Minor in Film Studies
Film Studies offers a vibrant exploration of cinema as an art form alongside a rigorous overview of film history, theory, practice, and aesthetics in relation to the other disciplines and the arts. This interdisciplinary minor draws from course offerings across multiple departments in the College of Arts and Sciences and can be combined with any major offered at the University.
Film Studies Requirements
(6 courses total, 18 credit hours)
- ARH 260 Introduction to Film Studies
- 5 additional film-related courses, including 3 upper division courses
For a complete list of courses within the Film Studies Minor, see the Undergraduate Bulletin.
Declare your Film Studies Minor with the Major or Minor Plan Change Form
Spring 2025 Course Offerings in Film Studies
For course times, instructors, room number and official course descriptions, check the Schedule of Classes for Spring 2025.
- AARH 260: Introduction to Film Studies - also offered Summer 2025
- AARH 460: Special Topics in Cinema – Global Black Film and Media Studies
- AARH 263: Horror Cinema (Online Only)
- ADOC 406: Practicum in Historical Documentary Filmmaking
- AENG 243: Literature and Film
- #3821 Theme: Literary Adaptation
- #5020 Theme: Highs and Lows in Literature and Film
- AENG 355: Studies in Film – Toxic Family
- AFRE 315: Introduction to French Cinema
- ALLC 275: European Cinema/Society
- AART 144: Photography and Related Media
- AJRL 363: Visual Culture
Film Studies Course Offerings from Previous Semesters
Fall 2024
- AARH 260: Introduction to Film Studies - also offered Summer 2024 online
- AARH 264: Radical Film Movements: 1960s and 1970s Cinema - offered Summer and Fall 2024 online
- AARH 265: History of Photography
- AARH 369: Experimental Film and Video
- ADOC/AHIS 323: Foundations of Documentary Filmmaking
- ADOC/AHIS 390: Topics in Documentary Studies
- Topic: Oral History Workshop
- AENG 243: Literature and Film
- #5936 Theme: Dystopian Narratives
- #3912 Theme: Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll
- AENG 355: Studies in Film
- Topic: Rhetoric & Ethics of Documentary Film
- AITA 318: Italian Cinema
- AJRL 363: Visual Culture
- APOR 318: Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cinema- newly added; synchronous online course
- ARUS 280: Soviet and Russian Cinema - newly added
- ASPN 443: Topics in Hispanic Literature: Spanish Sports/Fiction and Film - taught in Spanish; prerequisite(s): ASPN 310
- RPOS 206 Politics in Film - offered Summer online
Spring 2024
- AARH 260: Introduction to Film Studies (3 credits)
- AARH 263: Film Genres (3 credits)
- AARH 264: Radical Film Movements: 1960s and 1970s Cinema (3 credits)
- AARH 266: Photography 1970 to the Present (3 credits)
- AARH 267: International Film Movements (3 credits, Winter online)
- AARH 362: Topics in Film: Significant Cinema Directors (3 credits)
- Topic: Wes Anderson and Bong Joon-ho
- Prerequisite: ARH 260
- ARH/AWSS 461: Women in Cinema
- Prerequisites: junior or senior status, ARH 260 or six credits of WSS coursework
- ADOC 390: 21st Century Documentary Filmmaking
- ADOC/HIS 323: Foundations of Documentary Filmmaking (3 credits)
- ADOC/HIS 335: History and Theory of the Documentary Film (3 credits)
- AENG 243: Literature and Film (3 credits)
- #3934 Theme: Short Story to Feature Film
- #5184 Theme: Media and Technology
- #5675 Theme: Cinema and Novels
- #7658 Theme Pending
- AENG 412: Topics in Film or Drama (3 credits)
- Topic: Toxic Families in Literature, Film, Art, TV, and Popular Culture
- ALCS 201: Latinos/as/x in the USA (3 credits)
- MUS 340: Film Sound, Music, and Musicals (3 credits)
- THR 449: Topics in Acting (1-3 credits)
- Topic: Acting for the Camera
Fall 2023
ARH 260 - Introduction to Film Studies (Summer 2023, Fall 2023)
ARH 261 - Independent and Art House Cinema
ARH 264 - Radical Film Movements: 1960s & 1970s Cinema (Summer 2023)
ARH 265 - History of Photography
ARH 369 / ART 382 - Experimental Film and Video (Newly Added)
ARH 460 - Special Topics in Cinema: Movies About Movies, The Film Industry (Newly Added)
ART 144 - Photography and Related Media — Note: May require a degree audit exception form to count towards the Film Studies minor.
ENG 243 - Literature and Film: Transatlantic Immigrants in Film (Class #4009)
ENG 243 - Literature and Film: The Paradox of Horror (Class #6145)
ENG 243 - Literature and Film: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll (Class #6468)
ENG 355 - Studies in Film: Trauma and Cinema (Class #7530)
JST/ARH/HIS 225 - The Modern Jewish Experience in Film
LCS 314, SPN 318 - Topics in Hispanic Film (taught in Spanish)
LCS/POR 318 - Introduction to Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cinema (taught in English)
POS 206 - Politics in Film (Summer 2023)
THR 450 - Directing (prerequisites: THR 235, 314, 340Y)
Spring 2023
ARH 260 - Introduction to Film Studies
ARH 266 - Photography 1970 to Present
ARH 267 - International Film Movements (Winter online)
ARH 380 - Poetry and Cinema
ARH 464/564 - Advanced Analysis of Film: Form, Story, and Style — Note: Prerequisite is only ARH 260 and Junior/Senior standing, or permission of instructor.
ARH 491 - Internship in Film Studies
ART 144 - Photography and Related Media — Note: May require a degree audit exception form to count towards the Film Studies minor.
ART 244 - Contemporary Darkroom Practice — Note: May require a degree audit exception form to count towards the Film Studies minor.
DOC 323 / HIS 334 - Foundations of Documentary Filmmaking
ENG 243 - Literature and Film: Gothic through Contemporary Horror (#5447, 5977)
ENG 243 - Literature and Film: topic pending (#8624, 60% seats for EOP students)
ENG 243 - Literature and Film: Ways of Seeing (#4126)
ENG 374 - Cultural Studies: Visual Culture - Studies in Art, Film, Multimedia — Note: May require a degree audit exception form to count towards the Film Studies minor.
ENG 412 - Topics in Film or Drama: Film and Visual Culture - The Toxic Family — Note: May require a degree audit exception form to count towards the Film Studies minor.
ITA 318 - Italian Cinema (taught in English)
JRL 410 - Images of Journalism in Film
POS 206 - Politics in Film (Winter online)
RUS 280 - Soviet and Russian Cinema (taught in English)
Fall 2022
ARH 260 – Introduction to Film Studies (also offered Summer 2022)
ARH 264 – Radical Film Movements: 1960s and 1970s Cinema (Summer 2022)
ARH 265 – History of Photography
ARH 267 – International Film Movements
ARH 368 – Documentary Cinema: The Power of Saying “I” – Authorship and Ethics in Documentary
ARH 491 – Internship in Film Studies
ART 144 – Photography and Related Media — Note: May require a degree audit exception form to count towards the Film Studies minor.
ART 383 – History and Practice of Video Art I — Note: Course cancelled
DOC/HIS – 406, HIS 597 (Practicum in Historical Documentary Filmmaking)
EAS 140 – Introduction to East Asian Cinema
ENG 243 – Literature and Film: The Essay Film - Summer 2022 (#2210)
ENG 243 – Literature and Film: Outer Space in Fiction and Film (#4475)
ENG 243 – Literature and Film: Dystopian Texts (#6957)
ENG 243 – Literature and Film: Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll (#7328)
ENG 335 – Studies in Film: Trauma and Cinema - (#8862)
JST/HIS/ARH 225 – The Modern Jewish Experience in Film
LCS 314, SPN 318 – Topics in Hispanic Film - taught in Spanish
LCS 318, POR 318 - Introduction to Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cinema - 8W2 online, taught in English (new addition)
MUS 340 – Film Sound, Music, Musicals
POS 206 – Politics in Film (Summer 2022)
THR 230 – Great Drama on Film and Video (Summer 2022)
THR 450 – Directing - Prerequisites: THR 235, 314, 340Y