Film and Media Minors: Film and Digital Storytelling, Screenwriting, and Cinematic Studies
Film & Digital Storytelling (3 tracks):
Screenwriting (Film and Television Writing)
Film and Digital Storytelling
Cinematic Studies
Film & Digital Storytelling
The English and Language Arts Department, in conjunction with the Screenwriting and Animation major, offers a Film and Digital Storytelling minor with 3 tracks: (1) Screenwriting (Film and Television Writing) (2) Film and Digital Storytelling (3) Cinematic Studies. The minor requires 9 units of required core courses in Screenwriting and Animation with the SWAN designation in the catalogue, and 9 units of approved courses in English and Language Arts.
1) The Screenwriting track emphasizes writing for dramatic film, episodic television, documentaries, and corporate and non-broadcast media. (2) The Film and Digital Storytelling track combines writing and hands-on production and editing of documentaries, oral histories, memoir, dramatic shorts, and corporate and non-broadcast media. (3) The Cinematic Studies track includes a combination of courses that emphasize the critical evaluation of cinema through research, and film theory and analysis.
Special Note: Students may not use courses from the Film and Digital Storytelling Minor to simultaneously satisfy other requirements, including General Education requirements, requirements for their majors, requirements for another minor or the Liberal Arts Core.
The minor requires 9 units of required core courses in Screenwriting and Animation with the SWAN designation in the catalogue, and 9 units of approved courses in English and Language Arts.
Screenwriting Core Requirements
| Course | Description | Credits | ||
| CORE REQUIREMENTS | 18 | |||
| SWAN230 | An In Depth Introduction to the Fundamentals of Film and Television Writing | 3 | ||
| SWAN 335 | Intro to Screenwriting | 3 | ||
| SWAN 434 | Advanced Screenwriting | 3 | ||
| Plus 9 units (3 approved courses in related topics) from the following English and Language Arts courses: | ||||
| ENGL321 | Intro Creative Writing | 3 | ||
| ENGL322 | Creative Writing: Poetry | 3 | ||
| ENGL323 | Creative Writing: Fiction | 3 | ||
| ENGL333 | Playwriting | 3 | ||
| ENGL384 | Seminar in Special Topics | 3 | ||
| ENGL418 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 | ||
| ENGL488 | Senior Project | 3 | ||
| ENGL498 | Senior Internship | 3 | ||
FILM AND DIGITAL STORYTELLING (18 UNITS)
The minor requires 9 units of required core courses in Screenwriting and Animation with the SWAN designation in the catalogue, and 9 units of approved courses in English and Language Arts.
Film & Digital Storytellling Core Requirements
| Course | Description | Credits | ||
| CORE REQUIREMENTS | 18 | |||
| SWAN300 | The Art and Language of Cinema | 3 | ||
| SWAN320 | Digital Filmmaking I | 3 | ||
| SWAN325 | The Art of Motion (Digital Film Editing I) | 3 | ||
| Plus 9 units (3 approved courses in related topics) from the following English and Language Arts courses: | ||||
| ENGL321 | Intro Creative Writing | 3 | ||
| ENGL322 | Creative Writing: Poetry | 3 | ||
| ENGL323 | Creative Writing: Fiction | 3 | ||
| ENGL333 | Playwriting | 3 | ||
| ENGL345 | African American Biography and Autobiography | 3 | ||
| ENGL384 | Seminar in Special Topics | 3 | ||
| ENGL488 | Senior Project | 3 | ||
| ENGL498 | Senior Internship | 3 | ||
The minor requires 9 units of required core courses in Screenwriting and Animation with the SWAN designation in the catalogue, and 9 units of approved courses in English and Language Arts.
Cinematic Studies Core Requirements
| Course | Description | Credits | ||
| CORE REQUIREMENTS | 18 | |||
| SWAN300 | The Art and Language of Cinema | 3 | ||
| Choose two of the following Film Studies Electives with the approval of your advisor: | ||||
| AFOL451 | Contemporary Trends in African Oral Literature | 3 | ||
| FREN413 | Francophone Africa through Film and Literature | 3 | ||
| SWAN310 | Seminar in Film and Society | 3 | ||
| SWAN315 | Film Appreciation | 3 | ||
| SWAN365 | Foundations of Film Theory and Criticism | 3 | ||
| SWAN350 | Black Film | 3 | ||
| SWAN365 | World Cinema | 3 | ||
| SWAN351 | Women in Film | 3 | ||
| SWAN352 | Animation in Film | 3 | ||
| SWAN355 | World Cinema | 3 | ||
| SWAN356 | American Cinema | 3 | ||
| SWAN357 | European Cinema | 3 | ||
| SWAN358 | Asian Cinema | 3 | ||
| SWAN359 | Post-Colonial Cinema | 3 | ||
| SWAN360 | Latin American Cinema | 3 | ||
| SWAN355 | World Cinema Masterworks | 3 | ||
| SWAN405 | Special Topics in Film Theory | 3 | ||
| SWAN407 | Special Topics in Film Genre | 3 | ||
| SWAN408 | Special Topics in Film History | 3 | ||
| SWAN416 | Seminar: Multimedia for Film History and Analysis | 3 | ||
| SWAN450 | Social Issues in the Contemporary Documentary | 3 | ||
| SWAN497 | Directed Research in Film Studies | 3 | ||
| Plus 9 units (3 approved courses in related topics) from the following English and Language Arts courses: | ||||
| ENGL304 | Literary Criticism: Theoretical Foundations | 3 | ||
| ENGL384 | Seminar in Literature | 3 | ||
| ENGL384 | Seminar in Special Topics | 3 | ||
| ENGL488 | Senior Project | 3 | ||