c i n e m a s t u d i e sThe Cinema Studies program at Northeastern University is unique in the Boston area, offering a broad interdisciplinary curriculum. Students who choose the Cinema Studies minor learn to approach the film and television medium from a range of aesthetic, historical, international, and sociological perspectives. They may also learn to integrate these analytical approaches with practical experience in videography and the study of broadcast technology. The diverse course offerings and carefully structured program have enabled our graduates to do well in the ever-expanding world of video production, distribution, and marketing, as well as to pursue careers as film scholars and teachers. Students take eight courses: two required courses, a video production requirement, and five electives. The interdisciplinary curriculum draws from courses in several departments.
Required courses. INT 1320, Exploring the Humanities through Film, or LNF 1550, Introductory Film Analysis; LNF 1551, Film Theory; and one of the following: ART 1180, Video Basics; or CMN 1450, Television Studio Production. Choose five electives: AFR 1133, History of Blacks in the Media and the Press; ART 1233, Contemporary Directions in Cinema; ART 1235, History of Film; ART 1236, The American Film; ART 1238, Documentary Film; ART 1281, Video Project; CMN 1451, Foundations of Electronic Media; CMN 1453, Broadcast Management; CMN 1454, Programming for Radio and Television; CMN 1455, Television Field Production; CMN 1554, Special Topics in Media (when appropriate); CMN 1620, Television Criticism; ENG 1288, Film and Text; ENG 1289, Shakespeare on Film; ENG 1290, Topics in Film (may not be counted more than twice); ENG 1291, Popular Culture; ENG 1294, Modern Film; ENG 1295, American Film and Society; ENG 1297, Approaches to Film; HST 1494, History and Film; HST 1575, History of Media in America; HST 1591, American Images of China; INT 1320, Exploring the Humanities through Film; INT 1321, Modernism; JRN 1421, Television Newswriting; JRN 1422, Television News Production; JRN 1423, Documentary Production; LNC 1553, Chinese Film: Gender, Ethnicity, and Urbanity; LNF 1521, French Film and Culture; LNF 1560, Film and Psychoanalysis; LNF 1557, Modernism: Art, Film and Literature; LNF 1660, International Perspectives in Cinema; LNG 1554, Modern German Film and Literature; LNJ 1500, Japanese Popular Culture; LNJ 1550, Japanese Film; LNR 1550, History of Soviet Cinema; LNS 1550, Spanish Civil War in Spanish Film; LNS 1551, Masterpieces of Latin American Film; MUS 1139, Film Music; PSY 1268, Psychology and Film; SOA 1120, Camera on Culture: Visual Anthropology; THE 1316, Acting for the Camera; THE 1849, Special Topics.
For more information, contact the co-directors of cinema studies, Professor Inez Hedges (429 Meserve) and Professor Kathy Howlett (427 Meserve) at 617.373.3654 and 617.373.4554 respectively.
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