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 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.
• UP TO 12 CREDITS in any of the following:
• ENGL
368A—Introduction to Film
Studies
• ENGL 368B—Topics in Film
History, including History
of
Film:
Origins
to
Present
• ENGL 368C—Topics In Film.
Students can take
up to 12 credits of ENGL 368 courses. If you reach this limit,
contact Robert
Spadoni on how you can continue to take 368 courses for credit.
Courses taught under the
ENGL 368c
rubric have included Introduction
to
Film, The
Horror Film, Great Directors, The Hollywood Musical, African
Cinema, Literature in
Film, History
of
Cinema, 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, Introductory
and Advanced
Screenwriting, Dance on Screen, Film Music, and Storytelling
&
Cinema.
• ENGL 316—Screenwriting
• UP TO 6 CREDITS of Elective Courses
Many courses
taught across the University
can qualify as elective courses, and new ones are coming along all the
time.
Courses taught in the past
that would qualify 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, 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 also 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.
You can get one at the Office of
Undergraduate Studies in
Sears 357 and also 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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