Film Studies minor
Office: 315B McEwen Hall
(716) 673-4853
Phil Hastings, Coordinator
Email: film.studies@fredonia.edu
Website: http://www.fredonia.edu/department/interdisciplinary/
Film is fundamentally a medium of expression and communication that may be used to examine and study human knowledge and exploration in a wide variety of fields. A film may have predominantly literary content or may be predominantly historical, political, or cultural. A film may be highly impressionistic and be primarily an abstract, aesthetic work. Film is more than a century old, and it is an increasingly popular form of entertainment and cultural influence in the world. It is also a medium capable of serious artistic expression and scholarly analysis. The departments of Communication, English, Modern Languages and Literatures, History, Political Science, and Visual Arts and New Media and the Women's Studies and Film Studies programs offer courses regularly that treat film as a communication medium, an artistic medium, an historical or political document, or a reflection of culture. In any given semester, as many as 200 students may be enrolled in courses in which film is the major vehicle for study.
The goals of the Film Studies minor are to develop a variety of approaches to understanding the role of film as a medium of expression and communication and the kinds of content with which a film might be concerned, to acquaint students with the development of film as a medium of expression and communication, and to acquaint students with landmarks in the history of film and to recognize and challenge the grounds on which landmark status has been recognized.
Required courses for the minor (18 credit hours)
6 credit hours chosen from the following courses.
Choose one from
Note: Students should not take both classes. Only one will count toward the minor.
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Electives:
(at least 12 credit hours, chosen from the following.) It is recommended that students have completed at least one core course before beginning work on electives:
Notes:
No more than four (4) courses in any one discipline may be taken for credit toward the film minor.
Faculty in various departments frequently offer other film-related courses that address the goals of the Film Studies program. To determine if a course not listed above will satisfy requirements for the Film Studies minor, students should contact the coordinator.
Communication Department students can use only one course from their Major Track requirements.