Film and Media Studies

480/965-6747

LL 641

Students interested in the BA in Film in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) complete a concentration in film and media studies, and students accepted into the BA in Film in the Katherine K. Herberger College of Fine Arts complete a concentration in film and media production. The concentrations include core courses and electives in the areas of critical studies and film production.

The faculty in the CLAS include a range of nationally and internationally recognized film and media scholars, several of whom received their terminal degrees from the nations’s top film and media programs. Their expertise is reflected in a cutting-edge curriculum based on rigorous theoretical, historical, and critical models of film analysis as well as proficiency with newer technologies such as DVDs, Internet, video games, and Web sites.

Program Requirements (45 semester hours)

Core Requirements (24 semester hours)

To provide students pursuing the BA in Film with a concentration in film and media studies with basic visual literacy and technical understanding, they take the following core courses:

FMS 100 Introduction to Film (3)

FMS 110 New Media and New Worlds L (3)

FMS 200 Film History HU (3)

FMS 270 Race and Ethnicity in American Cinema C (3)

FMS 490 Capstone Seminar HU, G (3)

THE 201 Film: The Creative Process I (3)

THE 400 Focus on Film (3)

THP 261 Introduction to Screenwriting (3)

Total 24

Film and Media Studies students select one area of emphasis (21 semester hours composed of 12 hours in one area of emphasis and three hours in each of the remaining areas). See an academic advisor for course lists within the following areas of emphasis:

digital and interactive media

media literacy and technology

national and global media

social identities in the media.

For more information, call the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Film and Media Studies office at 480/965-6747 or the Office of Undergraduate Programs in CLAS at 480/965-6506.

Students interested in the BA in Film with a concentration in film and media production take core courses and electives in that area. For more information, visit the Katherine K. Herberger College of Fine Arts, GHALL 132, or call 480/965-5337.

Courses

FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES (FMS)

Omnibus Courses. For an explanation of courses offered but not specifically listed in this catalog, see Omnibus Courses.