Requirements for a Minor in Film Studies
To earn the Minor in Film Studies, students will be required to complete 28 advisor-approved film credits to include the following:
| 8 Credits: |
| TA 131 |
Understanding Movies or TA 135 Classic Movies (4) |
| ENG 304 |
Critical Approaches to Cinema (4) |
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20 Credits:
Film Studies elective courses in Theater Arts, English, Communications, and/or allied departmental offerings (at least 12 upper-division) _____
28 Courses taken under the undifferentiated grading option (pass/no pass) will not be accepted toward fulfilling minor requirements. All courses for the Minor must receive a letter grade of C or above. At least 16 credits of film studies courses must be taken in residence at Portland State University. Credits will be applicable to the student's major when appropriate.
Recommended courses in Theater Arts
| Elective Credit Options: |
| TA 135 |
Classic Movies (4) |
| TA 252 |
Makeup (2) |
| TA 311 |
Scene Design I (4) |
| TA 316 |
Lighting I (4) |
| TA 321 |
Introd to Costume Design (4) |
| TA 348 |
Acting for the Camera (4) |
| TA 370 |
Topics: Theater, Media, and Culture (4) |
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- American Cinema & Culture I, II
- Shakespeare on Film
- Film Genres
- Hitchcock
- 1950s Media and Culture
- Musicals
- The Road Movie
- Robert Altman
- Film Goes to War
- Gangster Films
- Vietnam on Screen
- The ‘70’s Film/TV Renaissance
- Film Genres: The Western
- Scorsese
- Film Stardom
- Gangster Films & Musicals
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| TA 408 |
Wksp: Directing Actors for the Camera (3-4) |
| TA 408 |
Wksp: Film Production (1-4) |
| TA 408 |
Wksp: The Art of Screenwriting (4) |
| TA 454 |
Directing I (4) |
| TA 474, 475 |
Dramatic Writing I, II (4) |
| TA 484, 485 |
Anatomy of a Movie I and II (4, 4) |
| ART 255 |
Two-dimensional Animation I (4) |
| ART 256 |
Three-dimensional Animation I (4) |
| ART 257 |
Video I (4) |
| ART 296 |
Digital Drawing and Painting (4) |
| ART 301 |
Processes and Practices of the Creative Industries (4) |
| ART 455 |
Time Arts Studio (4) |
| ARH 291 |
History of Animation (4) |
| BST 424 |
African-American/African Culture in Cinema (4) |
| BST 425 |
Black Cinema: The 1970s (4) |
| BST 425 |
Contemporary African-American Cinema (4) |
| ENG 304 |
Critical Theory of Cinema (4) |
| ENG 305 |
Topics in Film (4) |
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- Hollywood in the Thirties
- Hollywood in the Seventies
- Films of Alfred Hitchcock
- Films of Orson Welles
- Film Noir
- Independent Cinema and the Films of Sundance
- Asian American Film and Video
- Images of Disability in Literature and Film
- Trading Places: Racial and Gender Transformations in Film and Visual Culture
- Immigrant Experience in Literature and Film
- Native American Cinema
- Vampirism in Cinema
- Science Fiction Cinema
- The Films and Times of Charlie Chaplin
- Women and Film
- Civilized Nightmares: Utopia and Dystopia in Film
- Film & Social Justice
- War Culture & Film
- Postmodern Popular Culture
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| ENG 367 |
Immigrant Experience in Literature and Film |
| ENG 494 |
Topics in Critical Theory and Methods: Feminist Film Theory (4) |
| WR 416 |
Screenwriting (4) |
| DANE 361 |
Danish Films from Dreyer to Dogmer (4) |
| FR 305 |
Topics in French Film (4) |
| GER 399 |
History of German Film (4) |
| GER 410 |
Modern German Film (4) |
| JPN 361 |
Japanese Literature through Film (4) |
| RUS 331 |
Russian Film (4) |
| SPAN 436 |
Cine-Lit: Latin American Film (4) |
| SOC 410 |
Sociology Through Film (4) |
| SP 399 |
Media, Law and Politics (4) |
| SP 399 |
Film Studies, I, II, III (4, 4, 4) |
| SP 410 |
Women in Contemp Film (4) |
Please Note: The Minor in Film Studies is an interdisciplinary prgram, available to all undergraduates admitted to PSU. Students may elect to pursue the minor in the Departments of Theatre Arts, Communication, or English and should consult their department advisor for a complete list of courses that would apply to the Minor from offerings in Theater Arts, English, Communications, and allied departmental offering.
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