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The Film Studies Program at California State University, San Marcos offers an interdisciplinary minor from a wide selection of classes in a number of departments in the College of Arts and Sciences.
The primary purpose of the Minor in Film Studies is to enhance student learning regarding the:
production of film
global history of film
interpretation of film
uses of film
art of filmmaking
The unique aspect of this curriculum is its combined focus on production and interpretation. Students will be required to better understand the art of filmmaking and they will do so not only by analyzing films from a theoretical perspective but also by having the collaborative experience of making at least one short film.
Completion of eighteen (18) units of credit, twelve (12) units of which must be at the upper division levels
(Please Note: The list below is based on the 2006-08 catalog. Since the publication of that catalog, the university has added a number of new courses in film. Appropriate new courses in film not listed below may be applied to the minor by petition through the Film Studies Coordinator.)
REQUIRED CORE COURSE (3 units):
FMST 100 Introduction to Cinema
-or-
FMST 300 Elements of Cinema
Three (3) units in each of the following areas. Students are strongly urged to vary the disciplines from which they take the courses:
A. Film and Theory (3 units)
Select one course:
COMM 360 Mass Media and Society*
COMM 400 Discourse Analysis*
LTWR 334 Forms and Genres Studies: Film
SOC 310 Sociology of Mass Communication SPAN 380 Narrative to Film
VSAR 422 Art and Technology of the Moving Image
B. Film and Production (3 Units)
Select one course:
VSAR 303 Video Arts
VSAR 304 Advanced Video Production VSAR 305 Art and Digital Video
VSAR 306 Video in the Community VSAR 309: Generating Narrative in Video and New Media
C. Film, Society, and Culture (3 Units)
Select one course:
COMM 480 Topics in Mass Media* LWTR 336 Films and Other Genres LTWR 302L Film and Other Genres LWTR 337 American Film and Politics PSCI 341 Latin American Politics and Film
ECON 327 Economics, Arts, and Entertainment Industries
TA 328 Stage to Film VPA 320 Culture of India VSAR 222 Survey of World Cinema
WMST 450 Cinema and Gender
D. Film and History (3 Units)
Select one course:
HIST 308 National Cinema in the 20th Century
HIST 344 The American Frontier
HIST 348 United States Film History HIST 364 Film and Modern Chinese History HIST 312 Ancient World in Film
One (1) approved elective course (3 Units)
One (1) Elective course approved for Film Studies Credit. The selection may include Independent Research or Internships: FMST 398, 495, and 499 may be applied here whether they are taken Credit/No Credit or for a letter greate. Work done under other disciplines, and not listed above, will require prior approval by the Program Coordinator.
*A number of the courses in the Department of Communication have been renamed and renumbered under the Mass Media degree. They may be still counted toward the minor by petition through the Film Studies Coordinator.
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