Film Studies Film Studies Minor
Film is one of the most influential and globally recognized languages today, instrumental in shaping culture and in transforming viewers’ opinions, desires, and world views. Film communicates new stories, insights, and perspectives, provoking significant debates around ideas that matter. Film also provides a common experience that can shape how we see God, self, and others.
The Film Studies Minor provides an integrated liberal arts foundation that emphasizes the intersections of culture, film, and Christian faith. The minor examines film as an art form that persuades and inspires, evoking religious, aesthetic, ethical, and epistemological questions that are foundational to humane learning. Combining coursework from the departments of Art, Communication Studies, English, Modern Languages, Political Science, Theater Arts, and Religious Studies, Film Studies minors explore film as a powerful national and transnational force.
Requirements for a Minor: 22 units
Film Theory & Criticism: 4 units
ENG 101 Film Studies (4)
COM 107 Focus on Film (1 unit each, 4 total units required)
Film in Context: 4 units
One of the following:
- COM 148 Postmodern Narratives (4)
- HIS 082 History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict through Film (4)
- POL 142 The Politics of Film (4)
- RS 132 Theology in Film (4)
- SP 130 Hispanic Film and Literature (4)
Film Practice: 4 units
One of the following:
- FLM 030 Introduction to Digital Filmmaking (4)
- APP 190 Internship (1-4) as approved by the minor advisor
- ENG 111 Screenwriting I (4)
- RS 162 Religion and Filmmaking (4)
- TA 153 Contemporary Theatre and Film Performance (4)
Portfolio or Capstone Project (up to 2 units)
This project will be completed in the context of an internship or existing course as approved by the minor advisor.
Electives: 8 units
Two of the following, not taken above:
APP 060/160 Film Production (1-2)
APP 190 Internship (1-4) as approved by minor advisor
ART 065 Digital Tools (4)
ART 131 Theory & Criticism in the Arts (4)
COM 107 Focus on Film (1 unit, may be repeated for up to 4 units as topics change)
COM 125 Media and Mass Communication (4)
COM 129 Persuasion & Propaganda (4)
COM 140 Communication Ethics (4)
COM 148 Postmodern Narratives (4)
ENG 101 Film Studies (4)
ENG 111 Screenwriting I (4)
ENG 112 Screenwriting II (4)
ENG 113 Screenwriting III (4)
FLM 030 Introduction to Digital Filmmaking (4)
FLM 130 Documentary Filmmaking (4)
HIS 082 History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict through Film (4)
POL 142 The Politics of Film (4)
RS 132 Theology in Film (4)
RS 162 Religion and Filmmaking (4)
SP 130 Hispanic Film and Literature (4)
TA 010 Acting I: Foundations (4)
TA 036 Design for the Theatre (4)
TA 037 Scenic Technology (4)
TA 038 Lighting Design (4)
TA 125 Directing for the Theatre (4)
TA 145 Writing for Performance (4)
TA 153 Contemporary Theatre and Film Performance (4)
Film courses from off-campus programs, as approved by the Registrar and minor advisor (Los Angeles Film Studies Semester, etc.)
No more than 10 units may come from a single department, and no more than 6 units may overlap with a major.