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, and three electives.

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 377L - 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 306L - Introduction to French Cinema (in French) 3 Credit(s)
GERMAN 372L - German Cinema 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 205L - Latin American Film 3 Credit(s)
LATAM 380 - Brazilian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
MLLC 235L - Europe at the Movies: a History of Postwar Cinema 3 Credit(s)
SOCIOL 375L - Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)

Electives (9 Credits)

Take three courses from the list below.

At least two courses must be at the 300-level or higher.

CINE 200 through 499
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)
ANTH 361L - Indigenous Film and Critical Visual Studies 3 Credit(s)
ART 213L - The Art of Editing 3 Credit(s)
ART 314L - Art of the Moving Image 3 Credit(s)
ART 265 - Film Analysis 3 Credit(s)
ART 295L - Introduction to Video 4 Credit(s)
ART 321 - Space and Place in Contemporary Art 3 Credit(s)
ART 370L - Studies in Experimental Film and Video Art 3 Credit(s)
ART 395L - Video Workshop 4 Credit(s)
ASAMST 375L - Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CHINSE 276 - Modern Chinese Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CHINSE 377L - Topics in Chinese Cinema 3 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 292 - Cinema, Sex, and Censorship 4 Credit(s)
ENGL 317 - American Independent 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)
GERMAN 330L - Doppelganger: The Uncanny Double in World Literature and Film 3 Credit(s)
GERMAN 372L - German Cinema 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 205L - Latin American Film 3 Credit(s)
LATAM 380 - Brazilian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
MLLC 235L - Europe at the Movies: a History of Postwar Cinema 3 Credit(s)
MLLC 330L - Doppelganger: The Uncanny Double in World Literature and Film 3 Credit(s)
MLLC 376L - Dystopian Science Fiction in World Cinema 3 Credit(s)
SOCIOL 375L - Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
THRART 275L - Introduction to Screen and Television Writing 3 Credit(s)
THRART 326L - Costume Design for Film/TV 3 Credit(s)
THRART 365L - Acting for the Camera 3 Credit(s)
WGS 341L - Gender and Film: Multidisciplinary Perspectives 3 Credit(s)