Film Studies Minor Courses
Film Studies Minor Courses, Summer & Fall 2026
Summer 2026 Film Studies Minor Course Offerings
Summer Required Courses:
Film 2759G, History of Cinema - Walus
The course offers a comprehensive yet selective overview of the history of cinema, integrating the basic tools for analyzing film as art. It will examine how the uses of camera, editing, lighting, sound, and acting contribute to the construction of meaning for audiences, as well as consider how meaning is filtered through various cultural contexts. WI Credits: 3. Online. May 18, 2026 - Jun 13, 2026
Film 2759G, History of Cinema - Britton
The course offers a comprehensive yet selective overview of the history of cinema, integrating the basic tools for analyzing film as art. It will examine how the uses of camera, editing, lighting, sound, and acting contribute to the construction of meaning for audiences, as well as consider how meaning is filtered through various cultural contexts. WI Credits: 3. Online. Jun 15, 2026 - Jul 25
Summer Elective Courses:
ENG 2504G.600, Film and Literature – Martinez
In this course, we will study a variety of film adaptations of literary texts in an effort to understand how film often interprets, updates, alters, and sometimes even betrays its source material. Credits 3. Jun 15, 2026 - Jul 25, 2026
Fall 2026 Film Studies Minor Course Offerings
Fall Required Courses:
FILM 2759G.600, History of Cinema - Walus
The course offers a comprehensive yet selective overview of the history of cinema, integrating the basic tools for analyzing film as art. It will examine how the uses of camera, editing, lighting, sound, and acting contribute to the construction of meaning for audiences, as well as consider how meaning is filtered through various cultural contexts. WI Credits: 3. Online.
CMN 3530, Film Communication - Britton
Film as the expression of the performers, producers, directors, writers, and technicians. Critical discussion of film theory, history, and criticism. WI Credits: 4. TR 9:30-10:45am, Buzzard Hall 2441
Fall Elective Courses:
AFR 3300 – African Cinema – Ochwa-Echel
This is a course which encounters and interprets traditions of Africa through its cinema. Credits: 3. M 4:00-6:30pm, Blair Hall 3103
CMN 2500.001, Television and Video Production I – Mattson
This production-centered course teaches the foundational elements of visual storytelling through video, television, and film. These foundational elements include narrative construction, visual composition, genre aesthetics, visual brand development, characterization, and non-linear editing in order to communicate a unified message through video, audio, and graphics. Credits: 3. TR 8:00-9:40am, Buzzard Hall 2436.
CMN 2500.002, Television and Video Production I – Grube
This production-centered course teaches the foundational elements of visual storytelling through video, television, and film. These foundational elements include narrative construction, visual composition, genre aesthetics, visual brand development, characterization, and non-linear editing in order to communicate a unified message through video, audio, and graphics. Credits: 3. MW 8:00-9:40am, Buzzard Hall 2434.
CMN 3540, Production III - Britton
Students learn to communicate visually with advanced camera, lighting, and editing techniques. Students will study and create a variety of digital media projects for film, TV, and the web. Prerequisites: CMN 3050. Credits: 3. TR, 3:30-5:10pm. TR 3:00-4:40pm, Buzzard Hall 2436.
EIU 4170G, History on Film – Smith
Through an investigation of the problems with and possibilities of cinematic depictions of the historical past, this course will explore the ways in which film uses historical images to project social ideals. Special attention will be placed on developing a method by which to critique the historicity of historical films. Credits: 3. WI ONLINE
ENG 2000, Introduction to Creative Writing – Abel
This course will introduce students to reading for craft and writing creatively across poetry, fiction, nonfiction and dramatic genres. Students will participate in workshops of their creative work and read writing in each genre. WC Credits: 3. TR 11:00am-12:15pm, Coleman Hall 3159
ENG 2504G, Film and Literature – Martinez
In this course, we will study a variety of film adaptations of literary texts in an effort to understand how film often interprets, updates, alters, and sometimes even betrays its source material.
TR, 2:00-4:00pm, Coleman Hall 3691
ENG 4764, Advanced Dramatic Writing – Wixson
Advanced practice and instruction in dramatic writing. Though the course will review basic elements common to all dramatic writing, it will allow students to concentrate on the media of their choice: radio, theatre, TV, or film. WC. Credits: 3. ONLINE
THA 3754G, Theatre and Film – Shaw
This course examines the relationship between the complementary and competing arts of theatre and film. Sampling globally, students will critically examine how plays have been adapted for the movies and vice versa. The aim is to gain a greater appreciation of the similarities and differences between the two arts, and through this to gain a deeper understanding of the cultures/societies that produce them. No background in theatre or film is required. Credits: 3. ONLINE.
