This minor investigates the history, theory, and social and political implications of film and video, sound production, and the broader “media arts” while also equipping students with creative and technical skills through hands-on studio investigations. Located at the intersection of art and technology, the “media arts” comprise exciting fields of practice such as sound art, video art, documentary production, podcasting/broadcasting, and digital and interactive media. The minor aims to familiarize a new generation of makers with current and emerging technologies—from digital audio and video, to augmented reality—and leave them with digital media skills and knowledge of production processes that they can carry forward in their careers as artists or creative professionals. At the same time, it exposes students to the methodologies and critical vocabularies of art history and contemporary media theory, helping them to understand media as vehicles for expression, storytelling, critique, and social change. Students pursuing a minor in Film & Media Arts will have the opportunity to take advantage of valuable creative resources here on campus, including the high-caliber A/V equipment available through CVPA’s Visual & Media Literacy (VML) Hub.
A note regarding ENL courses, and information for English/Communication majors:
The Film & Media Arts curriculum encompasses CVPA courses as well as relevant offerings in the Department of English & Communication.
All students minoring in Film & Media Arts can take up to two approved 300-level ENL classes in fulfillment of the minor’s elective requirements.
English & Communication students minoring in Film & Media Arts can take up to three ENL courses in fulfillment of Film & Media Arts curricular requirements. Two approved courses count as electives. A third course can either substitute for the required ARH 102/105 course or can count as an additional elective.
Courses that could function as this third course for ENL/Comm. majors include (but are not limited to): ENL 274: Digital and Media Literacy; ENL 367 Multimodal Writing; ENL 358: Visual Communication; ENL 368: Internet Communications and Culture; ENL 373 and 374: World Cinema; ENL 385: Topics in Multicultural Literature (if film based); ENL 390: Topics in Literature (if film based). Approval of this third course is left to the discretion of a student’s minor advisor and primary advisor.
A note regarding University Studies
FMA students are encouraged to fulfill University Studies requirements, where possible, via US courses with a film and media focus. For example, relevant 3A selections include: ENL 200 Literature courses with a film and media focus. For example, relevant 3A selections include: ENL 200 Literature courses with a film/media focus, such as Disney, Imagining India in Literature and Film, Performing Authenticity, The 70’s, Family Drama in Literature and Film, Shakespeare in Film, and more: ENL 255: Intro to Film; and ENL 276: Contemporary International Film.
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