Program: Cinema Studies Minor - University of Southern Maine

Apr 03, 2025

2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

The Cinema Studies minor offers students a multidimensional understanding of movies as forms of art, products of industry, and modes of communication. The program can serve as a base of knowledge for students intending to enter careers in the media, as a foundation for further study, and/or as the opportunity to gain deeper insight into one of the most culturally significant media of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

Program Requirements

The minor consists of 15 credit hours of film or cinema studies CMS courses. In order to declare the minor students must have a minimum 2.0 G.P.A. and have completed the core competency in College Writing. A grade of “C” or higher is required on all coursework for the minor.

Core (6 credits):

CMS 284 - Introduction to Cinema Studies Credits: 3
And either
CMS 286 - History of International Cinema to 1945 Credits: 3
or
CMS 288 - History of International Cinema Since 1945 Credits: 3

Electives (9 credits):

Choose 3 courses

CMS 210 - Topics in Media Criticism I Credits: 3 (only film or cinema topics)
CMS 286 - History of International Cinema to 1945 Credits: 3
or
CMS 288 - History of International Cinema Since 1945 Credits: 3 (whichever was not taken for the core)
CMS 310 - Topics in Media Criticism II Credits: 3 (only film or cinema courses)
CMS 380 - Film Genres Credits: 3
CRM 320 - Film and Social Order Credits: 3
ENG 348 - Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies Credits: 3
ENG 348 - Topics in Interdisciplinary Studies
Credits: 3
PHI 221 - Philosophy of Film Credits: 3
PHI 312 - Morality in African Literature and Film Credits: 3