| 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. |
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Major Requirements:Total major units: 13-17, depending on language proficiency. | ||||
Two Units from the Film and Media Studies Core Courses: | ||||
| Course Name | Term | Completed? | Group Req. | |
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| 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
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One Additional Unit in Literature | ||||
Proficiency in a non-English language, demonstrated by one of the following:
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Junior Year Requirement:
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Two Units of Thesis: | ||||
| Course Name | Term | Completed? | Group Req. | |
| FMST 470 - Thesis | ||||
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