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INTERDISCIPLINARY MINOR IN FILM AND VIDEO - UNDERGRADUATE

For undergraduates, the Interdisciplinary Minor in Film and Video is open to all degree-seeking students, with the exception of those pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Studies (Sequence in Film, Video and New Media). To declare the minor, students must follow the procedures set by the Registrar's Office and include the minor on the Application for Degree. The minor will be awarded on completion of the bachelor's degree. A student who already holds a baccalaureate degree may pursue the minor in conjunction with a second bachelor's degree. All courses taken in the program may be counted toward other general and specific graduation requirements, and courses taken to fulfill other requirements may be applied to the film and video program.

The curriculum consists of four parts: the core course, Film Appreciation, which introduces students to basic critical and technical concepts in film analysis; one course in the history of film and video; one course in theory and/or criticism; and two courses in production and/or contexts. Students must follow the distribution guidelines and complete a minimum of five courses. Each course must be completed with a grade of "C" or better to be counted towards the minor. At least 75 percent of all credits for the minor must be earned at FAU. In addition to the regular curriculum, other courses with significant attention to film and video may be approved by the Program Director.

Core Course (required)

FIL 2000     Film Appreciation   

History (1 course)

FIL 4036     Film to the 1940s   
FIL 4037     Film since the 1940s   
FIL 4364     Documentary Film and Video   
RTV 4400     Television Studies   

Theory and Criticism (1 course)

FIL 3803     Film Theory   
FIL 4851     Film Criticism   
MMC 4501     Visual Media Criticism   

Production and Contexts (2 courses)

Production

RTV 3228C     Television Production   
RTV 3260     Video Production   
RTV 3229     Experimental Video Production   
RTV 3332C     Documentary Video Production   
FIL 4106     Scriptwriting   
TPP 4600     Dramatic Writing for Stage and Screen I   

Contexts

ANT 3391     Anthropology of Film   
ENG 4114     Literature and Film   
FIL 4056     Women and Film   
FIL 4058     Radical Film, New Media and Social Movements   
FIL 4672     Hollywood, Censorship, and Regulation   
FIL 4832     Horror Film   
FIL 4843     Studies in Asian Cinema   
GEB 3052     Introduction to the Business of Motion Pictures   
ITT 3520     Italian Cinema: From Text to Screen   
ITT 3522     Italian-American Cinema   
RTV 4403     U.S. Telecommunication Industry   
SPT 4720     Spanish Literature and Film   
WST 4337     Sex, Violence, and Hollywood   

For further information, contact the Program Director, Dr. Eric Freedman (CU 206) at 561-297-2534 or efreedma@fau.edu.

The undergraduate application and brochure is available for download.