Courses

The Film Studies minor draws upon the wide variety of film-related activities and resourcesavailable at Eckerd College, provides a strong complement to several major fields of study in the humanities and the arts, and offers an excellent opportunity for majors in the natural and social sciences to complement their focus with studies and applications that emphasize creativity, inte rpretation, and humanistic studies. It requires six courses, including two core courses (Elements of Film and Introduction to Filmmaking), one additional course in the area of film analysis and another in film production, and two electives. The minor requirements are as follows:

Core courses (2):

  • Introductory course: FI 200 Elements of Film
  • Introductory film production course: FI 210A Intro to Filmmaking
  • One (1) additional film analysis course: a film history course, film genre, auteur, topics in critical studies course, or an interdisciplinary film course (see full listing of applicable courses in the major requirements below)
  • One (1) additional film production course: an intermediate film production course or topics in film production course (see full listing of courses in major requirements below)
  • Two (2) electives: film history, production, genre, auteur, topics or interdisciplinary film courses not taken to satisfy the requirements above

Film Criticism elective options include:

  • FI 204A The Horror Film
  • FI 206H Film Genres
  • FI 224G International Cinema
  • FI 230H Film & Identity
  • FI 304E Film, Media and the Environment
  • FI 306H Theories of Film
  • FI 308H Hitchcock: Master of Suspense
  • FI 310H Major Directors
  • AM 210H American Cinema
  • AM 319E Environmental Film Colloquium
  • CL 261H Greek Tragedy in Modern Film and Literature
  • CL 262H Ancient Comedy in Modern Film and Literature
  • CN 228G Chinese Martial Arts in Literature and Film
  • CN 266G East Meets West: Chinese Cinema
  • FR 250/FR 450 French Cinema
  • FR 307H Literature and Film in Postwar France
  • HU 101H Writing About Movies
  • HU 370H Humanities Internship
  • HU 388 Humanities Symposium
  • IT 306H Italian Film and Literature
  • JA 231E Japan Cinema: Images of Nature
  • LI 244H Drama: Screen & Stage
  • LI 253H Adaptation: Literature & Film
  • LI 314G Caribbean Literature and Film
  • LI 348H Literature and Film After Auschwitz
  • PL 246H Philosophy and Film
  • RE 324H Topics in Religion and Cinema
  • RE 345H Jesus in Ancient and Modern Media
  • SP 308H Film and Literature: Spanish Civil War
  • SP 309H Film and Literature: Hipanics in the U.S.
  • SP 310H Literature, Film and Art: Lorca, Bunuel, Dali
  • SP 312H Latin American Culture in Film
  • other courses as approved by the discipline coordinator

Film Production elective options include:

  • FI 301 Documentary Filmmaking
  • FI 302 Narrative Filmmaking
  • FI 303 Film Technique
  • FI 304E Film, Media and the Environment
  • AR 345 Motion Graphics/Special Effects
  • AR 348 Experimental Film and Video
  • CW 204A Introduction to Screenwriting
  • CW 304 Writing Workshop: Screenwriting
  • CW 404 Writing Workshop: Screenwriting
  • HU 370H Humanities Internship
  • IA 240A Sound Design
  • TH 235A Acting for the Camera
  • TH 272E Performance and the Environment
  • TH 372 Directing
  • other courses as approved by the discipline coordinator