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Cinema Studies Concentration
The Cinema Studies Concentration, one of several Concentrations (formerly "Options") within the Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the study of film (and related screen media) from various literary, cultural, and social perspectives. The Concentration's underlying aim is to enrich the individual by exposure to the most significant patterns, philosophies, and artifacts of history and of narrative and dramatic expression. The Concentration emphasizes development of methods and skills of critical analysis and places the cinema in its wider context as the dominant art form of the twentieth century.
REQUIREMENTS (54 hours)
- CINE 104 (ENGL 104) --Introduction to Film
- CINE 261 and
CINE 262--a two-semester general survey of world film (Note: CINE 261 and CINE 262 also satisfy the LAS General Education Requirement in Literature and the Arts.)
- CINE 361--Film Theory and Criticism (formerly CINE 461)
- At least 21 additional hours in film courses approved by the Unit for Cinema Studies. At least 9 of these hours must be in courses focusing on foreign language cinema, and at least two languages must be represented in the total.
- Three hours in
CINE 498--Special Topics Senior. This course will involve the
completion of a significant paper somewhat comparable to a senior
honors thesis. Students seeking High Distinction in Cinema Studies will be expected to complete 3 hours of CINE 491 rather than CINE 498. (Note: CINE 491 and CINE 498 replace HUM 492 and HUM 498, respectively, in the Cinema Studies requirements.)
- Six hours of Western Civilization courses:
(Note: Both courses taken for this requirement must come from either the HIST sequence or the CWL sequence; the requirement does not permit the mixing of the two rubrics.)
- At least 12 hours of supporting coursework. Supporting coursework is defined as courses (1) which study non-cinema texts in ways that are similar to or complement the ways in which Cinema Studies courses approach film (for example, literature, speech communication, media studies, cultural studies, or art history courses) or (2) which provide a background or context for a student's study of the cinema (for example, history, anthropology, sociology, or advanced foreign language courses) or (3) which provide other sorts of analytical tools for approaching the study of film (for example, psychology, philosophy, economics, or linguistics courses). Students may also include various sorts of production courses in this category. (The examples cited here are not intended to exclude other areas of study which may validly be considered cinema-related.) Specific courses and sequences in these cinema-related fields are to be approved at the discretion of the Cinema Studies advisor, except that Cinema Studies courses may not be approved as supporting coursework.
Students who elected the Cinema Studies Concentration prior to June, 2004, may continue to follow the former requirements of the Concentration, if they so choose.
NOTE: Any cinema course taken on the illinois campus to fulfill the requirements of the Cinema Studies Concentration must be a course officially approved by the Unit for Cinema Studies. Approved courses appear on the printed lists published by the Unit for Cinema Studies during Registration each semester and on this web site. A cinema course transferred from another institution will be considered on an individual basis if it has not already been approved as a substitute for a specific illinois course.
Departmental Distinction
Departmental Distinction in the Cinema Studies Concentration/Independent Studies Major may be earned at either of two levels. The criteria for each level are as follows.
To be eligible for graduation with Distinction, a student must achieve:
- A college grade-point average of 3.5
- A Cinema Studies Concentration grade-point average of 3.5
- Completion of CINE 498 with a grade of A and completion of a semester paper in 498 that is judged to be deserving of "distinction" by a committee of at least two Cinema Studies faculty members.
To be eligible for graduation with High Distinction, a student must achieve:
- A college grade-point average of 3.5
- A Cinema Studies Concentration grade-point average of 3.7
- Completion of CINE 491 (instead of CINE 498) with a grade of A and completion of a thesis in CINE 491 that is judged to be deserving of "high distinction" by a committee of at least two Cinema Studies faculty members.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Unit for Cinema Studies
rleskosk@illinois.edu
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