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Cinema-Television

Minor in Cinema Studies

The minor in cinema studies offers the opportunity to study the historical and critical background of the film medium and to broaden one's understanding and appreciation of a major 20th-century art form. Courses offered in the minor may be applied as required courses in the major.

Requirements: 18 credit hours, distributed as follows:
CTV 2301 Film and Video Aesthetics
CTV 2351 Film History
CTV 4353 Film-TV Theory
Three additional courses (9 hours) selected from any film/history criticism offering.

The following courses may be repeated once for cinema studies minor elective credit provided that the course material/topic is completely different each time:
CTV 2332 American Popular Film
CTV 3310 Screen Artists
CTV 3311, 3312, 3214, 3315 Great Directors
CTV 5301-5304 Topics in Cinema

Minor in Television and Media

The minor in television and media offers the opportunity to study in a focused way the historical, critical, and production aspects of the television medium and to broaden one's understanding and appreciation of the most dominant mass medium in the modern world. Courses offered in the minor may be applied as required courses in the major.

Requirements: 18 credit hours, distributed as follows:
CTV 1320 Survey of Television and Media (formerly EMF 1320 Survey of Electronic Media and Film)
CTV 2301 Film and Video Aesthetics
Four additional courses selected from any television or media courses in history, criticism, economics, management, or social effects.

 


 

 

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