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Film Studies (FILM)
Interdisciplinary

B24 Kleinpell Fine Arts
(715) 425-3097
www.uwrf.edu/film-studies-minor/

Robin Murray-Coordinator

Film Studies is an interdisciplinary minor offered by four departments: English, History, Journalism, and Communication Studies and Theatre Arts. Film Studies examines film as an art form, as an industry, and as the most popular and most influential communication medium of the twentieth century. Film Studies provides an interdisciplinary approach to visual literacy as it introduces students to film history, theory, criticism, and production.

Film Studies Minor

Film Studies Minor: 24 Total Credits
Required Courses: 9 cr. hrs.
FILM 200 or CSTA 200 Introduction to Film Studies 3 cr.
FILM 301 History of Film 3 cr.
(Co-listed as CSTA, ENGL, HIST, or JOUR 301)
FILM 499 Directed Project in Film 2-3 cr.
FILM 160 TV Studio Production 3 cr.
FILM 206 Ethnic Film and Literature 3 cr.
FILM 248 Cultures in Conflict 3 cr.
FILM 260 Electronic Field Production 3 cr.
FILM 300 Women in Film 3 cr.
FILM 302 History of Documentary 3 cr.
FILM 305 News in Film 3 cr.
(co-listed as JOUR 305)
FILM 310 Sociology Through Film 3 cr.
FILM 315 German Classic and Modern Film 3 cr.
FILM 343 The Novel and Film Adaptations 3 cr.
FILM 389 Special Topics 3 cr.
(Co-listed as HIST, JOUR, MUS, CSTA, SOCI, which offer individual courses)
FILM 402 History in Film 3 cr.
(Co-listed as HIST 402)
FILM 442 World Cinema 3 cr.
FILM 495 Independent Study 3 cr.

Updated November 2008

 

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