Film and Media Studies Courses

Registration Notes

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ENGH 319, 362, 470, 472, 474 and FAVS 399 may be repeated for credit and applied to the minor if the topic is different.

COMM and AVT majors can only use 6 elective credits from their home department toward the FAMS minor.

FAVS majors cannot include FAVS core courses (for example, Film and Video Forms) or any COMM or FAVS production courses toward their FAMS minor. See FAVS requirements.

There are many courses in several departments that count toward the FAMS minor. To determine whether courses not listed here count toward FAMS, please contact the director.

The Film & Media Studies Minor requires a total of 18 credits: 6 credits of required courses and 12 credits of electives.

Required Courses (6 credits)

COMM 380 Media Criticism

ENGH 372 Introduction to Film

Elective Courses (12 credits)

Art and Visual Technology

AVT 377 Cyberpunk

Communication

COMM 208 Intro Media Production (formerly COMM 355 Video Principles and Practices)

COMM 302 Foundations of Media Theory

COMM 350 Mass Communication and Public Policy

COMM 358 Multi-Camera Studio Production

COMM 360 Digital Postproduction

COMM 364 Videography

COMM 365 Gender, Race, and Class in the Media

COMM 366 Visual Communication

COMM 372 Sports and Media

COMM 452 - Media Production Practicum

COMM 456 Comparative Mass Media

English

ENGH 318 Introduction to Cultural Studies (with permission of director)

ENGH 319 Popular Culture (with permission of director)

ENGH 362 Global Voices (with permission of director)

ENGH 370 Introduction to Documentary

ENGH 371 Television Studies

ENGH 373 Film & Video Forms

ENGH 418 Cultural Constructions of Sexualities (with permission of director)

ENGH 419 Topics in Popular Literature (with permission of director)

ENGH 470 RS Topics in Film/Media History

ENGH 472 Topics in Film/Media Theory

ENGH 474 Topics in Film/Media Studies

ENGH 499 Independent Study (with permission of director)

Film & Video Studies

FAVS 225 History of World Cinema

FAVS 300 Global Horror Films

FAVS 335 Sound Editing and Recording

FAVS 352 Ethics of Film & Video

FAVS 365 Documentary Film Production

FAVS 375 Fiction Film Directing
FAVS 399:001 Live Movies Authoring Authoring Elective
FAVS 399:002 Video Production for Social Change Authoring Authoring Elective
FAVS 399:004 Advanced Cinematography

Modern and Classical Languages

CHIN 320 Chinese Film

FREN 470 French and Francophone Cinema (with permission of director)

FRLN 331 Topics in World Cinema

JAPA 320 Japanese Cinema

RUSS 470 Topics in (Post) Soviet Film

Music

MUSI 301 Music in Motion Pictures

Registration Notes

ENGH 319, 362, 470, 472, 474 and FAVS 399 may be repeated for credit and applied to the minor if the topic is different.

COMM and AVT majors can only use 6 elective credits from their home department toward the FAMS minor.

FAVS majors cannot include FAVS core courses (for example, Film and Video Forms) or any COMM or FAVS production courses toward their FAMS minor. See FAVS requirements.

There are many courses in several departments that count toward the FAMS minor. To determine whether courses not listed here count toward FAMS, please contact the director.