a r t s and s c i e n c e sCINEMA STUDIES
Arts & Sciences IndexINEZ HEDGES, PHD, Professor, Modern Languages
KATHY HOWLETT, PHD, Associate Professor, English Codirectors of the Program in Cinema StudiesPROFESSORS
Harlow Robinson, PhD, Modern Languages
Constance Rose, PhD, Modern Languages
Michael Ryan, PhD, EnglishASSISTANT PROFESSORS
Gerald Herman, MA, History
Harry Kuoshu, PhD, Modern Languages
Rei Okamoto, PhD, Modern Languages
Alan West-Duran, PhD, Modern LanguagesLECTURERS
Michele Cao-Danh, PhD, Modern Languages
Emily Fox Kales, PhD, Interdisciplinary Studies
Louise McBryde, MA, Interdisciplinary StudiesThe cinema studies curriculum is formulated upon a systematic historical, critical, and practice-oriented approach to the study of cinema. Students in the dual major are exposed to film as art, and become aware of the elements that comprise narrative film, such as editing, mise-en-scène, sound, and cinematography; explore different modes of cinematic narrative, in particular, the differences between Hollywood and art cinema; broaden their understanding of international cinema and become conscious of the characteristics of distinctive national cinemas, with an in-depth study of at least three different cinemas; and examine the productive interchange between film and the literary text. In many of the cinema studies offerings, students are encouraged to reflect upon the crucial role of film in the art movements of the twentieth century and to make connections between the classroom and practical experience in small-group discussions. A number of screenwriting and production courses allow students to make practical applications of their analytical skills.
Students may enroll in the dual major in cinema studies in combination with the following other dual majors: communication studies, English, journalism, modern languages, and theatre.
Cooperative education placements (arranged through the student’s other dual major program) and internships (arranged through cinema studies) demonstrate to students how the fundamental aspects of the cinema studies dual major—visual literacy, effective communication, collaborative teamwork, critical thinking, and analytical skills—are valuable in a variety of work settings. The cooperative education and/or internship experience assists cinema studies dual majors in assessing their short- and long-term goals in terms of undergraduate educational focus, graduate school preparation, and career aspirations. It helps students to understand their own values, ethics, and ideas in the context of the professions that they experience while on co-op/internship. Students’ placements also serve to expose them to a variety of professional people who may serve as mentors in the present and future. The following types of organizations typically provide cinema studies dual majors with the best opportunities to develop research, writing, and visual communication skills, as well as analytical and critical skills relevant to their major(s): Web site development companies, documentary production companies, advertising agencies, Boston-based film units of commercial film productions, independent feature productions, WGBH, cable companies, film distributors, art houses, the Museum of Fine Arts film program, and area film festivals.
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.
BA in Cinema Studies and Communication Studies
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES BA CORE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIED PROGRAMS
See Core Requirements for more information.
CINEMA REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA STUDIES DUAL MAJOR
See “Cinema Requirements for Cinema Studies Dual Major” below.
COMMUNICATIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA STUDIES DUAL MAJOR
Introductory Communications Complete the following two courses: CMN U101 Intro to Communication Studies 4 SH CMN U220 Media, Culture, Society 4 SH
Communications Electives Complete four courses from the following list: CMN U310 Classical Age of Speech and Rhetoric 4 SH CMN U321 Television: Text and Context 4 SH CMN U421 Sports Broadcasting 4 SH CMN U423 Foundations of Electronic Media 4 SH CMN U620 Television Studio Production 4 SH CMN U910 Special Topics in Public Communication 4 SH CMN U912 Special Topics in Media Studies 4 SH CMN U914 Special Topics: Organizational 4 SH Communication Production Complete the following three courses: CMN U420 Audio Production 4 SH CMN U520 TV Field Production 4 SH CMN U620 Television Studio Production 4 SH Senior Seminar Complete the following course: CMN U901 Senior Seminar in Communications 4 SH CINEMA STUDIES AND COMMUNICATIONS Complete 80 semester hours for the major. GENERAL ELECTIVES Additional courses taken beyond college and major course requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements. COOPERATIVE EDUCATION If elected UNIVERSITY-WIDE REQUIREMENTS 128 total semester hours required Minimum 2.000 GPA required BA in Cinema Studies and English COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES BA CORE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIED PROGRAMS See Core Requirements for more information. CINEMA REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA STUDIES DUAL MAJOR See “Cinema Requirements for Cinema Studies Dual Major” below. ENGLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA STUDIES DUAL MAJOR Literature Backgrounds Complete the following course: ENG U226 Backgrounds in English and 4 SH American Literature Literature Survey Complete any three of the following courses: ENG U220 Survey of English Literature 1 4 SH ENG U221 Survey of English Literature 2 4 SH ENG U223 Survey of American Literature 1 4 SH ENG U224 Survey of American Literature 2 4 SH
Shakespeare Complete one Shakespeare course: ENG U489 Shakespeare on Film 4 SH ENG U611 Shakespeare 4 SH ENG U612 Shakespeare’s Comedies 4 SH ENG U613 Shakespeare’s Tragedies 4 SH ENG U614 Topics in Shakespeare 4 SH Period Courses Complete two courses from two different century groups: ELEVENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURY ENG U605 Medieval English Literature 4 SH ENG U606 Topics in Medieval Literature 4 SH SIXTEENTH CENTURY ENG U610 Sixteenth-Century English Literature 4 SH SEVENTEENTH CENTURY ENG U617 Seventeenth-Century English Literature 4 SH EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENG U619 Eighteenth-Century English Literature 4 SH ENG U620 Topics in Eighteenth-Century English 4 SH Literature ENG U661 Early American Literature 4 SH NINETEENTH CENTURY ENG U519 American Novels 1 4 SH ENG U621 Romantic Poetry 4 SH ENG U624 Victorian Literature 4 SH ENG U626 Nineteenth-Century British Fiction 4 SH ENG U663 Early African-American Literature 4 SH ENG U665 The American Renaissance 4 SH ENG U667 American Realism 4 SH TWENTIETH CENTURY ENG U394 Modern Film 4 SH ENG U408 The Modern Bestseller 4 SH ENG U409 The Modern Novel 4 SH ENG U410 Modern Drama 4 SH ENG U411 The Modern Short Story 4 SH ENG U412 Contemporary Fiction 4 SH ENG U520 American Novels 2 4 SH ENG U630 Major Twentieth-Century British Novelists 4 SH ENG U631 Twentieth-Century English Literature 4 SH ENG U668 Modern American Literature 4 SH ENG U670 Modern African-American Literature 4 SH ENG U671 Multiethnic Literature of the U.S. 4 SH ENG U672 Asian-American Literature 4 SH ENG U673 U.S. Latino/Latina Literature 4 SH ENG U674 American Indian Literature 4 SH ENG U676 Contemporary American Literature 4 SH ENG U687 Modern Poetry 4 SH ENG U688 Contemporary Poetry 4 SH Literary Criticism, Linguistics, or Rhetoric Complete one course from the following list: CRITICISM ENG U337 Literary Interpretation 4 SH ENG U339 Topics in Literary Criticism 4 SH LINGUISTICS
ENG U150 Introduction to Language and Linguistics 4 SH ENG U350 Linguistic Analysis 4 SH ENG U450 Syntax 4 SH ENG U452 Semantics 4 SH ENG U454 History of English 4 SH ENG U456 Language and Gender 4 SH ENG U458 Topics in Linguistics 4 SH RHETORIC ENG U322 Topics in Rhetoric 4 SH English Elective
Choose two English courses that are not part of the BA core writing requirements, and excluding: ENG U165, ENG U166, ENG U167.
JUNIOR/SENIOR SEMINAR Complete the following course: ENG U710 Junior/Senior Seminar 4 SH CINEMA STUDIES AND ENGLISH Complete 76 semester hours for the major. GENERAL ELECTIVES Additional courses taken beyond college and major course requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements. COOPERATIVE EDUCATION If elected UNIVERSITY-WIDE REQUIREMENTS 128 total semester hours required Minimum 2.000 GPA required BA in Cinema Studies and Journalism COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES BA CORE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIED PROGRAMS See Core Requirements for more information. CINEMA REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA STUDIES DUAL MAJOR See “Cinema Requirements for Cinema Studies Dual Major” below. JOURNALISM REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA STUDIES DUAL MAJOR Journalism Foundations Complete the following four courses: JRN U101 Journalism 1 4 SH JRN U150 Interpreting the Day’s News 4 SH JRN U201 Journalism 2 4 SH JRN U301 Journalism 3 4 SH Television News Complete the following two courses: JRN U511 Television News Writing 4 SH JRN U512 Television News Production 1 4 SH Documentary Production Complete the following course: JRN U609 Documentary Production 4 SH Ethics and Issues Complete the following course: JRN U650 Journalism Ethics and Issues 4 SH Journalism Elective Choose one course from the journalism department. Experiential Education Experiential education is satisfied by JRN U650 Journalism Ethics and Issues 4 SH and one studio production course: CMN U420 Audio Production 4 SH CMN U520 TV Field Production 4 SH CMN U620 Television Studio Production 4 SH CINEMA STUDIES AND JOURNALISM Complete 76 semester hours for the major. GENERAL ELECTIVES Additional courses taken beyond college and major course requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements. COOPERATIVE EDUCATION If elected UNIVERSITY-WIDE REQUIREMENTS 128 total semester hours required Minimum 2.000 GPA required BA in Cinema Studies and Modern Languages COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES BA CORE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIED PROGRAMS See Core Requirements for more information. CINEMA REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA STUDIES DUAL MAJOR See “Cinema Requirements for Cinema Studies Dual Major” below. LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA STUDIES DUAL MAJOR Language Requirements Complete the following three courses in the appropriate language. FRENCH LNF U301 French Conversation and Composition 1 4 SH LNF U302 French Conversation and Composition 2 4 SH LNF U501 Advanced French 4 SH SPANISH LNS U301 Spanish Conversation and Composition 1 4 SH LNS U302 Spanish Conversation and Composition 2 4 SH LNS U501 Advanced Spanish 4 SH Literature
Complete one literature course in the appropriate language from the following list.
FRENCH LNF U550 Masterpieces of French Literature 1 4 SH LNF U551 Masterpieces of French Literature 2 4 SH SPANISH LNS U550 Masterpieces of Spanish Literature 4 SH Twelfth to Seventeenth Century LNS U551 Masterpieces of Spanish Literature 4 SH Eighteenth to Twentieth Century Advanced Language Complete one course in the appropriate language above the 400 level. FRENCH LNF U400 to LNF U699 SPANISH LNS U400 to LNS U699 Study Abroad Complete four courses in your major while on study abroad. Experiential Education Experiential education is satisfied by study abroad. CINEMA STUDIES AND MODERN LANGUAGES Complete 76 semester hours for the major. GENERAL ELECTIVES Additional courses taken beyond college and major course requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements. COOPERATIVE EDUCATION If elected UNIVERSITY-WIDE REQUIREMENTS 128 total semester hours required Minimum 2.000 GPA required BA in Cinema Studies and Theatre COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES BA CORE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIED PROGRAMS See Core Requirements for more information. CINEMA REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA STUDIES DUAL MAJOR See “Cinema Requirements for Cinema Studies Dual Major” below. THEATRE REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA STUDIES DUAL MAJOR Theatre Introduction Complete the following three courses: THE U101 Theatre Arts 4 SH THE U120 Acting 1 4 SH THE U131 Technical Theatre 1 4 SH
History and Theory Complete the following two courses: THE U300 Theatre History 4 SH THE U500 Dramatic Theory/Criticism 4 SH Onstage Complete the following three courses: THE U325 Script Analysis for the Stage 4 SH THE U342 Acting 2 4 SH THE U550 Concepts of Directing 4 SH Backstage Complete the following course: THE U270 Theatrical Design 4 SH Practicum/Experiential Education Complete the three theatre practicums and the theatre capstone. PRACTICUM THE U901 Theatre Practicum 1 1 SH THE U902 Theatre Practicum 2 1 SH THE U903 Theatre Practicum 3 1 SH CAPSTONE THE U701 Rehearsal and Performance 4 SH CINEMA STUDIES AND THEATRE Complete 82 semester hours for the major. GENERAL ELECTIVES Additional courses taken beyond college and major course requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements. COOPERATIVE EDUCATION If elected UNIVERSITY-WIDE REQUIREMENTS 128 total semester hours required Minimum 2.000 GPA required BS in Cinema Studies and Theatre COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES BS CORE REQUIREMENTS FOR ARTS/HUMANITIES MAJORS See Core Requirements for more information. CINEMA REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA STUDIES DUAL MAJOR See “Cinema Requirements for Cinema Studies Dual Major” below. THEATRE REQUIREMENTS FOR CINEMA STUDIES DUAL MAJOR Theatre Introduction Complete the following three courses: THE U101 Theatre Arts 4 SH THE U120 Acting 1 4 SH THE U131 Technical Theatre 1 4 SH History and Theory Complete the following two courses: THE U300 Theatre History 4 SH THE U500 Dramatic Theory/Criticism 4 SH
Onstage Complete the following three courses: THE U325 Script Analysis for the Stage 4 SH THE U342 Acting 2 4 SH THE U550 Concepts of Directing 4 SH Backstage Complete the following course: THE U270 Theatrical Design 4 SH Practicum/Experiential Education Complete the three theatre practicums and the theatre capstone. PRACTICUM THE U901 Theatre Practicum 1 1 SH THE U902 Theatre Practicum 2 1 SH THE U903 Theatre Practicum 3 1 SH CAPSTONE THE U701 Rehearsal and Performance 4 SH CINEMA STUDIES AND THEATRE Complete 82 semester hours for the major. GENERAL ELECTIVES Additional courses taken beyond college and major course requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements. COOPERATIVE EDUCATION If elected UNIVERSITY-WIDE REQUIREMENTS 128 total semester hours required Minimum 2.000 GPA required Cinema Studies Requirements for Cinema Studies Dual Majors REQUIRED COURSES Complete the following three courses: CIN U150 Film Analysis 4 SH CIN U350 Film Theory 4 SH CIN U500 Modernism/Modernity and Film 4 SH or CIN U550 Cinema Studies Seminar 4 SH INTERNATIONAL CINEMA Choose three courses from the following list: CIN U240 Latin American Film 4 SH CIN U250 Australian Film 4 SH CIN U255 Chinese Film: Gender and Ethnicity 4 SH CIN U260 Japanese Film 4 SH CIN U265 Spanish Civil War on Film 4 SH CIN U270 Modern German Film and Literature 4 SH CIN U280 French Film and Culture 4 SH CIN U386 History of Soviet Cinema 4 SH CIN U460 Jewish Film 4 SH INTEGRATIVE FILM AND LITERATURE Complete one course from the following list: CIN U391 Topics in Film 4 SH CIN U488 Film and Text 4 SH CIN U489 Shakespeare on Film 4 SH
CINEMA STUDIES ELECTIVES Choose two cinema studies courses. EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION FOR CINEMA Complete 4 semester hours from the following list: CIN U446 Topics in Documentary Production 4 SH CIN U650 Page to Screen 4 SH CIN U941 Cinema Studies Internship 1 SH CIN U942 Cinema Studies Internship 2 SH CIN U943 Cinema Studies Internship 3 SH CIN U944 Cinema Studies Internship 4 SH CIN U945 Cinema Studies Practicum 1 SH CIN U946 Cinema Studies Practicum 1 SH CIN U947 Cinema Studies Practicum 2 SH CIN U948 Cinema Studies Practicum 2 SH CIN U949 Cinema Studies Practicum 3 SH Minor in Cinema Studies REQUIRED COURSES Complete two courses: CIN U120 Exploring the Humanities through Film 4 SH or CIN U150 Film Analysis 4 SH CIN U350 Film Theory 4 SH EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING Complete 4 semester hours from the following list: CIN U446 Topics in Documentary Production 4 SH CIN U650 Page to Screen 4 SH CIN U921 Directed Study 1 SH CIN U922 Directed Study 2 SH CIN U923 Directed Study 3 SH CIN U924 Directed Study 4 SH CIN U945 Cinema Studies Practicum 1 SH CIN U946 Cinema Studies Practicum 1 SH CIN U947 Cinema Studies Practicum 2 SH CIN U948 Cinema Studies Practicum 2 SH CIN U949 Cinema Studies Practicum 3 SH ELECTIVE COURSES Choose three cinema studies courses (not already taken). GPA REQUIREMENTS 2.000 GPA required in the minor
For more information on the cinema studies minor, contact the codirectors of cinema studies, Professor Inez Hedges (429 Meserve) and Professor Kathy Howlett (427 Holmes), at 617.373.3654 and 617.373.4554, respectively.
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