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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Cinema Studies, B.A.

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Requirements for the liberal arts major in Cinema Studies, B.A. program

The Cinema Studies major shall require a total of 48 credit hours. Only 16 transfer credits may be counted towards the Cinema Studies major. Only courses in which the student has earned a grade of at least a 2.0 may be counted towards the Cinema Studies major.

1. Four introductory-level credits selected from

CIN 150 - Introduction to Film (4) or
ENG 250 - Film and Formal Analysis (4)

2. Required course

CIN 252 - Methods of Cinema Studies (0 or 4)

3. Required course

CIN 315 - Film Theory and Criticism (0 or 4)

4. Twelve credits in film history selected from

CIN 300 - History of Film: The Silent Era (0 or 4)
CIN 301 - History of Film: The Sound Era to 1958 (0 or 4)
CIN 302 - History of Film: The New Wave and Beyond (0 or 4)
CIN 303 - History of Film: Into the 21st Century (0 or 4)

5. Four credits in film production selected from

CIN 165 - Introduction to Digital Film Production
(4) or
ENG 387 - Screenwriting (4)

6. Sixteen credits in critical studies in film selected from

AH 367 - Film and the Visual Arts (4)
AN 307 - Culture and Society Through Film (4)
CIN 311 - Studies in Documentary Film (0 or 4)
CIN 320 - Topics in Film History, Industry, and Technology (0 or 4)
CIN 321 - Topics in Film Genres (0 or 4)
CIN 322 - Topics in Film Authors, Authorship, and Aesthetics (0 or 4)
CIN 350 - Topics in Film (0 or 4)
CIN 415 - Advanced Film Theory (0 or 4)
CIN 450 - Advanced Topics In Film (0 or 4)
CIN 485 - Field Internship in Cinema Studies (0 to 4)
CIN 499 - Independent Study (4)
COM 375 - Rise of Electronic Media (4)
COM 387 - Media, Gender and Sexuality (4)
ENG 260 - Masterpieces of World Cinema (4)
ENG 309 - Adaptation: Fiction, Drama, Film (4)
ENG 350 - Topics In Film (4)
ENG 387 - Screenwriting (4)
LIT 251 - Studies In Foreign Film (4)
MUS 334 - History of Film Music (4)
PS 309 - Politics Through Film (4)

Note

No more than two non-CIN designated courses in this category may be counted toward the Cinema Studies major.

7. Four capstone credits selected from

CIN 415 - Advanced Film Theory (0 or 4)
CIN 450 - Advanced Topics In Film (0 or 4)
CIN 499 - Independent Study (4)

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