses:
And 12 credit hours from either focus area listed below (Production or Cinema Studies).
Production (12 credit hours):
One of the following courses:
COM 312 | Narrative Production | 4 |
COM 313 | Documentary Production | 4 |
COM 314 | Experimental Filmmaking | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
And one of the following courses:
COM 331 | The Creative Triangle | 4 |
COM 342 | Producing for Motion Picture and Digital Media | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
And the following course (in Senior year only)
COM 460 | Senior Seminar in Film and Digital Production | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Cinema Studies (12 credit hours)
Two of the following courses:
COM 300 | The Documentary Tradition | 4 |
COM 335 | Survey of Independent Video and Film | 4 |
COM 360 | Film Directors | 4 |
COM 361 | Film Genres | 4 |
COMH 390 | Ethnicity in Film and Literature (Honors) | 4 |
COM 435 | Women Directors: Theory and Criticism | 4 |
COM 445 | The Image and the Reality | 4 |
COM 450 | Experimental Cinema: History and Theory | 4 |
COM 455 | Film Theory and Criticism | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: | 8 |
And the following (in Senior year only)
COM 465 | Senior Seminar in Cinema Studies | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Total Credit Hours: 24