Cinematic Arts Minor
Institute of Arts and Humanities
Ridge Walk Academic Complex, Arts and Humanities Building, Sixth Floor
https://filmstudies.ucsd.edu
All courses, faculty listings, and curricular and degree requirements described herein are subject to change or deletion without notice.
The Minor
The cinematic arts minor provides students an exciting opportunity to examine the many facets of U.S. and international cinema. Students interested in exploring cinema as a multidimensional art medium will engage in the analysis of cinematic works of various forms. Study of film genres, history, theories, directors, cultural perspectives, and more allows students to gain a robust understanding of cinema as a historical and contemporary means of expression. The interdisciplinary nature of the minor provides investigation of cinematic art through its connection to related fields such as communication, history, literature, sociology, theatre, and visual arts.
Requirements
The minor requires completion of seven courses (twenty-eight units), at least five of which must be upper division. The seven courses chosen must be selected from at least two different departments.
ANSC 156. Mad Films: Cultural Studies of Mental Illness in Cinema (4)
ANSC 166. Film and Culture in Asia (4)
COMM 10. Introduction to Communication (4)
COMM 20. Analysis of Media Forms and Cultures (4)
COMM 30. Digital Media Literacy (4)
COMM 103D. CM: Documentary History and Theory (4)
COMM 106F. Film Industry (4)
COMM 106T. CI: Television Culture and the Public (4)
COMM 107. Visual Culture (4)
COMM 135. Contemporary Minority Media Makers (4)
COMM 137. Black Women Filmmakers (4)
COMM 139. Examining Marvel’s Black Panther (4)
COMM 140. Cinema in Latin America (4)
COMM 142. Film Authorship (4)
COMM 143. Science Fiction (4)
ETHN 101. Ethnic Images in Film (4)
ETHN 163F/TDGE 131. Playing Indian: Native American and First Nations Cinema (4)
ETHN 163FR/TDGE 131R. Playing Indian: Native American and First Nations Cinema (4)
HIEA 133. Twentieth Century China: Cultural History (4)
HIEA 153. Social and Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Korea (4)
HIEA 154. Korean History Through Film (4)
HILD 14. Latin American History and Film (4)
HIUS 122. History and Hollywood: America and the Movies since the Great Depression (4)
LTAF 120. Literature and Film of Modern Africa (4)
LTCS 111. Special Topics in Popular Culture in Historical Context (4)
LTCS 119. Asian American Film and Media (4)
LTCS 150. Topics in Cultural Studies (4)
LTCS 172. Special Topics in Screening Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Sexuality (4)
LTEA 120A. Chinese Films (4)
LTEA 120B. Taiwan Films (4)
LTEA 120C. Hong Kong Films (4)
LTEA 138. Japanese Films (4)
LTEA 142. Korean Film: Literature, and Popular Culture (4)
LTWL 120. Popular Literature and Culture (4)
LTWL 128. Introduction to Semiotics (4)
LTWL 157. Iranian Film (4)
LTWL 180. Film Studies and Literature: Film History (4)
LTWL 181. Film Studies and Literature: Film Movement (4)
LTWL 183. Film Studies and Literature: Director’s Work (4)
LTWL 184. Film Studies and Literature: Close Analysis of Filmic Text (4)
LTWR 110. Screen Writing (4)
SOCI 105. Ethnographic Film: Media Methods (4)
SOCI 150. Madness and the Movies (4)
SOCI 172. Films and Society (4)
SOCI 184. Gender and Film (4)
SOCI 187. African Societies through Film (4)
TDGE 10. Theatre and Film (4)
TDGE 11. Great Performances on Film (4)
TDGE 12. Topics in Cinema and Race (4)
TDGE 122. Films of Woody Allen (4)
TDGE 124. Cult Films: Weirdly Dramatic (4)
TDGE 125. Topics in Theatre and Film (4)
TDGE 127. The Films of Spike Lee (4)
TDGE 131/ETHN 163F. Playing Indian: Native American and First Nations Cinema (4)
TDGE 131R/ETHN 163FR. Playing Indian: Native American and First Nations Cinema (4)
TDPW 104. Screenwriting (4)
TDTR 20. Dance on Film (4)
USP 164. Cities in Film (4)
VIS 6. Race, Gender, and Robots (4)
VIS 7. Movie Magic from Méliès to Marvel (4)
VIS 84. History of Film (4)
VIS 84B. Film Aesthetics (4)
VIS 150. Landmarks of World Cinema (4)
VIS 150A. Seminar in Film History (4)
VIS 151. History of the Experimental Film (4)
VIS 151A. Seminar in Media History (4)
VIS 152. Film in Social Context (4)
VIS 152D. Identity through Transnational Cinemas (4)
VIS 155. The Director Series (4)
VIS 156. Latino American Cinema (4)
VIS 157. Environmentalism in Arts and Media (4)
VIS 157D. U.S. Civil Rights in Art and Media (4)
VIS 171. Digital Cinema (4)
VIS 172. Motion Design and Visual Effects (4)
VIS 175. Editing Theory and Practice (4)
VIS 176. 16mm Film (4)
VIS 177. Scripting Strategies (4)
VIS 178. Sound Theory and Practice (4)
VIS 194S. Fantasy in Film (4)