Cinema Studies Minor

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All minors require a minimum of 18 credit hours with at least 6 credit hours at the 300/400 level. All course prerequisites, corequisites and restrictions apply.

Students with complementary majors or with well-developed career interests may be guided to a more narrowly focused plan of study, drawing more heavily from a particular subject matter area.

Minor Requirements for Cinema Studies

Choose a minimum of 3 areas from the following:

Theory & Scholarship Area

Choose 6 credit hours from the following:

CMCN 377 - Film and Television Aesthetics 3 Credit(s).
CMCN 474G - Cultural History of Film 3 Credit(s).
ENGL 275 - Film As Art and Entertainment 3 Credit(s).
ENGL 370 - Special Topics in Literary and/or Media Art 3 Credit(s).
ENGL 375 - Film Studies: Terms and History 3 Credit(s). *
ENGL 475G - Rhetoric of Film 3 Credit(s).
HIST 371 - Topics and Themes 3 Credit(s).
HUMN 300 - Themes in the Humanities 3 Credit(s). *
HUMN 400G - Humanities Colloquium 3 Credit(s). *
* When content pertains to cinematic media.

Image/Visual Production Area

Choose 6 or 9 credit hours from the following:

CMCN 360 - Television Production 3 Credit(s).
CMCN 365 - Single-Camera Production 3 Credit(s).
CMCN 460G - TV/Film Producing and Directing 3 Credit(s).
CMCN 465G - Documentary Filmmaking 3 Credit(s).
CMCN 469G - Digital Media Convergence 3 Credit(s).
CMCN 497 - Independent Study 3 Credit(s).
VIAR 396 - Introduction to Digital Photography 3 Credit(s).

Sound & Music Area

Choose 6 or 9 credit hours from the following:

CMCN 250 - Audio Production 3 Credit(s).
MUS 276 - Introduction to Music Technology 3 Credit(s).
MUS 376 - Audio Recording Techniques I 3 Credit(s).
MUS 377 - Audio Recording Techniques II 3 Credit(s).
VIAR 309 - Special Project 1-6 Credit(s).

CGI & Animation Area

Choose 6 or 9 credit hours from the following:

CMPS 327 - Introduction to Video Game Design and Development 3 Credit(s).
CMPS 427G - Video Game Design and Development 3 Credit(s).
INFX 101 - Informatics Fundamentals 3 Credit(s).
INFX 361 - Fundamentals of Video Game Design 3 Credit(s).
VIAR 235 - Art and the Computer 3 Credit(s).
VIAR 335 - Media Workshop 3 Credit(s).
VIAR 340 - Graphic Design Fundamentals 3 Credit(s).
VIAR 365 - Introduction to Computer Animation 3 Credit(s).

Scripting Area

Choose 3 or 6 credit hours from the following:

CMCN 352 - Scriptwriting 3 Credit(s).
ENGL 327 - Creative Writing-Drama 3 Credit(s).
ENGL 408G - Advanced Creative Writing Workshop 3 Credit(s).
ENGL 409G - Form in Creative Writing 3 Credit(s). *
ENGL 497G - Special Projects I 3 Credit(s).
* When topic pertains to cinematic media.

Business Area

Choose 3 or 6 credit hours from the following:

CMCN 414G - Media Management 3 Credit(s).
ECON 202 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit(s).
ECON 340 - Economics of Art and Culture 3 Credit(s).
MGMT 310 - Fundamentals of Petroleum Industry Management 3 Credit(s).
MGMT 340 - Entrepreneurial Management 3 Credit(s).

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Cinema Studies Minor

Minor Requirements for Cinema Studies

Theory & Scholarship Area

Image/Visual Production Area

Sound & Music Area

CGI & Animation Area

Scripting Area

Business Area

Minimum credit hour requirements: 18-21

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Cinema Studies Minor

Minor Requirements for Cinema Studies

Theory & Scholarship Area

Image/Visual Production Area

Sound & Music Area

CGI & Animation Area

Scripting Area

Business Area

Minimum credit hour requirements: 18-21