Film and Media Studies
Students who minor in Film and Media Studies learn about the history of the film industry and the achievements of film as the most popular art form of the modern era. Students analyze films and work of some of the worlds greatest directors, including foreign movies, silent films, recent releases, documentaries, and animation. Students learn to appreciate the industry's value as a window on society, revealing the zeitgeist of a period, the obsessions and interests of people at a particular place and time. Film study is valuable for all majors; it is an important part of the intellectual life of people in both the arts and business.
Coordinator: Dahlia Schweitzer
Requirements
FI 111 Introduction to Film
Complete four of the following courses.
Course | Credits |
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FI 200/SS 202 Bollywood and the Making of India | |
FI 201 PRINCIPLES OF COSTUME FOR FILMMAKERS | |
FI 202/MC 201 MAFIA MOVIES | |
FI 203 AFRICAN AMERICAN FILM CULTURE | |
FI 204/EN 230 MARTIAL ARTS CINEMA AND ITS GLOBAL IMPACT | |
FI 206 MEXICAN CINEMA: BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AND THE GLOBAL | |
FI 207/MC 207 DEVOURING THE SCREEN: FOOD IN FILM | |
FI 208 FILM GENRES: ZOMBIES, VIRUSES, AND THE END OF THE WORLD | |
FI 209 HISTORY OF AMERICAN TELEVISION | |
FI 210 FILM GENRES: CULT CINEMA | |
FI 220 THE WRITER'S ROOM... | |
FI 221 HISTORY OF FILM, BEGINNINGS TO 1959 | |
FI 222 HISTORY OF FILM II: 1960 TO THE PRESENT | |
FI 223 WOMEN MAKE MOVIES: A HISTORY OF WOMEN'S FILMMAKING | |
FI 224/HA 217 HISTORY OF AVANT-GARDE FILM | |
FI 225/SP 261/MC 261 LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA AND RESISTANCE | |
FI 231 HISTORY OF DOCUMENTARY FILM | |
FI 234/HA 251 FILM GENRES: HORROR | |
FI 241/HA 252 HISTORY OF RUSSIAN AND SOVIET FILM | |
FI 242/HA 315 ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM | |
FI 243 TELEVISION GENRES | |
FI 244/EN 257 MAJOR MOVEMENTS IN CHINESE, JAPANESE AND KOREAN FILM | |
FI 245/EN 281 CHINESE CINEMA | |
FI 246/MC 251 ITALIAN CINEMA | |
FI 256/EN 266 SCREENWRITING I | |
FI 262/HA 347 COSTUME AND FASHION IN FILM | |
FI 271 FANS AND FANDOM IN THE INTERNET AGE | |
FI 272 INTRO TO TELEVISION STUDIES | |
FI 273 THE OTHER HOLLYWOOD: FILM IN NEW YORK | |
FI 300 DIGITAL STORYTELLING: CREATING A WEB SERIES | |
FI 320 MAJOR DIRECTORS: FEDERICO FELLINI | |
FI 322 MAJOR DIRECTORS: ALFRED HITCHCOCK | |
FI 323 SEXUALITY IN CINEMA | |
FI 324 FILM GENRES: ROMANTIC COMEDY | |
FI 325 GREAT DIRECTORS: AKIRA KUROSAWA | |
FI 326 MAJOR DIRECTORS: CHARLIE CHAPLIN AND FRANK CAPRA | |
FI 331 FILM GENRES: CRIME STORIES | |
FI 332 FILM GENRES: SCIENCE FICTION | |
FI 333 FILM GENRES: ANIMATION | |
FI 334 FILM GENRES: FILMS ON THE SUPERNATURAL | |
FI 335/MC 331 FILM GENRES: MELODRAMA | |
FI 341 FRENCH CINEMA | |
FI 342 CONTEMPORARY KOREAN CINEMA | |
FI 343/EN 382 CONTEMPORARY CHINESE CINEMA (HONORS) | |
FI 356/EN 366 SCREENWRITING II | |
FI 400 SCREENWRITING III | |
FX 205 PRODUCING FOR FILM | |
FX 226 DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION: STREETS OF NYC | |
FX 319 SOUND DESIGN FOR FILM | |
FX 327 POST PRODUCTION DIGITAL FX | |
FX 328 DIRECTING THE ACTOR | |
HI 207 HOLLYWOOD: A HISTORY | |
MC 205 MEXICAN CINEMA: BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AND THE GLOBAL | |
MC/FI 211 Inventing Places: Spatial Myths In Brazilian Cinema |
Please check the Undergraduate Catalog for course descriptions and any prerequisite information.