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The Film Studies Minor 


Film Studies Minor


Mission Statement
Courses for Summer and Fall 2009 Congrats on a great festival!
The film minor at the University of West Georgia is designed to educate and inspire students interested in film. The addition of a film minor to the curriculum will complement the University of West Georgia’s strong liberal arts tradition. The minor consists of a series of courses from departments including English and Philosophy, Foreign Languages and Literatures, History, Mass Communications and Theatre Arts, and Psychology. These courses are designed to provide students with a solid background in the history, technical analysis, aesthetics and cultural significance of film. As an interdisciplinary minor, film studies encourages students to explore further the rich and diverse aesthetic, philosophical, historical, and cultural expressions articulated in films.


Summer Film Courses
50491 ENGL 4109 01W 3.00 Film as Literature
MAY 18, 2009 JUN 02, 2009 MTWRF 01:00 pm - 04:25 pm Human 209

50252 HIST 4485 01 3.00 History of Film Violence in Modern Ireland
JUL 06, 2009 JUL 28, 2009 MTWRF 10:00 am - 12:15 pm TLC 1303

50449 COMM 3352 01 3.00 Television Production I
JUN 08, 2009 JUN 30, 2009 MTWRF 12:30 pm - 02:45 pm Human 132


Fall Film Courses
80771 FILM 2080 01 3.00 Intro to the Art of Film
MW 03:30 pm - 04:45 pm  TLC 1200

80773 FILM 2100 01 3.00 History and Theory of Film
MW 02:00 pm - 03:15 pm   Human 312

80708 ENGL 4109 01W 3.00 The Horror Film
M 05:30 pm - 08:00 pm   Paffrd 305

80434 COMM 3352 01 3.00 Television Production I
W 05:30 pm - 08:15 pm     Ed Ctr 132

81363 PSYC 4085 25H 3.00 Human Identity in Film - Hnrs
T 05:30 pm - 08:00 pm   Honor 101

81618 THEA 3290 01 3.00 Costume Design I
TR 12:30-1:45 pm    M Munro 111

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Core Minor Courses
Buster Keaton Introduction to the Art of Film, FILM 2080
   
In this course students will consider the primary visual, aural, and narrative conventions by which motion pictures create and comment upon significant social experience. We will watch a wide range of films from a variety of countries and historical moments in film history. Students will have the chance to explore issues such as framing, photographic space, film shot, editing, sound, genre, narrative form, acting style, and lighting in the context of wider discussions of the weekly films. This course assumes no prior knoweldge of film studies.


Peeping Tom History and Theory of Film, FILM 2100

This course will explore major developments in film history and criticism. Students will become familiar with several different film movements in the development of the art form and will be introduced to basic ideas in film theory. Through a variety of film movements and historical periods, students will develop an understanding of the cultural, industrial, and political contexts for some of most significant debates about film. Specific topics covered will include Russian formalism, the history of classical Hollywood cinema, the French New Wave, recent global cinemas, as well as alternatives to Hollywood in the United States.


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Minor Course of Study







E-mail Dr. Brickman at bbrickma@westga.edu

or visit the English Department office to fill out the minor declaration form.


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