Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies

The Film Studies major has been designed by faculty across the College of Arts and Humanities to enable students to explore what is arguably the most influential global art form of the twentieth century in its aesthetic, cultural, economic, historical, and technological dimensions. This 39-credit major is based on a critical, textual approach to film, emphasizing scholarly viewing, interpreting, and writing about moving images. It provides students with a solid background in theoretical, critical, and aesthetic aspects of the study of film, including the history of the medium and the analysis of national cinemas throughout the world, always keeping in view questions of how new media have changed both cinema itself and the study of cinema. As an art form that has been international in nature and global in reach from its inception, cinema challenges students to think globally and understand the systems of transnational exchange that have characterized this medium. The Film Studies major brings together courses in cinema from varied nations, languages, and cultures.