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FILM MINOR

 

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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.