Cinema & Media Studies (Minor)

Minor Requirements

The interdisciplinary minor in Cinema & Media Studies consists of five (5) courses for twenty (20) credit hours in total.

Two (2) Required Courses

LTWR 195/COMM 195	Art of Film	4
LTWR 221/COMM 221	The Critical Lens: Introduction to Film and Media Theory	4

Plus Three (3) Electives

Electives may be chosen from the lists below with the following restrictions:

• At least one (1) elective, must be a designated Production Course;
• At least one (1) elective, must be at the 200 or 300-level, and;
• No more than two (2) photography courses, can count for the minor.

Production Courses

Students will take at least one of these designated production courses for the minor.  These courses may also count as electives for the minor.

ART 138/COMM 138	The Poetry of Photography	4
ART 139/COMM 139	Color Photography CSI	4
ART 232/COMM 232	Advanced Digital Workshop	4
ART 237/COMM 237	Advanced Black and White Photography	4
ART 239/COMM 239	Art of the Real: Documentary Photography	4
ART 256/COMM 256	Approaches in Contemporary Photography	4
COMM 120	Communications Media	4
COMM 121	Visual Communication	4
COMM 163	Radio Operations and Podcasting	4
COMM 220	Video Production	4
COMM 222	Animation	4
COMM 246	Digital Imaging for Design	4
COMM 262	Media Convergence	4
COMM 263	Social Media Journalism	4

Elective Courses

ART 138/COMM 138	The Poetry of Photography	4
ART 139/COMM 139	Color Photography CSI	4
ART 232/COMM 232	Advanced Digital Workshop	4
ART 237/COMM 237	Advanced Black and White Photography	4
ART 239/COMM 239	Art of the Real: Documentary Photography	4
ART 249	History of Photography	4
ART 256/COMM 256	Approaches in Contemporary Photography	4
AS 216	Asian American Cinema	4
AST 202	Introduction to Black Popular Culture	4
AST 307	Black History at the Movies	4
COMM 120	Communications Media	4
COMM 121	Visual Communication	4
COMM 124	Media, Message, and Society	4
COMM 163	Radio Operations and Podcasting	4
COMM 220	Video Production	4
COMM 222	Animation	4
COMM 246	Digital Imaging for Design	4
COMM 262	Media Convergence	4
COMM 263	Social Media Journalism	4
HIST 254	History Through Novels & Film	4
HIST 329	Film and History Representation	4
HIST 374	Seminar in Modern U.S. History	4
LTWR 230	Postcolonial Film	4
LTWR 327	Psychoanalysis, Race and Sexuality	4
LTWR 354	Studies in Film: Melodrama	4
LTWR 398/WGSS 398	Feminist Media Studies	4
MUS 165	Music in Film	4
PHIL 152	Philosophy Through Literature and Film	4
SPAN 314	Hispanic Culture as Seen Through Film	4