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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 2011 FILM STUDIES COURSES

Film-Centered: 
FILM 2750-01/SPAN 2110-01  Contemporary Hispanic Culture

Film-Friendly: 
ARTS 2260  Beginning Digital Arts
COMM 2000  Intro to Communications
COMM 3400  Intercultural Communication
EDUC 3130  Education of the Exceptional Population
ENGL 1000  Introduction to Interpretation
ENGL 3310  Shakespeare & the Play of Genre
FREN 2110  Contemporary French Culture
HIST 3210  The Great Depression
IDST 2400-01  Renaissance & Revolution in Britain
PHIL 2750-01 Men & Masculinity

There will also be in Summer 2011 these film-friendly courses:

Summer I Term (May 24-June 24)
COMM 3000/RLST 2750  Media & Religion in the American South
HIST 2750  Totalitarian-isms
PLSC 2750-01 Arab/Israeli Conflict: A Video Chronology
PLSC 2750-02 Terrorism
PSYC 4750  Psychology & Film

Summer II Term (June 28-July 29)
ENGL 3310  Shakespeare & the Play of Genre
HIST 2200  History of the US since 1877
IDST 2500  We Are the 80s

Summer long term (May 24-July 29)
PHIL 2220  Philosophy & Literature

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.