If you are enrolled in a film course not listed here that may be eligible for credit towards the film studies minor, please contact the Program Director.
The following requirements must be fulfilled: 21 credits, including 12 credits in required courses and 9 credits in elective courses.
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
Required | ||
FILM 2151 | Film Theory | |
FILM 2152 | Genres of Film | |
FILM 2153 | History of World Cinema I | |
FILM 2154 | History of World Cinema II | |
Electives | ||
Three from the following: | ||
AMST/AH 1070 | The American Cinema | |
AMST 1100 | Politics and Film | |
AMST 6190 | Topics in American Studies (Democracy in Film) | |
ARAB 3502 | Arab Film and Culture in English | |
CHIN 3162 | Chinese Culture Through Film | |
CHIN 3163 | Taiwanese Literature and Film | |
CLAS 3103 | ||
CLAS 3114 | Topics in Ancient Literatures and Cultures (Classics and Film) | |
CLAS 3202 | ||
ENGL 1712 | ||
ENGL 3445 | Shakespeare on Film | |
ENGL 3730W | Topics in Global Postcolonial Literature and Film (Gender and Sexuality in PocoFilm) | |
ENGL 3810 | Selected Topics in Literature (Disability and Film) | |
FILM 2155 | Screenwriting | |
FILM 2156 | Advanced Screenwriting | |
FREN 3560 | Topics in Contemporary Francophone Literature and Cinema | |
FREN 3700 | History of French Cinema | |
GER 3181 | History of German Cinema—in English | |
GER 3187 | German Cinema after 1945 | |
ITAL 4183 | History of Italian Film | |
JAPN 3162 | Japanese Culture Through Film | |
KOR 3162 | Korean Culture through Film | |
MUS 1104 | Topics in Music (Music on Film, Film on Music) | |
MUS 3174 | Topics in Music Theory and Composition (Composing for Film) | |
PERS 3502 | Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema | |
PHIL 1062 | Philosophy and Film | |
SLAV 2785 | Introduction to Russian Cinema I | |
SLAV 2786 | Introduction to Russian Cinema II | |
SMPA 1000 | Dean's Seminar (Hollywood and Politics) | |
SMPA 3194 | Selected Topics in Political Communication * | |
or SMPA 3195 | Selected Topics in Journalism and Mass Communication | |
SPAN 3560 | ||
SPAN 3700 | Cinema of Spain and Latin America | |
SMPA 6231 | Documentary Filmmaking Practicum | |
SMPA 6274 | Media and War |
*Special topics courses must have the approval of the Program Director and will be considered only if the section covers a film-focused topic. SMPA 3194 and SMPA 3195 are offered on the same topic simultaneously. Topics offered include Film and Social Justice; Film and the American President; and War and Terrorism in Hollywood Film. For each section offered, students must choose to register under either SMPA 3194 or SMPA 3195.
Film Studies Program
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
2108 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20052
Phone: 202-994-6070