The Faculty

Program Coordinator: Isolina Ballesteros (Modern Languages and Comparative Literature)

Teaching Faculty:

Field Description

The Film Studies (FLM) Program provides an interdisciplinary approach to the study of film as a vital expression of 20th-century art and culture. Courses are offered in history, aesthetics, theory and criticism, and production.

The Minor

The Film Minor offers students an interdisciplinary program suitable for both business and liberal arts and sciences students who have an interest in developing an understanding of film as a medium as well as its relationship to social movements, national cultures, and related artistic forms. Students minoring in film acquire skills for analyzing mainstream film texts as well as those arising from alternative models of production and distribution. The program surveys the evolution of international film from its origins at the end of the nineteenth century to its current status as a vital and economically powerful contemporary art form. In order to complete a minor in Film Studies, students must take three courses, one of which must be  (History of Film I),  (History of Film II), or  (The Art of Film); one 3000 or 4000-level course from the list of approved electives; and  (Critical Approaches to Film).

Required Capstone:

FLM 4900

Critical Approaches to Film

3 credits

Required Course: One course from the following

ENG 3260

The Art of Film

3 credits

FLM 3001

History of Film I

3 credits

FLM 3002

History of Film II

3 credits

Electives: One course from the following:

ART 3244

The Influence of Visual Arts on Film

3 credits

CHI 4183

Chinese Cinema (taught in Chinese)

3 credits

 

History of French Cinema ()3 credits 
Latin American Cinema ()3 credits 
Immigration Cinema: Migrations and Border Crossings to the U.S. and Europe (), ()3 credits

COM 3059

Video Communication and Production

3 credits

ENG 3260

The Art of Film

3 credits

ENG 3270

Film and Literature

3 credits

ENG 3285

Women in Film

3 credits

ENG 3940

Topics in Film

3 credits

FLM 3001

History of Film I

3 credits

FLM 3002

History of Film II

3 credits

FRE 4503

Contemporary French Cinema and Society (taught in French)

3 credits

JRN 3280

Documentary Film ()

3 credits

JRN 3650

Workshop: Film and Television Writing

3 credits

MSC 3034

Music in Films

3 credits

Philosophy of Film and Photography3 credits 

SPA 4183

Spanish Film: Cinematic Representations of the Spanish Artistic Tradition (taught in Spanish)

3 credits

Courses

Courses in Film Studies (FLM)

FLM 3001

History of Film I

4 hours; 3 credits

FLM 3002

History of Film II

4 hours; 3 credits

FLM 3151

History of French Cinema ()

3 hours; 3 credits

FLM 3160

Latin American Cinema ()

3 hours; 3 credits

FLM 4100

Immigration Cinema: Migrations and Border Crossings to the U.S. and Europe (), ()

3 hours; 3 credits

FLM 4900

Critical Approaches to Film

3 hours; 3 credits