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Majors and Minors > Minors > Film Studies

Film Studies

Interdisciplinary Studies

In the century since its invention, film (a handy term for moving pictures in whatever medium) has become not only an unexpected new art form but virtually a standard kind of experience for people who spend much of their time watching shows on screens . . . What kind of experience do we have by means of film?

- (from a recent Philosophy of Film syllabus)

The minor in FILM STUDIES draws together several dimensions of film studies to give the student an overview of the main cultural and practical issues in film art.

Five courses are required to complete the minor, all to be approved by the director of the concentration, including:

• an introduction to film history and theory such as History of Film (ENGL 3540) or Philosophy of Film (PHIL 2300);
• a more specialized study of particular film genres, directors, or issues, such as Film and Fiction (ENGL 3540) or Latin America on Film (HIST 3610); and
• a course in screenwriting or production, such as Introduction to Filmmaking (ARTS 2750) or Special Projects in Writing (ENGL 3760).

Various Millsaps courses may be adapted to meet these requirements.  Each semester a list is compiled of courses that qualify as film-intensive (automatically counting toward Film Studies for anyone taking them) or film-friendly (able to count for any student who arranges with the professor to do appropriate work in the subject, such as a film-based major project).

FALL 2013 FILM STUDIES COURSES

Film-Centered: 
SOAN 4750  Disney and the American Way of Life (George Bey)

Film-Friendly: 
CLST 2320  Classical Mythology (Jennifer Lewton-Yates)
COMM 2000  Intro to Communications (Curtis Coats)
EDUC 3130  Education of the Exceptional Population (Chelsea Chicosky)
ENGL 3310  Shakespeare & the Play of Genre (Eric Griffin)
ENGL 3350  Faulkner, Film, and Social Justice (Anne MacMaster)
FREN 2110  Contemporary French Culture (Priscilla Fermon)
PEAC 2750-01  Philosophy of Violence (Kristen Golden)
PHIL 2240  Philosophy of Violence (Kristen Golden)
RLST 2750-02 South Asian Religions (Lola Williamson)
SOAN 2760  Sociology of Gender (Louwanda Evans)

There will also be in Summer 2013 these film-friendly courses:

Summer I Term (May 28-June 24)
HIST 3300  Shoah/Holocaust: History & Memory (James Bowley)
RLST 3750-01  Shoah/Holocaust: History & Memory (James Bowley)

Summer II Term (July 1-July 29)
ENGL 3310  Shakespeare & the Play of Genre (Eric Griffin)

A range of film-related internships is available in the Jackson area, including with the Mississippi Film Office and the Crossroads Film Festival.

Here is a list of filmmaking equipment available from the Millsaps library for student coursework.

Questions about Film Studies? Email Dr. Steve Smith.