Combining courses in communication arts and English, the Film Criticism minor guides students in examining films as an art form and culture shaper. Students will develop an understanding of the language of cinema, ethnicity, gender and sexuality in film, film history, as well as film theory and criticism. The Film Criticism minor presents cinema in all its diverse forms, from the classical period to the contemporary, from Hollywood cinema to international traditions, and from a variety of historical, aesthetic, and critical approaches.
Credit hours: 21
School: Arts and Humanities
Department: Communication Arts
Courses for the Film Criticism minor
A minor must include a minimum of 12 hours unduplicated by your major(s) and minor(s).
- CNA 284 Film Criticism (3)
- ENG 260 Studies in Genre (3)
- ENG 383 Film and Literature (3)
Plus 12 hours from the following:
- CNA 313 American Black Cinema (3)
- CNA 314 European Cinema (3)
- CNA 315 Women in Film (3)
- CNA 391/491 Special Project in Communication (3)
- ENG 270 Critical Approaches to Literature (3)
- ENG 483 Studies in Film and Literature (3)
- HIS 345 History of Empire Through Film (3)
- MUS 158 Music in Film (3)
