Film Studies Minor

Joyce Johnston, coordinator
Ferguson Building, Room 273AA
Phone: (936) 468-6722
Fax: (936) 468-8420
Email: jjohnston@sfasu.edu
Web: sfasu.edu/oidp

Film studies is a field of inquiry devoted to the analysis of cinema as one of the most important art forms of the 20th and 21st centuries, a medium shaped by related fields, such as literature, music and the visual arts. The minor is interdisciplinary in nature and focuses on film analysis and cinematic criticism. Students enrolled in the film studies minor will gain an understanding of film language, the evolution of cinema as an art form, the international dimensions of the medium, and important film concepts, including genre, auteurs, adaptation, film movements, themes and theory.