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Cinema Studies

Minor in Cinema Studies

Cinema studies, administered by the Unit for Cinema Studies, is an interdisciplinary curriculum with courses offered in a variety of departments. The minor is structured to provide students with certain core courses in the discipline while also allowing the freedom to explore various approaches to the subject presented by different departments. A Cinema Studies Option is also available (see Humanities).

Students should consult the Unit for Cinema Studies for more information on the minor and for schedules of cinema studies courses offered each semester.

E-mail: cinema@uiuc.edu

Web address for most current program requirements:
http://www.las.uiuc.edu/students/programs/CINE/f_CINE.shtml

Hours     Requirements

3         Select one of the following:

          ENGL 104-Introduction to Film 

     or 

          ENGL 273-Intermediate Film Studies: 

           Directors, Genres, Themes

6         CINE 261-Survey of World Cinema I: 

           The Beginnings through the Coming of Sound

          CINE 262-Survey of World Cinema II: 

           The Thirties to the Present    

5         Minimum of 5 hours of two foreign language cinema 

           studies courses. (These include but are not 

           limited to courses on French, German, East 

           European,Japanese, Russian, and Scandinavian 

           cinema. Please note that all cinema studies 

           courses are taught in English.)

5         Minimum of 5 hours of two additional cinema studies

           courses.

19         Total 

1. At least 6 hours of 300-level courses must be included in the above.

Teacher Education Minor in Cinema Studies

Teacher education minors are available only to students in teaching majors. This minor does not lead to an endorsement in an additional teaching field.

Upon electing this minor, a student should consult with the academic adviser of the Unit for Cinema Studies for assignment to a faculty adviser. The sequence of courses counted toward completion of this minor must be approved in writing by the cinema studies adviser prior to the completion of the student's sixth semester. See the cinema studies section in the Timetable each semester for a list of courses currently being offered. Contact the Unit for Cinema Studies for a more detailed description of these courses.

E-mail: cinema@uiuc.edu

Web address for most current program requirements:
http://www.las.uiuc.edu/students/programs/CINE/f_CINE.shtml

HOURS     REQUIREMENTS

3         Select one of the following1:

          ARTCI 180-Introduction to Cinematography

          ARTCI 280-Basic Cinematography 

          ARTCI 380-Cinematography, or equivalent

3         CINE 261-Survey of World Cinema I: The Beginnings

           through the Coming of Sound

3         Select one of the following:

          CINE 262-Survey of World Cinema II: The Thirties to 

           the Present 

     or 

          CINE 361-Film Theory and Criticism

3         ENGL 104-Introduction to Film 

3         HUMAN 297-Special Topics: Junior Seminar and Tutorial,

           or equivalent1 

9         Other cinema studies courses2

24        Total

1. The cinema studies adviser may approve a specific substitution for the cinematography and the junior seminar/tutorial requirements if the student is unable to secure these courses.

2. This total must include courses in at least two different departments in the humanities. It must also include at least 3 hours at the 300 level. One humanities cinema studies course offered under the HUMAN or CINE rubrics may be counted toward this requirement.

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