Program Requirements

  • Total Units Required: 15
  • Grade Requirement: A minimum grade of C– is required for all courses to count toward the minor; Pass/No Pass grades do not count toward the minor.

Required Courses

FILM 2200Introduction to Film Studies3
FILM 3400History of World Cinema3
Total Units6

Elective Courses

  1. Two courses (3 credits each) at the 3000 or 4000 level dealing with national or regional cinemas, such as the following:
    CHINA 3210Contemporary Chinese Popular Culture3
    EALC 4300Topics in Chinese Media Culture3
    EALC 5300Topics in Chinese Media Culture3
    FILM 3200British Cinema: A History3
    FILM 3250French Film Culture3
    FILM 4310Renegades and Radicals: The Japanese New Wave3
    FILM 4430Memory, Tears, and Longing: East Asian Melodrama Film3
    FILM 4790Seminar In Interdisciplinary Approaches to Culture and Film3
  2. One course (3 credits) at the 3000 level or higher that analyzes film or moving image media from different countries or parts of the world. Options in this category include the following:
    FILM 3190Documentary Film and Media3
    FILM 3420Introduction to Video Game Studies3
    FILM 3680Contemporary Women Directors3
    FILM 4200Film Theory3
    FILM 4230Histories of Media Convergence3
    FILM 4320Global Art Cinema3
    FILM 4430Memory, Tears, and Longing: East Asian Melodrama Film3
    FILM 4650Theory and Practice of Experimental Film3
    FILM 4780Topics in Transmedia Franchises3
    FILM 5007The 007 Saga: James Bond and the Modern Media Franchise3

Note: With the permission of the Director of Undergraduate Studies, one course (3 credits) on media/film taken in another department or program at the 3000 or 4000 level may count toward the Global Media Studies minor. Students should consult with their Film and Media Studies advisor or the Film and Media Studies Director of Undergraduate Studies before enrolling in a course offered outside of the program that they hope to count toward this minor.

A total of 6 Film & Media Studies–approved units can be applied for credit toward this program from study abroad work at the 3000 level or higher, which could satisfy the national cinema advanced elective requirements.

The program allows Film & Media Studies–approved transfer credits from other universities for advanced electives.

Additional Information

Elective courses change every academic year, so please visit the Program in Film and Media Studies website for current course listings.

A grade of C– or higher is required for a course to count toward the minor.

Internships and independent study do not count toward any Film and Media Studies minor.

Contact Info

Contact:Pat Harris
Phone:314-935-4056
Email:fms@wustl.edu
Website:https://fms.wustl.edu/