Approved Cinema Studies Courses for next semester
The Cinema Studies program is an interdisciplinary minor, jointly supported by the College of Arts and Letters and Social and Behavioral Sciences. The program is housed in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies and closely affiliated with the Electronic Media and Film program in the School of Communication, sharing many faculty members.
Students can declare Cinema Studies as a minor to complement their studies in Communication, Comparative Cultural Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, English, Ethnic Studies, History, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Sociology, and the sciences, for example.
The curriculum is guided by the belief that cinema plays a tremendous influence in the worlds of art, politics, culture and economics and that film and other forms of visual culture are essential to our understandings of the politics and practices of representation. An interdisciplinary minor, CINE courses focus on film and cultural analysis, the impact of visual technologies, the meanings of media in everyday life, and the significance of historic and modern modes of exhibition.
The Cinema Studies minor also aims to expose students to archival films, classics, and contemporary and cutting edge cinema. Students in the Cinema Studies program can gain professional experience by assisting in the development and organization of film series, film festivals, and cinema forums for the NAU campus and the larger Northern Arizona community.