Course Information Suite

Programs of Study: Undergrad

Cinema Studies

media.illinois.edu/macs/

Director of Graduate Study: C.L. Cole
228 Gregory Hall
810S. Wright St.
Urbana, Illinois 61801
Phone: (217) 333-1549
Fax: (217) 244-7695
E-mail: clcole@illinois.edu

Graduate Minor: Cinema Studies

The Graduate Minor in Cinema Studies promotes the graduate-level study of cinema and related screen media and their cultural and institutional contexts and offers formal recognition of such work, undertaken alongside and in conjunction with Illinois graduate students' primary fields of study. The Department of Media and Cinema Studies administers the Minor.

Admission

Applicants to the Graduate Minor program must be in residence and in good standing in a qualifying master's or doctoral program at Illinois and must designate Cinema Studies as a field/area of concentration for the master's or the doctoral degree and have that designation formally accepted by the student's home department.

Applications to the Associate Head are accepted on a rolling basis. The Associate Head will monitor students' advancement toward completion of the Minor.

Degree Requirements

*For additional details and requirements refer to the Graduate College Handbook.

Graduate Minor

Required Courses Required Hours
CINE 503 4
CINE 504 4
Two graduate courses in cinema or related media, chosen with the prior approval of the Minor Advisor. (One of the two electives may be satisfied by an independent study course or by an approved graduate-level course taken at another institution.) 4
Total Hours 14-16
Other Requirements:*  
The student's master's examination (if applicable) or preliminary /qualifying examination must include a Cinema Studies topic.  
If the student's master's thesis or doctoral dissertation deals in whole or in part with a Cinema Studies or related screen media topic, a member of the Department of Media and Cinema Studies must be a formal member of the student's committee.  
In addition to the minor requirements, students must also complete the requirements of their major degree. Hours counted toward completion of a minor may not also be applied toward any other transcripted credential.