Cinema Studies Minor

Cinema Studies | College of Liberal Arts

Program Declaration

Completion of an Undergraduate Program Add/Change 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.

GPA: A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required from all courses applied toward the minor.
Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.
Residency: A minimum of four courses for the minor must be completed at UMass Boston.

Course Requirements

Required Introductory Course (3 Credits)

CINE 101 - Introduction to Cinema Studies 3 Credit(s)

Required History of Cinema Course (3 Credits)

Take one course from the list below.

CINE 201 - History of International Cinema: Origins to 1945 3 Credit(s)
CINE 202 - History of International Cinema: 1945-the present 3 Credit(s)

Electives (12 Credits)

Take three courses from the list below.

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

At least one elective must focus on non-US cinema:

CINE 101 - Introduction to Cinema Studies 3 Credit(s)
CINE 121G - Space, Place, and Cinema 4 Credit(s)
CINE 201 - History of International Cinema: Origins to 1945 3 Credit(s)
CINE 202 - History of International Cinema: 1945-the present 3 Credit(s)
CINE 215L - America on Film 3 Credit(s)
CINE 245 - Contemporary Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 260L - Improvisation and the Art of Comedy 3 Credit(s)
CINE 265L - Acting for the Camera 3 Credit(s)
CINE 275L - Introduction to Screen and Television Writing 3 Credit(s)
CINE 289 - Special Topics in Cinema Studies 3 Credit(s)
CINE 292L - Cinema, Sex, and Censorship 3 Credit(s)
CINE 293L - Photography I 4 Credit(s)
CINE 295L - Introduction to Video 4 Credit(s)
- At least two electives must be at the 300 or 400 level
CINE 300L - Scenic Design for Theatre and Entertainment 3 Credit(s)
CINE 304 - Understanding Television 3 Credit(s)
CINE 306L - Introduction to French Cinema (in French) 3 Credit(s)
CINE 311L - How to Write Like a Film Critic 3 Credit(s)
CINE 315L - Asian American Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 316L - Cult Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 317L - American Independent Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 318L - Women and Experimental Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 320 - Film Directors 3 Credit(s)
CINE 325L - Film Festivals 3 Credit(s)
CINE 326L - Costume Design for Film/TV 3 Credit(s)
CINE 330L - Ghostly Doubles and Evil Twins 3 Credit(s)
CINE 337L - Disney’s European Fairy Tales 3 Credit(s)
CINE 341L - Gender and Film: Multidisciplinary Perspectives 3 Credit(s)
CINE 350 - Film Genres 3 Credit(s)
CINE 351L - Documentary Moving Images 3 Credit(s)
CINE 352L - Middle Eastern and North African Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 355 - American Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 361L - Indigenous Film and Critical Visual Studies 3 Credit(s)
CINE 370L - Studies in Experimental Film and Video Art 3 Credit(s)
CINE 393L - Photography Workshop 4 Credit(s)
CINE 395L - Video Workshop 4 Credit(s)
CINE 412L - Gender, Human Rights, and Global Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 420 - Political Cinema Across Cultures 3 Credit(s)
CINE 470 - Independent Study 1-4 Credit(s)
CINE 480 - Internship in Cinema Studies 3 Credit(s)
- At least one elective must focus on non-US cinema:
CINE 205L - Latin American Film 3 Credit(s)
CINE 235L - Postwar European Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 258L - 21st Century World Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 276L - Italian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 280L - Postwar Japanese Cinema: From Kurosawa Akira to Kurosawa Kiyoshi 3 Credit(s)
CINE 285L - French Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 372L - German Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 375L - Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 377L - Topics in Chinese Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 380L - Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CINE 385L - Topics in Japanese Cinema 3 Credit(s)
CHINSE 276 - Modern Chinese Cinema 3 Credit(s)