Film and Media Studies, Minor
Film and Media Studies focuses on nurturing our diverse student body and our students’ varied backgrounds and interests. Courses reflect an interdisciplinary and historically grounded approach to the study of moving images, on big and small screens alike. From parsing the history of television policy to writing for video games, our students get a unique interdisciplinary education in the historical and social background of the study of film, television, and new media. Our outstanding faculty are engaged in innovative research on topics like globalization, gender studies, queer theory, broadcast studies, intellectual history, new media and critical game studies, history of photography, and national cinema approaches to the analysis of Film and Media Studies, and our courses give our students access to this cutting-edge research. In our production and screenwriting courses, students get hands-on experience creating short films, television pilots, webisodes, computer games, and other visual media.
Requirements for the Minor in Film and Media Studies
A. Complete: | |
FLM&MDA 85A | Introduction to Film and Visual Analysis |
B. Select three of the following: | |
Broadcast Media History and Analysis | |
New Media and Digital Technologies | |
History of Film I: The Silent Era | |
History of Film II: The Studio Era | |
History of Film III: The Contemporary Era | |
C. Select three of the following: | |
Film and Media Theory | |
Film and Media Theory and Practice | |
Genre Study | |
Narrative/Image | |
Authorship | |
Multicultural Topics in the Media | |
Critical Theory of Television | |
Studies in New Media | |
Popular Culture and Media | |
Sound Studies | |
Audiences and Reception | |
Documentary and Experimental Film and Media | |
National/Regional Cinemas and Media | |
Global/Transnational Cinemas and Media | |
US Cinema | |
Television and New Media | |
Special Topics in Film and Modern Media | |
Special Topics in Critical Practice | |
Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies |
Residence Requirement for the Minor: Four upper-division courses must be completed successfully at UCI. By petition, two of the four may be taken through the UC Education Abroad Program, providing course content is approved in advance by the appropriate department chair.