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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Film And Media Studies Minor


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Program: Minor
Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
College of Liberal Arts

Liberal Arts Building 153 ~ 260-481-6160
Program Coordinator:  Steve Carr


The minor in film and media studies provides a coherent introduction to the basics of film/media literacy. The program is designed to develop a critical understanding of the historical, theoretical, aesthetic, cultural and institutional contexts of film, television, and other electronic and digital mass media.


Declaring this Minor:

  • Declare this minor through your major department, the department of Communication, the department of Interdisciplinary Studies or the program’s Coordinator.

Program Requirements:

  • The catalog term for the minor will match that of your major degree program
  • At least 6 credits must be earned as resident credit at the 2000+ level or above
  • You must earn a grade of C- or higher for all courses required in the minor
  • A minor is not awarded if requirements are not completed by the time your major degree is certified for graduation

To earn the minor in Film and Media Studies, you must fulfill the following requirements in addition to those noted above:

Core Requirements


Film/Media Aesthetics: Credits 3


Choose one of the following:

Film/Media History: Credits 3


Choose one of the following:

Upper Level Requirement: Credits 6


Choose two of the following:

Additional Course: Credits 3


Choose one of the following:

Total Credits: 15


Student Responsibility


You are responsible for ensuring that you satisfy all graduation requirements specified for each selected program.  Thus, it is essential that you develop a thorough understanding of the required courses, academic policies, and procedures governing your academic career.  If you cannot complete all program requirements by your stated graduation date but fail to remove those from your plan of study, the Registrar’s Office in consultation with your academic advisor will remove unmet pursuits from your plan of study. Changing curricular records during the graduation term of application may affect state or federal financial aid awards. All requests for exceptions to specific requirements must be made in writing and may be granted only by written approval from the appropriate chair or dean. 

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