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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Architecture and the Arts offer a minor in Moving Image Arts for undergraduate students. The minor is an academic option that students may choose if they wish to complement their major field of study with focused knowledge in the studies and practices of film, video, and new media. Students receive instruction in media history, aesthetics, theory, and technique. They engage in inquiries into how film, television, video, and digital media develop and are received in varied cultural, historical, social, economic, and technological contexts.
Students wishing to minor in Moving Image Arts must complete 18–20 semester hours, in consultation with a faculty adviser from the Moving Image Arts Committee, as outlined below:
| Required Courses—Moving Image Arts Minor | Hours |
| One of the following courses: | 3–4 |
| ENGL 102—Introduction to Film (3) | |
| ENGL 121—Introduction to Moving Image Arts (3) | |
| AD 170—Introduction to Time-Based Visual Arts (4) | |
| Two of the following courses: | 6 |
| COMM 200—Communication Technology (3) | |
| AH/ENGL 232—Film History I: 1890 to World War II (3) | |
| AH/ENGL 233—Film History II: World War II to the Present (3) | |
| ENGL 302—Studies in the Moving Imagea | 3 |
| Two elective courses from the list of courses approved | |
| for the Moving Image Arts Minor | 6–7 |
| Total Hours—Moving Image Arts Minor | 18–20 |
a ENGL 302 has a prerequisite of ENGL 102 or consent of the instructor.
Courses Approved for the Minor in Moving Image Arts
The following courses are approved for a minor in Moving Image Arts. Students select from this list with the approval of their adviser in moving image arts.
| Courses | Hours |
| Anthropology (ANTH) | |
| 211—Visual Anthropology | 3 |
| Art and Design (AD) | |
| 170—Introduction to Time-Based Visual Arts | 4 |
| Art History (AH) | |
| 232—History of Film I: 1890 to World War II | 3 |
| Same as ENGL 232 | |
| 233—History of Film II: World War II to the Present | 3 |
| Same as ENGL 232 | |
| 432—Topics in Film and Video | 3 |
| 434—Women and Film | 3 |
| Same as ENGL 472, GWS 472 | |
| Communication (COMM) | |
| 103—Introduction to Media | 3 |
| 200—Communication Technologies | 3 |
| 330—Mass Media and Popular Culture | 3 |
| English (ENGL) | |
| 102—Introduction to Film | 3 |
| 120—Film and Culture | 3 |
| 121—Introduction to Moving Image Arts | 3 |
| French (FR) | |
| 440—Topics in French and Francophone Cinema | 3 |
| Germanic Studies (GER) | |
| 217—German Cinema | 3 |
| 422—Germanic Cultural Studies III: Themes | 3 |
| Italian (ITAL) | |
| 180—Italian Cinema | 3 |
| Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) | |
| 278—Latin American/Latino Film Studies | 3 |
| Philosophy (PHIL) | |
| 234—Philosophy and Film | 3 |
| Polish (POL) | |
| 150—Introduction to Polish Cinema | 3 |
| Russian (RUSS) | |
| 150—Introduction to Russian Cinema | 3 |
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