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A minor in Film Studies will give you the opportunity to study film and the humanities. You’ll also learn about the history of film, film theory and criticism.
Note: The minor can be completed in one year beginning in a fall quarter.
A minor in Film Studies will give you the opportunity to study film and the humanities. You’ll also learn about the history of film, film theory and criticism.
Note: The minor can be completed in one year beginning in a fall quarter.
The following information comes from the official EWU catalog, which outlines all degree requirements and serves as the guide to earning a degree. Courses are designed to provide a well-rounded and versatile degree, covering a wide range of subject areas.
Film Studies Minor
Note: students may complete the Film Studies Minor in three quarters if prerequisites are met upon entering the program.
Choose five courses from the following | 23-25 | |
FILM AND THE HUMANITIES | ||
ANIMATION HISTORY | ||
RACE AND ETHNICITY IN FILM | ||
FILM HISTORY I | ||
FILM HISTORY II | ||
SEMINAR IN FILM CRITICISM (may be repeated when topics vary) | ||
FILM SENIOR CAPSTONE | ||
Total Credits | 23-25 |
Satisfies: a BACR for humanities and arts.
This course explores how animation grew from humble beginnings to become a global medium. Animation amuses but it also expresses artistic and cultural aspects of the human experience. This course examines the many forms of animation, from hand-drawn to computer-generated, and ends by studying our current Golden Age. Critical viewing, thinking, and writing are central.
Pre-requisites: FILM 214.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–diversity.
Explores race and ethnicity within the filmic arts. Emphasizes critical viewing, reading and writing.
Notes: offered every quarter.
Satisfies: a BACR for humanities and arts.
Explores the varieties of human experience as they are expressed through the vocabulary of the filmic arts. Critical viewing, thinking and writing are central.
Pre-requisites: FILM 214.
Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–global studies.
Explores the international history of motion picture production from the late-1800s until 1960 through the screening and analysis of movies that represent a spectrum of historical periods, national cultures, genres, and styles. Analysis, critical thinking, and writing are central.