Cinema Studies Minor

Cinema Studies | College of Liberal Arts

Program Declaration

Completion of a Major, Minor, Concentration Declaration Form .

Minor Requirements

Complete 18 credits from six courses including one introductory course, one history of cinema course, one non-US cinema course, two upper-level electives, and one additional elective.

Residency: A minimum of four courses for the minor must be completed at UMass Boston.
Course level: No more than two 100-level courses may be applied toward the minor.

Course Requirements

Required Introductory Course (3 Credits)

CINE 101 Introduction to Cinema Studies 4 Credit(s)

Required History of Cinema Course (3 Credits)

Take one course from the list below.

CINE 201 Cinema Histories I: Origins to 1950 4 Credit(s)
CINE 202 Cinema Histories II: 1950 to Present 4 Credit(s)

Required non-US Cinema Course (3 Credits)

Take one course from the list below.

ASAMST 375L Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CHINSE 276 Modern Chinese Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CHINSE 376 Topics in Chinese Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 201 Cinema Histories I: Origins to 1950 4 Credit(s)
CINE 202 Cinema Histories II: 1950 to Present 4 Credit(s)
COMM 375L Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 258 Introduction to World Cinema 4 Credit(s)
FRENCH 285L History of French Cinema 3 Credit(s)
FRENCH 306L Introduction to French Cinema (in French) 3 Credit(s)
HIST 342 Cinema in Hitler’s Germany: Movies, Propaganda, Politics in Weimar and Nazi Germany 1919-1945 3 Credit(s)
ITAL 276L The Italian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
ITAL 476 Cinema e Letteratura 3 Credit(s)
JAPAN 280L Postwar Japanese Cinema: From Kurosawa Akira to Kurosawa Kiyoshi 3 Credit(s)
LATAM 205 Latin American Film 3 Credit(s)
LATAM 380 Brazilian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
MDNLNG 235L Europe at the Movies: a History of Postwar Cinema 3 Credit(s)
SOCIOL 375L Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)

Upper-Level Elective Courses (6 Credits)

Take two courses from the list below.

ART 395L Video Workshop 4 Credit(s)
CHINSE 376 Topics in Chinese Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 320 Studies in Film Directors 3 Credit(s)
CINE 350 Studies in Film Genre 3 Credit(s)
COMM 375L Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 329 Narrative in the Novel and Film 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 341L Gender and Film: Multidisciplinary Perspectives 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 412 Contemporary British Fiction and Film 3 Credit(s)
FRENCH 306L Introduction to French Cinema (in French) 3 Credit(s)
HIST 342 Cinema in Hitler’s Germany: Movies, Propaganda, Politics in Weimar and Nazi Germany 1919-1945 3 Credit(s)
ITAL 476 Cinema e Letteratura 3 Credit(s)
LATAM 380 Brazilian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
SOCIOL 375L Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
THRART 365L Acting for the Camera 3 Credit(s)

Additional Electives (3 Credits)

Take one course from the list below.

AFRSTY 270 The Black Image on Stage and Screen 3 Credit(s)
AMST 215L America on Film 3 Credit(s)
ANTH 260 Anthropology On Film 3 Credit(s)
ART 265 Film Analysis 3 Credit(s)
ART 295L Introduction to Video 4 Credit(s)
ART 395L Video Workshop 4 Credit(s)
CHINSE 276 Modern Chinese Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CHINSE 376 Topics in Chinese Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 201 Cinema Histories I: Origins to 1950 4 Credit(s)
CINE 202 Cinema Histories II: 1950 to Present 4 Credit(s)
CLSICS 289 Rome in Hollywood 3 Credit(s)
COMM 375L Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 258 Introduction to World Cinema 4 Credit(s)
ENGL 329 Narrative in the Novel and Film 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 341L Gender and Film: Multidisciplinary Perspectives 3 Credit(s)
ENGL 412 Contemporary British Fiction and Film 3 Credit(s)
FRENCH 285L History of French Cinema 3 Credit(s)
FRENCH 306L Introduction to French Cinema (in French) 3 Credit(s)
HIST 342 Cinema in Hitler’s Germany: Movies, Propaganda, Politics in Weimar and Nazi Germany 1919-1945 3 Credit(s)
ITAL 276L The Italian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
ITAL 476 Cinema e Letteratura 3 Credit(s)
JAPAN 280L Postwar Japanese Cinema: From Kurosawa Akira to Kurosawa Kiyoshi 3 Credit(s)
LATAM 205 Latin American Film 3 Credit(s)
LATAM 380 Brazilian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
MDNLNG 235L Europe at the Movies: a History of Postwar Cinema 3 Credit(s)
SOCIOL 375L Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
THRART 275L Introduction to Screen and Television Writing 3 Credit(s)
THRART 365L Acting for the Camera 3 Credit(s)