Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Bulletin: 2024-2025 Undergraduate Bulletin Program: Film Studies Minor Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Film Studies Minor

College of Liberal Arts >> Communication and Media 

18 hours; 2.0 minor GPA required

The interdisciplinary Film Studies minor focuses primarily on film criticism. The minor requires two courses, CMST 286 - Visual Rhetoric and Culture and ENG 185 - Introduction to Film. ENG 185 is a Core 39 course and introduces students to consuming film, while CMST 286 introduces students to analytical frameworks for interpreting film and other visual forms of communication. Electives include courses in Communication Studies, English, History, Kinesiology, and World Languages and Cultures, and are selected in consultation with an academic advisor.

Required Courses

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
CMST 286 - Visual Rhetoric and Culture
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly Offered
Credits: 3
ENG 185 - Introduction to Film

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Creative and Aesthetic Expression; Embedded Experience-Diversity


Term(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
Credits: 3

Directed Electives

Choose 12 credits:

Course NameCredits:Term TakenGradeGen Ed
CMST 386 - American Cinema and Culture
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
ENG 307 - Screenwriting Workshop
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
FREN 275 - The French Film

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Creative and Aesthetic Expression; Embedded Experience-Global; Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
GERM 275 - The German Film

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Creative and Aesthetic Expression; Embedded Experience-Global


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
HIST 454 - History and Film
Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
KIN 201 - Sport, Exercise & Culture in Film

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Creative and Aesthetic Expression


Term(s) Offered: Spring
Credits: 3
SPAN 275 - The Hispanic Film

USI Core 39: Ways of Knowing-Creative and Aesthetic Expression; Embedded Experience-Global; Embedded Experience-Writing


Term(s) Offered: Irregularly offered
Credits: 3
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