Undergraduate
Minors
English
The Film Studies Minor
The minor in film studies provides the skills for understanding film in its aesthetic, popular, and ideological dimensions. Students with a minor in film studies will have a knowledge of film history, theory of film, genres and authorship, interpretive approaches to films, and film as a cultural artifact.
A minor in Film Studies (FILM) requires satisfactory completion of the following requirements:
- Satisfactory progress toward completion of the baccalaureate degree in the student’s home school.
- Completion of 15 credit hours, with a minimum grade of C in each course.
- One course may be shared between the English minor and the English major.
To officially declare the minor, complete an English minor form available in CA 423 or on the English department website. Return the form to CA 423 or email it to lead undergraduate advisor Francia Kissel (fkissel@iupui.edu).
Required:
FILM C292 Introduction to Film (3 cr.)
Electives:
Choose twelve credit hours (12 cr.) from the following courses:
- COMM M373 Film and Video Documentary (3 cr.)
- ENG W260 Film Criticism (3 cr.)
- FILM C350 Film Noir (3 cr.)
- FILM C351 Musicals (3 cr.)
- FILM C352 Biopics (3 cr.)
- FILM C361 Hollywood Studio Era: 1930-1949 (3 cr.)
- FILM C362 Hollywood in the 1950s (3 cr.)
- FILM C380 French Cinema (3 cr.)
- FILM C390 The Film and Society: Topics (Variable Title) (3 cr.)*
- FILM C391 The Film: Theory and Aesthetics (3 cr.)
- FILM C392 Genre Study of Film (Variable Title) (3 cr.)*
- FILM C393 History of European and American Films I (3 cr.)
- FILM C394 History of European and American Films II (3 cr.)
- FILM C491 Authorship and Cinema (Variable Title) (3 cr.)
- FILM C493 Film Adaptations of Literature (3 cr.)
- GER G370 German Cinema (3 cr.)
- GER G371 Der deutsche Film (3 cr.)
*C390 and C392 may be repeated for credit with different topics
To officially declare the minor, complete an English minor form available in CA401 or here. Return the form to CA401.
For a PDF of the Minor in Film Studies Checksheet, click here.