Film and Digital Media Minor
The minor in film and digital media offers a foundation in visual culture and contributes important scholarly techniques of value to other disciplines. Students earn a minor in film and digital media by completing eight courses: FILM 20A and either FILM 20B or FILM 20C, and six upper-division courses including three from the core curriculum of the general major and three electives. There is no production component or comprehensive requirement in the minor.
Declaring the Film and Digital Media Minor
Students who pass FILM 20A and either FILM 20B or FILM 20C are eligible to declare the film and digital media minor. To enroll in these classes, students contact the instructor and request a permission code.
Course Requirements
Lower-Division Courses
Complete the following course:
Plus one of the following courses:
| FILM 20B | Introduction to Television Studies | 5 |
| FILM 20C | Introduction to Digital Media | 5 |
Upper-Division Courses
Students in the minor must complete the following upper-division core curriculum.
One course from each of the following three groups:
Choose one of the following courses:
Plus one of the following courses:
Plus one of the following courses:
And three electives
Students take three additional 5-credit, upper-division film and digital media critical studies courses numbered FILM 100-149, FILM 152-169, FILM 180-189, or from the FILM 194 series. Production studio courses (FILM 150, FILM 151, and FILM 170A through FILM 179B) may not be used to satisfy this requirement.
Courses used to satisfy other requirements of the minor may not count toward the electives. One of the electives may be substituted from another department or institution. Course substitutions must be approved by the Film and Digital Media Department.