The Film Studies Minor comprises 9 credit hours of required courses and 9 credit hours of electives, for a total of 18 hours. Please note that some courses have prerequisites. The requirements are described in detail in the UNC Catalog , and the Film Studies Program has developed a recommendation for completing the program within four years.

The minor in film studies is designed to provide students with an understanding of film as a distinct art form with its own unique history, language, mechanics, and principles of production and reception. The emphasis in this minor is on film reception, as opposed to training in film production. This area of inquiry includes film analysis, film criticism, consideration of the social implications of film, with some attention also to various theories of film reception.

Although many forms of film are considered in this program of study, Western narrative film will receive the greatest emphasis. Students will learn to "read" film and interpret it through an examination of its individual elements as well as by discussing how these parts fit together as a whole. Moreover, students are encouraged through this program of study better to understand the connections between cinema and the general importance of visual representation in contemporary culture. The minor in film studies is an interdisciplinary program, which means that it includes perspectives from a variety of disciplines, consideration of film in various periods of the history of cinema, as well as films produced in various cultures.

For more information about the Film Studies program at the University of Northern Colorado, please contact April Miller

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