Cinema Studies
Introduction
Prerequisites
Required Courses
Other Credit Options
Contact Information
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Introduction
The Cinema Studies Program offers a degree track within the Comparative Literature major that allows a specialization in the study of film. Cinema Studies allows students to develop their understanding of how films function as a distinctive mode of transmitting and critiquing cultural values and practices.
The program is structured around two series of core courses devoted to film theory and film history. Students are required to complete at least fifteen credits from among these six courses. The core is complemented by upper-division film elective courses taken from Comparative Literature or any UW department in consultation with the Comparative Literature undergraduate advisers. [top of page]
Prerequisites:
- Minimum 2.0 overall GPA
- Completion of either the English Composition requirement or a W-course
- Completion of C LIT 270, 271 or 272 or the equivalent.
Required courses - 50 credits from course groups listed below
15 credits from Cinema Studies core courses:
(Choose at least one course in film theory and one course in film history)
- C LIT 301 Theory of Film: Analysis (5 credits)
- C LIT 302 Theory of Film: Critical Concepts (5 credits)
- C LIT 303 Theory of Film: Genre (5 credits)
- C LIT 310 History of Film: 1895-1929 (5 credits)
- C LIT 311 History of Film: 1930-1959 (5 credits)
- C LIT 312 History of Film: 1960-present (5 credits)
- C LIT 313 History of Film: 1989 to Present (5 credits)
10 credits from Comparative Literature core courses:
- C LIT 400 (5 credits)
- One Literature course from C LIT 320, 321, 322, 323 (5 credits) A minimum of two years of foreign language study (e.g. German 203 or equivalent); one national cinema course (5 credits) The national cinema course should correspond with the foreign language selected (e.g. German language/German cinema). Students who are native speakers of a language other than English should contact the departmental adviser regarding the second year of foreign language requirement.
Approved Electives
Remaining 20 credits to be earned in approved 300-400-level cinema elective courses offered by Comparative Literature or other UW departments.
Foreign Language
A minimum of two years of foreign language study (e.g. German 203 or equivalent); one national cinema course;* remaining credits to be earned in approved 300-400-level cinema elective courses offered by Comparative Literature or other UW departments.
*Note: The national cinema course should correspond with the foreign language selected (e.g. German language/German cinema). Students who are native speakers of a language other than English should contact the departmental adviser regarding the second year of foreign language requirement.
A minor in the Cinema Studies option is not available. [top of page]
Other Cinema Credit Options:
- C LIT 490, independent studies: students can develop special projects related to cinema such as research on a special topic in cinema studies for maximum of five credits towards the elective requirements.
- C LIT 491, internship: students can pursue internship opportunities for a maximum of 10 general elective credits towards the major requirements. It is possible to have 5 credits of C LIT 491 count towards core elective requirements by permission and arrangement of the supervising internship professor only.
- C LIT 493, honors seminar
- C LIT 495, honors thesis: students can prepare a cinema-related honors thesis for an additional 5 credits beyond the major requirements.
Contact Information
For information on the program, contact the Comparative Literature Undergraduate Adviser:
Tamara Cooper
B-534 Padelford
(206)685-1642
tcoop@u.washington.edu