OBJECTIVES

• Introduce students to the critical analysis of film, a central form of visual culture.
• Enrich student knowledge of film as a form of artistic creation.
• Provide students with the opportunity to connect film with other forms of humanistic inquiry, such as literature, history, and psychology.

TOTAL NUMBER OF CREDITS:             18

REQUIREMENTS

Six credits

• COM 225 Film
• HIST 239 Film History

ELECTIVES

Choose 12 credits from among the following:

• COM 232 Narrative and Screenwriting
• COM 233 Short Film
• COM 270 Special Topics
• COM/PSY 258 Psychology through Literature and Film (3)
• ENG 314 Film Adaptations of Literature (3)
• HIST 209 Screening History: American History and Film (3)
• HIST 210 The Science Fiction 1950s (3)
• HIST 211 Documentary Film (3)
• HIS 217 Ireland and the Irish Diaspora in Film (3)
• POL 216 Reels of Change (3)
• THE 219 Theology and Film

DEPARTMENT ADVISOR: Sean Flannery                                  

Revised: April 2012