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Concentration in Film History and Aesthetics

Requirements for a Concentration in Film Aesthetics and History

(Note: curriculum currently undergoing review; correspond with Cinema Studies advisers to determine the most recent requirements for this program.)

A minimum of 28 credits is required, including:

  1. Three courses chosen from:
    • CIN 150 Introduction to Film
    • ENG 250 Film and Formal Analysis
    • LIT 251 Studies in Foreign Film
    • AH 367 Film and the Visual Arts

  2. CIN315 Film Theory and Criticism

  3. Two courses chosen from:
    • CIN 300 History of Film: The Silent Era
    • CIN 301 History of Film: The Sound Era to 1958
    • CIN 302 History of Film: The New Wave and Its Impact
    • CIN 303 History of Film: Into the 21st Century

  4. One course chosen from:
    • AN 307 Culture and Society in Film
    • CIN 350 Topics in Film
    • CIN 450 Advanced Topics in Film
    • COM 303 Communication Theory
    • COM 371 Forms and Effects of Mass Communication
    • ENG 309 Adaptation: Fiction, Drama, Film
    • MUS 334 History of Film Music
    • SA 268 Video Art I
    • SA 368 Video Art II
    • CIN 450 Advanced Topics in Film OR CIN 499 Independent Study may be substituted for one of the courses listed above, with the permission of the Cinema Studies program director.

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