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INFORMATION FOR ADVISORS
Students who complete the Minor in Film Studies will gain a strong foundation in media literacy, including the ability to critically analyze and evaluate a visual text; knowledge of important aspects of the film industry; and an appreciation of the diverse uses of film across different times, cultures, and contexts. Students who complete this minor will be better qualified for graduate study in a variety of fields such as Broadcasting, Film Studies, Fine Arts, and English, and for employment opportunities in film review, in writing for media magazines and entertainment programs, and in other aspects of media production.
The Film Studies Minor is open to any WKU student whose major allows a minor. However, a Broadcasting and Mass Communication major may choose the Film Studies Minor only as a second minor; the students' first minor must be outside the school of Journalism and Broadcasting.
Requirements
The film minor requires a minimum of 21 semester hours of course study that will include 9 hours of required courses and 12 hours of elective courses.
Required (9 hours)
BCOM 271 Introduction to Cinema
ENG 366 History of Narrative Film
ENG 465 Film Genres
Electives (12 hours)
ENG 309 Writing for the Documentary
ENG 365 Literature and Film
ENG 366 Japanese Cinema in Translation
ENG 466 Film Theory
ENG 499 Special Topics in Film
BCOM 340 Film Making (Coming Soon)
BCOM 350 Scriptwriting for Film and Television
BCOM 378 Film Animation
BCOM 481 Problems in Mass Communications (Film)
PS 303 Politics and Cinema
THEA 303 Acting for the Camera
FREN 450 Topics in Francophone Cinema
GERM 437 German Literature and Film
SPAN 490 Hispanic Cinema
ANTH 448 Visual Anthropology
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