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Film and Media Major
The Film and Media major offers a robust core curriculum in history, theory and practice, while also allowing students the flexibility to choose classes suited to their specific areas of interest.
Students are required to take 11 total classes:
6 from the core curriculum and 5 electives
Only 2 classes taken outside of the department may count toward the major requirements.
Required Courses:
- FILM 101: Introduction to Film
- FILM 102: Introduction to TV & Digital Media
- Two Courses in Film and Media History. Students can choose from the following options:
- FILM 201: Film History I
- FILM 202: Film History II
- FILM 203: American Television History
- FILM 204: Documentary Film and Media History
- FILM 205: History of Photography
- One Course in Film and Media Theory. Students can choose one of the following options:
- FILM 301: Film Theory
- FILM 302: Digital Media Theory
- One Course in Media Making. Students can choose from the following options:
- FILM 106: Photography I
- FILM 107: Introduction to Digital Video
- ENG 201W: Multimedia Journalism
- FILM 212: Film Producing
- FILM 255: Film, Media and Social Change
- FILM 278W: Writing the Short Film
- FILM 378RW: Screenwriting
- FILM 389/POLS 271: Guerilla Political Photography
- ENGCW 380W: When taught as: Writing Games & Interactive Media
- ARTHIST 393R: When taught as: Introduction to 3D Visualization
- Five Electives. Of these five classes, students can choose:
- One "Multicultural Perspectives (MCP)" class that focuses on non-US media OR race, gender and ethnicity in media**
- One course offered at the 400-level
- 3 additional electives
**The 400-level and Multicultural Perspectives requirements cannot be fulfilled by the same class.