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- Academic Catalog 2018-2019
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- Major Requirements
- Art History Major
- Comparative Literature Major
- Computer Science Major
- Creative Writing Major
- Entrepreneurship Major
- Environmental Studies Major
- Film Studies Major
- Fine Arts Major
- Gender, Sexuality and Society Major
- Global Communications Major
- History Major
- History, Law and Society Major
- International Business Administration Major
- International and Comparative Politics Major
- International Economics Major
- International Finance Major
- Journalism Major
- Management Major
- Management Information Systems Major
- Marketing Major
- Mathematics and Computer Science Major
- Middle East Pluralities Major
- Philosophy Major
- Philosophy, Politics and Economics Major
- Psychology Major
- Quantitative Environmental Science Major
- Minor Requirements
- Graduate Requirements
- Policies and Procedures
- Academic Catalog 2018-2019
- Course Catalog
- Major Requirements
- Art History Major
- Comparative Literature Major
- Computer Science Major
- Creative Writing Major
- Entrepreneurship Major
- Environmental Studies Major
- Film Studies Major
- Fine Arts Major
- Gender, Sexuality and Society Major
- Global Communications Major
- History Major
- History, Law and Society Major
- International Business Administration Major
- International and Comparative Politics Major
- International Economics Major
- International Finance Major
- Journalism Major
- Management Major
- Management Information Systems Major
- Marketing Major
- Mathematics and Computer Science Major
- Middle East Pluralities Major
- Philosophy Major
- Philosophy, Politics and Economics Major
- Psychology Major
- Quantitative Environmental Science Major
- Minor Requirements
- Graduate Requirements
- Policies and Procedures
Film Studies Major
Requirements: Film Studies Major
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS – 52 credits
(Minimum grade of “C-“ required in each course)
| Course Number | Course Name | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| FM1010 or CM1023 |
Films & Their Meanings Introduction to Media & Communication Studies |
- EN1000 |
| FM/CM1019 | Principles of Video Production | |
| FM2075 or FM2076 |
Introduction to the History & Analysis of Narrative Film I Introduction to the History & Analysis of Narrative Film II |
|
| FM3027 | Film Theory & Criticism | |
| FM3096 | Junior Seminar in Film Studies | one FM course |
| FM4095 | Senior Project |
Film Pragmatics & the Art of Directing
Select three courses from the following list
| Course Number | Course Name | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| FM/CM2018 | Writing Fiction for Television | |
| FM/CL2028 | The Art of Screenwriting | |
| FM2080 | Film Directors: Orson Wells & His Inheritors | |
| FM2081 | Film Directors: Alfred Hitchcock | |
| FM2083 | Scorsese & Kubrick | |
| FM2082 | Film Directors: Tarantino & his Many Fathers | |
| FM2087 | Film Directors: Agnes Varda | |
| FM3039 | Directing Fiction | |
| FM3063 | Making a Documentary | CM/FM1019 |
| CM4028 | Advanced Video Production | CM/FM1019 |
International Cinema
Select two courses from the following list
| Course Number | Course Name | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| FM3072 | German Cinema | |
| FM3073 | Asian Cinema | |
| FM/CM3074 | Italian Cinema | |
| FM3076 | Italian Cinema | |
| FM3078 | Iberian & Latin American Cinema | |
| FM3085 | Provocative Witness: Cinema & Genocide | |
| FM/FR3086 | French Cinema: La Nouvelle Vague | FR2100 |
| FM/FR3087 | Paris Cinema | FR1000 |
Film Genres and Topics
Select two courses from the following list
| Course Number | Course Name | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| FM/FS2045 | Photographie et le cinema | FR2035 or higher |
| FM2090 | Film Noir | |
| FM2092 | Women & Film | |
| FM2093 | Cinema & Poetry | |
| FM/PL2095 | Philosophy & Film | |
| FM2096 | Film Genre: The Western | |
| FM2097 | Film Genres & Topics: European Cinema & the Body | |
| FM2098 | Cinema & the Political | |
| FM3011 | Issues in Contemporary French Film & Literature | FR2050 or FR2055 |
| FM3034 | Paris reel & Imagined; Perspectives on the City of Lights | |
| FM3048 | Shakespeare & Film | |
| FM3085 | Provocative Witness: Cinema & Genocide | |
| CM/AN3049 | Media & Ethnography | CM1023 |
| CM/GS3053 | Media & Gender | |
| CM3062 | Media Semiotics | CM2051 or major in Art History |
| FM3069 | The Aesthetics of Crime Fiction | |
| FM/CL3080 | Brecht & Film | |
| FM3088 | Cinema & the City | |
| FM3091 | Topics in Film Studies |
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
| Course Number | Course Name | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|
| EN 2020 Writing & Criticism (minimum grade of "C") | Speaking the World: Writing & Criticism | EN1010 (minimum grade of "C") |
| FR 1200 (or above) (minimum grade of "C") | Speaking the World: Elementary French & Culture II | FR1100 (minimum grade of "C") |
| Courses coded Type GE100 or GE115 | Comparing Worlds | |
| Courses coded Type GE110 or GE115 | Mapping the World | |
| Courses coded GE110 or GE100 or GE115 | Comparing Worlds & Mapping the World | |
| Math courses coded GE120 | Modeling the World: Math | |
| Science courses coded GE130 | Modeling the World: Science | co- or prerequisite: GE120 math course |
FREE ELECTIVES
Any courses desired – must complete a total of 128 credit hours to graduate.
HONORS
Students earning a GPA of 3.3 or above may elect to write a thesis or complete a creative project in order to earn honors.