Undergraduate Minor
in Film
Case now offers an undergraduate minor in
Film. This flexible minor is designed to accommodate both busy
student
schedules and a wide range of possible interests in the cinema.
Film
Minor Requirements
TOTAL CREDITS:
15
• REQUIRED COURSE: ENGL 367—INTRODUCTION
TO FILM
Take
this
course first or as early in the sequence as possible.
• THE REMAINING 12 CREDITS can consist of any of the following:
• ENGL
368A—Introduction to Film
Studies
• ENGL 368B (Topics in Film
History ) or 368C (Topics in Film)
ENGL 368 topics courses have included History
of
Film:
Origins
to
Present, The
Horror Film, Great Directors, The Hollywood Musical, African
Cinema, Literature in
Film, Films of
Alfred Hitchcock, Asian Cinema and Drama, American
Cinema
History
and
Culture, Images of Women in Films, Introduction
to
Film
Genres, Science
Fiction Films, Latin American Cinema, Watching Movies, Dance on Screen, Film Music, and Storytelling
&
Cinema.
Students can take
up to 12 credits of ENGL 368 courses—but there are ways to take more if you think you are approaching this limit. Contact Robert
Spadoni to learn how.
• ENGL 316—Screenwriting
• UP TO 6 OF THE REMAINING 12 CREDITS CAN BE ELECTIVE COURSES
Courses that have counted as electives toward the film minor include: Latin American
Cinema, Religion and Film, The Hollywood Musical, Topics in German
Cinema, Film Music, Jewish Image in Popular Film, French Cinema,
James Bond and Popular Culture, Classics in Film, and Folklore & Myth in Japanese
Film.
Students interested in having one of these courses or another course count as an elective, contact Robert Spadoni.
Other details
Up to 6
credits can count toward both the
film minor and a major or
other minor.
STUDENTS MAJORING IN ENGLISH and also
TAKING A LOT OF FILM COURSES occasionally run up against the 42-credit
limit of ENGL courses that can count toward graduating. If you think you might reach this
limit, look for cross lists for ENGL film courses (WLIT for
example).
To declare a
Film minor
•
Complete
a
Declaration
of
Minor
Form. Get one at the Office of
Undergraduate Studies in
Sears 357 or from Robert Spadoni.
• Make an appointment to see Robert Spadoni,
who will
sign the form and keep the
white copy.
• Bring the yellow copy to the Office of
Undergraduate Studies.
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