Minor in Screen Studies

Students in APU’s screen studies minor learn the significance of film and television history to contemporary screen culture, and how to write film analyses concentrating on style, structure, and narrative.

Requirements 

18 units

WRIT 220Writing 2: Film Analysis and Criticism 13
CINE 275History of Television and Digital Media 23
CINE 285History of Film 23
CINE 341Media Criticism and Theory3
Select two of the following:6
CINE 351
Film and Social Issues 3
CINE 360
Studies in Popular Culture
CINE 420
Topics in Cinema and History
CINE 444
Advanced Film Theory
CINE 481
Contemporary Auteurs
CINE 483
Genre Studies
CINE 486
Topics in Film Analysis
Total Units18
1

Meets the General Education Writing 2 requirement.

2

Meets the General Education Humanities: Fine Arts requirement.

3

Meets the General Education Intercultural Competence requirement.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this program shall be able to:
  1. Students will be able to explain the significance of film and television history to contemporary screen culture.
    2.
  2. Students will be able to write analyses of films concentrating on style, structure, and narrative.