Film Studies is an 18-hour certificate program in the College of Arts & Sciences. The Film Studies Certificate Program offers students an interdisciplinary education in the many aspects of cinema, as they are reflected in fine and performing arts, communication, contemporary criticism, history and foreign languages and cultures. The program is directed at students who wish to acquire a solid basic knowledge in film history and analysis. Its interdisciplinary character enables students to encounter film as a recent yet powerful art form, and to gauge its contribution to human cultures.

• Required Foundational Courses - 3 hours selected from:
  • ARH-100 Approaching the Arts - Art & Film
  • CMM-140 Film Criticism
  • ENGL-270 Introduction to Film
• Electives - 12 hours selected from qualifying courses such as:
  • CMM-193 Video Design and Production
  • CMM-312 Audio Visual Script Writing (Prerequisite CMMA-210)
  • CMM-440 Mass Communication and Society (Prerequisite CMMA-200)
  • CMM-443 Culture, Technology, and Communication
  • ENGL-318 Film
  • ENGL-377 Film and Literature
  • ENGL-417 History of American Film
  • ENGL-318 Film Theory
  • ENGL-482 Beyond Hollywood: Woody Allen, Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese
  • ENGL-484 American Documentary
  • HS A-360 American History in Film
  • FR A-461 French Cinema (from Lumière to Nouvelle Vague)
  • FR A-465 French Cinema II - 80's-90's
  • GR A-435 German Film
  • IT A-293 Italy and Its Films
  • SP A-437 Spanish American Literature and Film
• Capstone - 3 hours taken during one of the last two semesters: "Captstone" or "Internship"