Film Studies
Filmakers are a society’s and culture’s storytellers, and film continues to be one of today’s most influential art forms. The film studies minor provides students with the opportunity to learn how to critically engage with film texts and understand their position in various social, cultural, and historical contexts. Since so much of our world’s societies, cultures, and governments communicate via such screen-based texts, learning how to read films prepares the student for various areas of their personal, professional, and civic lives.
Eighteen hours, including:
Social Media
Social Media (18 credits)
This interdisciplinary minor helps prepare students to utilize social media in their professional lives across a variety of professional fields. The minor offers students the opportunity to learn about the nature of social media, how to create content for social media, and how to design a communication campaign that utilizes social media.
The minor is divided into three areas of emphasis: Foundation, Design, and Application. Foundation courses deal with the technological characteristics, the industries that create and propagate such technologies, and the theories, concepts, and ethical considerations that govern how we understand and use these technologies. Design courses deal with learning how to produce audio, video, and visual content for social media platforms. Application courses deal with learning how to apply social media skills in a real-world context and in classroom and real-world learning settings.
Students must complete six courses spread across the three areas of emphasis and must also complete a community-based learning project or internship. No more than three courses from any one department may be used to fulfill requirements for the minor.
Eighteen-nineteen hours, including:
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