Program: Cinema Studies Minor - University of Louisiana Lafayette

Mar 29, 2025

2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog

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.

All prerequisites, corequisites and restrictions apply.

Minor Requirements for Cinema Studies

Theory & Scholarship Area

Choose six (6) credit hours from the following:

CMCN 374 - Cultural History of Film 3 Credit(s).
CMCN 377 - Film and Television Aesthetics 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 475(G) - Rhetoric of Film 3 Credit(s).
HIST 371 - Topics and Themes 3 Credit(s).
HUMN 300 - Themes in the Humanities 3 Credit(s). *
HUMN 400(G) - Humanities Colloquium 3 Credit(s). *
*When content pertains to cinematic media.

Image/Visual Production Area

Choose six (6) or nine (9) credit hours from the following:

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

Sound & Music Area

Choose six (6) or nine (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 six (6) or nine (9) credit hours from the following:

CMPS 327 - Introduction to Video Game Design and Development 3 Credit(s).
CMPS 427(G) - 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 three (3) or six (6) credit hours from the following:

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

Business Area

Choose three (3) or six (6) credit hours from the following:

CMCN 414(G) - 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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Theory & Scholarship Area

Image/Visual Production Area

Sound & Music Area

CGI & Animation Area:

Scripting Area

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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