Film Studies Minor: 18 hours
Faculty: Professor Trolander; Associate Professors Anton,
Bucher and Countryman
Evans 230 Telephone: (706)
233-4076
The minor in film is interdisciplinary and
is not administered through a specific academic department. Its faculty
are drawn from disciplines throughout the humanities, the arts and the
social sciences. The minor has been designed to reflect the recent
explosion of scholarly interest in film, as well as the diverse cultural
responses to the medium. While the aesthetic appreciation of the medium
is the minor’s point of departure, the student can expect to take
courses emphasizing film as a document of social history or as a
research tool for examining differences in
culture.
Students in film will acquire skills for
its formal and semiotic analysis, as well as an appreciation for its
incredibly rich historical development. Minors will also come to see
cinema as a significant historical force in its own right. Students can
expect to take courses that range from historical surveys to surveys of
particular film genres, from courses that focus on a specific director
to courses in cinematic adaptation of literary
genres.
The minor in film is appropriate for anyone
wishing to gain an in-depth appreciation of a medium that pervades the
modern psyche and popular imagination. It is particularly useful to
those students whose major interests are in film or video production,
media studies, English or foreign literatures, theatre, music and
history. Directed readings that treat specific directors, national
cinemas, cinematic genres or special projects can be
arranged.
Students who initiate course work in
their sophomore year can complete the minor by graduation. Students
interested in the minor should contact one of the faculty listed
above.
| FLM 210 |
Introduction to Film |
3-0-3
|
| FLM 301 |
Film as History |
3-0-3
|
| FLM 350 |
Topics in the History of Film |
3-0-3
|
| FLM 418 |
Special Topics in Film |
3-0-3
|
Students minoring in film must also complete an additional six
hours in FLM 350 and/or FLM 418.