The Minor in Cinema Studies
Course Requirements for the Minor: 18 units
The following courses, or their approved transfer equivalents, are required of all candidates for this minor.
Approaches to Film: 6 units
2 courses selected from:
| ARTH |
482 |
Film as Visual Art |
3.0 |
FS |
| ENGL |
301 |
Introduction to Film |
3.0 |
FA |
| HUMN |
380 |
Food and Film |
3.0 |
FS * |
| PHIL |
383 |
Philosophy and Film |
3.0 |
FS * |
| RELS |
365 |
Religion and Film |
3.0 |
SP |
Cinema and Anglophone Cultures: 3 units
1 course selected from:
| CDES |
342 |
Documentary Film |
3.0 |
FS |
| CDES |
344 |
American Cinema |
3.0 |
FS |
| ENGL |
203 |
Shakespeare on Film |
3.0 |
Inq * |
| ENGL |
303 |
Survey of American Film |
3.0 |
SP |
| ENGL |
401 |
Themes in American Film |
3.0 |
FA |
Foreign Language Cinema: 3 units
1 course selected from:
| FLNG |
315 |
Myth and History in European Cinema |
3.0 |
FS |
Prerequisites: HIST 103 or HIST 110.
This course is also offered as HIST 315.
OR (the following course may be substituted for the above)
| HIST |
315 |
Myth & History in European Cinema |
3.0 |
FS |
Prerequisites: HIST 103 or HIST 110.
This course is also offered as FLNG 315.
| FREN |
480 |
French Cinema |
3.0 |
Inq |
| GERM |
482 |
Weimar Cinema: From Caligari to Hitler |
3.0 |
Inq |
| GERM |
484 |
The New German Cinema |
3.0 |
Inq |
| ITAL |
482 |
Italian Cinema - General History, Genres, and Trends |
3.0 |
Inq |
| JAPN |
381 |
Japan in Film |
3.0 |
Inq |
| SPAN |
481 |
Film and Literature in Spain and Latin America |
3.0 |
Inq |
Prerequisites: SPAN 301; SPAN 341 or SPAN 342; or faculty permission.
Electives: 3 units
3 units selected from:
| CDES |
352 |
Media Arts and Identity |
3.0 |
FS |
| CDES |
353 |
World Cinema |
3.0 |
FS |
or choose any course offered in one of the three sections above or any film course offered in the University, with the approval
of the Humanities advisor.
Comparative Study: 3 units
1 course selected from:
| ARTH |
341 |
The Avant-Garde in the Twentieth Century: The Visual Arts |
3.0 |
FS |
| ARTH |
433 |
European Art: Twentieth Century |
3.0 |
FS |
Prerequisites: ARTH 101 and ARTH 102 for art majors.
| ARTH |
441 |
International Art: Contemporary |
3.0 |
FS |
Prerequisites: ARTH 101 and ARTH 102 for Art majors.
| ARTH |
484 |
History of Photography |
3.0 |
FS |
| ENGL |
451 |
Modern Poetry |
3.0 |
FS |
| ENGL |
453 |
Modern Drama |
3.0 |
FS |
| ENGL |
454 |
Comparative Literature |
3.0 |
FS |
| ENGL |
461 |
The Modern Novel |
3.0 |
FS |
| HIST |
325 |
Modern European Thought and Culture |
3.0 |
SP |
| HIST |
416 |
Contemporary Europe, 1914-Present |
3.0 |
FA |
| MUSC |
293 |
History of Jazz |
3.0 |
SP |
| MUSC |
294 |
History of Rock Music |
3.0 |
FA |
| MUSC |
303 |
Music History (1900 to the Present) |
3.0 |
FA |
Prerequisites: MUSC 202, MUSC 302, and faculty permission.
| PHIL |
202 |
Philosophy East and West |
3.0 |
FS * GC |
| PHIL |
303 |
History of 19th Century Philosophy |
3.0 |
FS |
| PHIL |
305 |
Continental Philosophy: Husserl, Heidegger and the Quest for Being |
3.0 |
FA |
| PHIL |
307 |
Existentialism |
3.0 |
FA * |
| THEA |
315 |
Gender and the Stage |
3.0 |
FS * |
This course is also offered as MCGS 315.
| THEA |
350 |
History of Modern Theatre |
3.0 |
SP WP |
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in THEA 350X is required.
| THEA |
350X |
Readings in Dramatic Literature |
1.0 |
SP |
Prerequisites: ENGL 130 (or its equivalent) with a grade of C- or higher.
Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in THEA 350 is required.
