The Cinema Studies minor requires a total of 20 semester hours distributed as follows:

I. Foundation (1 required course) 

CINE 200 Introduction to Cinema Studies 

II. Historical Development (select 1 course)

COMM 220H American Television History 

ENGL 180A Film Noir 

ENGL 180A Women in Classical Hollywood Cinema 

HIST 229A American Film 

HONR 300A Hitchcock’s Cinema 

SPAN 130 Hispanic Literature 

III. Aesthetic Analysis Courses (select 1 course)

COMM 301 Critical Methods: Television Criticism 

ENGL 180A Film Noir 

ENGL 180A Jane Goes to the Movies 

ENGL 180A 19th Century Literature into Film 

ENGL 180A Women in Classical Hollywood Cinema 

ENGL 380 Screening Fiction 

HONR 300A Hitchcock’s Cinema 

SPAN 427 Silver Screen 

IV. Optional

CINE 270 Film Literacy in the Curriculum 

CINE 490 Independent Study (4 hour limit) 

CINE 492 Internship (faculty approval; 4 hour limit) 

Plus 16 semester hours of approved courses in at least two different departments