Film and Media Studies

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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________	Catalog: 2025-26 Catalog Program: Film and Media Studies
Film and Media Studies (Film & Media Studies major requirements are listed below. Follow this link for the Film and Media Studies Minor requirements.) Students must complete all of the following requirements to graduate with a bachelor of arts in this program. Some courses may apply toward multiple requirements. College Requirements: Degree Requirements Students are required to complete all standard college requirements.
Major Requirements: Total major units: 13-17, depending on language proficiency.
Two Units from the Film and Media Studies Core Courses:
FMST 300 - Introduction to Film Studies: Form and History on the Big Screen
FMST 301 - Introduction to Film Theory Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
FMST 302 - Introduction to Media Studies
Six Additional Units of Film and Media Studies Electives:
Anthropology
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ANTH 335 - Digitizing the Past: Applied Archaeological Digital Heritage Prerequisite(s): ANTH 201 or ANTH 211
ANTH 364 - Global Tibet through Film Prerequisite(s): ANTH 201 or ANTH 211
ANTH 397 - Media Persons Publics Prerequisite(s): ANTH 201 or ANTH 211
Art
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ART 151 - Introduction to Visual Narrative
ART 190 - Art and Photography I
ART 196 - Digital Video and Coding Interactivity
ART 251 - Making Graphic Novels Prerequisite(s): One 100-level studio art course
ART 291 - Art and Photography II Prerequisite(s): ART 190
ART 293 - Internet Literacy, Culture, and Practice Prerequisite(s): One 100-level studio art course
ART 298 - Laboratory for Experimental Photography Prerequisite(s): One 100-level studio art course
ART 314 - Indian Cinema Between Media Prerequisite(s): ART 201
ART 335 - (Trans)Nationalism and Indian Cinema
ART 354 - Performing Mediation (Video Art, 1960-2000) Prerequisite(s): ART 201
ART 374 - New Media/Old Media-Experiments in Optical Media and Computation Prerequisite(s): One 200-level studio art course
ART 376 - Photography as Daily Practice Prerequisite(s): ART 190, or one 200-level studio art courses.
ART 390 - Realism and Its Discontents in Contemporary Chinese Visual Media Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
ART 392 - Intermediate Art, Photography, & Digital Media Prerequisite(s): One Art 200-level studio art course, and one of ART 190, ART 191, ART 192, ART 196, ART 291, ART 293, ART 296, ART 298, ART 374, or ART 376
Chinese Literature
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
CHIN 280 - Introduction to Hong Kong Cinema
CHIN 346 - Modern China on the Silver Screen: From Allegories to Documentaries Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing. For Chinese credit, CHIN 212 or equivalent.
CHIN 390 - Realism and Its Discontents in Contemporary Chinese Visual Media Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing. For Chinese credit: CHIN 212 or equivalent.
English
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
ENG 261 - Introduction to Film
ENG 271 - Games, Play, and Stories
ENG 381 - Film and New Media Studies Prerequisite(s): Two ENG courses at the 200 level or higher
ENG 383 - Adaptation across Media Prerequisite(s): One ENG course at the 200 level or higher
ENG 386 - Word and Image Prerequisite(s): Two ENG courses at the 200 level or higher
Film and Media Studies ⇒One of the following may apply to the six additional units if not used for the “core” requirement, above.
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
FMST 300 - Introduction to Film Studies: Form and History on the Big Screen
FMST 301 - Introduction to Film Theory Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
FMST 302 - Introduction to Media Studies
French Literature
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
FREN 390 - Postwar French Cinema (1945-1975) Prerequisite(s): FREN 212 or equivalent
German Literature
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
GER 347 - Ecocinema Prerequisite(s): For German credit: GER 212 or equivalent
GER 349 - Cinema and Politics Prerequisite(s): For German credit: GER 212
GER 392 - Studies in German Theory II -only when offered as “The Masses and the Media” Prerequisite(s): For German credit: GER 212 or equivalent
Literature (in English translation)
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
LIT 220 - Introduction to Hong Kong Cinema
LIT 300 - Israeli Cinema: Myth, Memory, and History
LIT 302 - French Connections: The Intertwined Histories of French and American Cinema
LIT 313 - Modern China on the Silver Screen: From Allegories to Documentaries Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
LIT 321 - Realism and Its Discontents in Contemporary Chinese Visual Media Prerequisite(s): Sophomore standing
LIT 330 - Postwar French Cinema (1945-1975)
LIT 344 - Studies in German Theory II -only when offered as “The Masses and the Media”
LIT 347 - Ecocinema
LIT 349 - Cinema and Politics
LIT 362 - Red Sci-Fi: Science Fiction in Soviet Literature and Film
LIT 394 - Documentary Resistance in Latin America and Spain
LIT 465 - Sergei Eisenstein’s Film Art: Decadence, Revolution, and the Mechanics of Ecstasy
Music
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
MUS 207 - Musical Dialogues Across Disciplines
Religion
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
REL 167 - Introduction to Religion through Video Games
Russian Literature
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
RUSS 362 - Red Sci-Fi: Science Fiction in Soviet Literature and Film Prerequisite(s): For Russian credit: RUSS 212 or equivalent.
RUSS 436 - Sergei Eisenstein’s Film Art: Decadence, Revolution, and the Mechanics of Ecstasy Prerequisite(s): For Russian credit: RUSS 212 or equivalent.
Spanish Literature
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
SPAN 372 - Documentary Resistance in Latin America and Spain Prerequisite(s): For Spanish credit: SPAN 321
Theatre
Course Name		Term	Completed?	Group Req.
THEA 328 - Performance Technology Prerequisite(s): THEA 202
Two Additional Units in the Division of the Arts Art Dance Music Theatre
One Additional Unit in Literature
Proficiency in a non-English language, demonstrated by one of the following: Successful completion of Reed language courses: ⇒ Two units in two non-English languages OR ⇒ Four units in one non-English language OR ⇒ One unit in one non-English language at the 300 level or higher Department approval of language courses taken elsewhere, which may include: ⇒ Successful completion of language courses taken in secondary (high) school or at another college/university, AND/OR ⇒ Successful completion of a language placement examination at Reed; Department approval following an individual assessment of language proficiency.
Junior Year Requirement: Junior qualifying examination
Two Units of Thesis: FMST 470
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College Requirements:

Major Requirements:

Two Units from the Film and Media Studies Core Courses:

Six Additional Units of Film and Media Studies Electives:

Anthropology

Art

Chinese Literature

English

Film and Media Studies

French Literature

German Literature

Literature (in English translation)

Music

Religion

Russian Literature

Spanish Literature

Theatre

Two Additional Units in the Division of the Arts

One Additional Unit in Literature

Proficiency in a non-English language, demonstrated by one of the following:

Junior Year Requirement:

Two Units of Thesis: