Film Studies Minor (Quarter Courses)

The Film Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary field of inquiry devoted to the analysis of cinema both as a unique art form in its own right, and as a medium influenced and shaped by related fields such as literature and the visual arts. Film Studies is a discipline distinct from film making, which focuses on skills of film production rather than film analysis. Students enrolled in the Film Studies Minor will gain an understanding of the evolution of cinema as an art form, the relations between cinema and other arts, and the international dimensions of the medium. The minor, housed under the umbrella of the Program of Film Studies, is offered cooperatively by the following departments: East Asian Languages and Literatures, English, French and Italian, Germanic Languages and Literatures, History of Art, Russian, and Spanish and Portuguese.

The minor in film studies requires the completion of one of the introductory courses listed below, plus 20 credit hours of course work chosen from the second list below. The introductory course must be completed before the declaration of the minor and, as with other minor course work; a grade of C- or above is required. While the minor may include courses from the introductory list, at least ten of the 20 credit hours must be at the 300 level or above. (This excludes the course used as the introductory course.) After completion of the introductory course, the student will meet with a faculty member on the Interdisciplinary Film Studies Committee to plan the minor course work. After the course work has been approved, the student may declare the minor in the college/school office. Here is the Film Studies Minor Checklist that can be used to plan courses as well as declare the minor.

Film Studies Minor Semester Course Numbers

Introductory Courses:

• English 263: Introduction to Film
• German 299: Weimar and the Third Reich in German Literature and Film
• History of Art 260: Intro to World Cinema
• Film Studies 270: Introduction to Film Studies
• Women’s Studies 317: Women and Film

Film Studies Courses:

• African-American and African Studies 571: Images of Black People in Media Production
• Arts College 350/650: History of Animation
• Comparative Studies 358: Film and Literature as Narrative Art
• Chinese 505: Introduction to Chinese Film
• East Asian 346: Asian American Film
• English 263: Introduction to Film
• English 378: Literature and Film
• English 578: Special Topics in Film
• Film Studies 270: Introduction to Film Studies
• Film Studies H670: Cinema and the Historical Avant-Garde
• French 470: Introduction to French Cinema*
• French 670: Studies in French Cinema*
• French 672: Contemporary French Cinema
• German 299: Weimar and the Third Reich in German Literature and Film
• German H670: Cinema and the Historical Avant-Garde
• German 671: German Cinema to 1945
• German 672: German Cinema from 1945 to the Present
• History of Art 260: Introduction to World Cinema
• History of Art 350: World Cinema Today
• History of Art 500: Wexner Center Media Arts Programming
• History of Art 546: Classic Film Theory
• History of Art 647: Silent Cinema: 1895-1927
• History of Art 648: Classical Sound Cinema: 1927-1948
• History of Art 649: Recent Cinema: 1948-Present
• History of Art 653: Documentary Film
• History of Art 650: Avant-Garde Film
• History of Art 750: Selected Topics in Cinema Studies
• Italian 221: Masterpieces of the Italian Cinema
• Russian 360: Modern Russian Experience through Film
• Russian 657: Gender and National Identity
• Scandinavian 520: Films of Ingmar Bergman
• Spanish 380: Introduction to Latin American Cinema
• Spanish 580: Latin American Film*
• Spanish 581: Spanish Film*
• Spanish 780: Latin American Film
• Women's Studies 317: Women and Film
• Women’s Studies 517: Women Film Directors
• Women’s Studies 527: Studies in Gender and Cinema

* Courses not taught in English, and requires language course pre-requisite.

Once the Minor Program has been completed, the student must complete the minor checklist and file the form with the Film Studies Program in Hagerty Hall 150. For further information about the minor program, contact the Film Studies Program through the contact page.

General Information on Minor Programs:

1. Minor programs are not required for graduation.
2. A student may not take a major and a minor in the same subject.
3. Courses used on the minor may not be used for the major.
4. Where appropriate, overlap between the GEC and a minor is permissible unless specifically disallowed for an individual minor.
5. All minors require a minimum of 20 credit hours; some require more. No more than 10 hours of transfer credit may be applied to any minor.
6. When student complete more than one minor, each minor must contain a minimum of 20 unique hours.
7. No grade below a C- will be permitted in courses comprising the minor; the minimum of 20 unique hours.
8. Repeating any course for the minor must be approved by the film studies program. This includes all special topic courses.
9. Courses taken on a Pass/Non-Pass basis my not be applied to the minor.
10. Some minors need individual approval by a faculty member; other do not. Sheets describing the individual minor carry this information.
11. Students need not file their minor programs until they file their graduation applications.
12. Once a minor program is on file in the college/school office, any changes must be discussed with the faculty adviser and/or the college/school counselor.