Film Studies Minor

Filmmakers 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.

Minor Requirements

The film studies minor, which provides students with the opportunity to study film history, theory, and methods of criticism, consists of 18 credit hours, including: