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A Partial List of Cinema-Related Courses for Supporting Coursework in the Cinema Studies Concentration


Students in the Cinema Studies concentration of the Interdisciplinary Studies Major are required to complete "Twelve hours of supporting coursework." The following courses, selected from the list of courses fulfilling LAS General Education requirements, are among those which may be used to fulfill the "supporting coursework" requirement. The list is provided only as a sample and as an encouragement to students to explore new areas of related studies. This selection does not imply that these are the only courses which may be used to fulfill this requirement, nor does it imply that students should necessarily try to satisfy this requirement only with Gen Ed courses or that only lower level courses should be used.

Students should also be aware that courses used as their supporting coursework should have some coherence as a group with respect to their subject matter and that they should be selected in consultation with the Concentration Advisor.




Art History (ARTH)
112 Renaissance & Modern Art
115 Art Appreciation
241 Twentieth Century European Art

Classical Civilization (CLCV)
114 Introduction to Greek Culture
115 Mythology of Greece and Rome
116 The Roman Achievement
120 Origins of Western Literature
160 Ancient Greek & Roman Religion
221 The Heroic Tradition
222 The Tragic Spirit
240 Sex & Gender in Classical Antiquity

Comparative and World Literature (CWL)
All courses under this rubric -- except those which are specifically Cinema Studies courses

EALC
275 Masterpieces of East Asian Lit
305 Japanese Lit in Translation, I
306 Japanese Lit in Translation, II
307 Classical Chinese Lit
308 Popular Chinese Literature
319 Women in Japanese Lit
362 Popular Culture China & Japan
367 History of Korea

English (ENGL)
All courses under this rubric -- except those which are specifically Cinema Studies courses

French (FR)
155 French Masterpieces in Trans
209 Intro to French Lit, I
210 Intro to French Lit, II

German (GER)
250 Grimms' Fairy Tales in Context
260 The Holocaust in Context
331 Intro to German Literature, I
332 Intro to German Literature, II

History (HIST)
141 Western Civ to 1660
142 Western Civ since 1660
171 U.S. History to 1877
172 U.S. since 1877
255 British Isles to 1688
256 Great Britain since 1688
258 Contemp Politics Ideology
260 Survey of Russian History
265 Science in Western Civ, I
266 Science in Western Civ, II
270 United States History to 1815
271 Nineteenth Century America
272 Twentieth Century America
274 U.S. & World since 1917
285 U.S. Gender History to 1877
286 U.S. Gender History since 1877

Humanities (HUM)
141 Intro to American Civ, I
142 Intro to American Civ, II

Italian (ITAL)
240 Ital Middle Ages & Renaiss

Linguistics (LING)
210 Language History
240 Language in Human History

Music (MUS)
130 Introduction to the Art of Music
131 Masterworks of Western Music
132 The Varieties of Music
134 The Eras of Music
313 History of Music I
314 History of Music II

Philosophy (PHIL)
101 Introduction to Philosophy
102 Logic and Reasoning
103 Logic and Reasoning QR II
105 Introduction to Ethics
201 Philosophy in Literature
203 Ancient Philosophy
206 Early Modern Philosophy
210 Ethics
230 Philosophy of Religion: Intro
250 Conceptions of Human Nature
270 Philosophy of Science
325 Recent European Philosophy

Political Science (PS)
201 U.S. Racial & Ethnic Politics
270 Intro to Political Theory

Portuguese (PORT)
334 Brazilian Women's Lit Trans

Religious Studies (RLST)
101 Bible as Literature
108 Religion & Society in West, I
109 Religion & Society in West, II
110 World Religions
120 A History of Judaism
121 Introduction to Christianity
201 Hebrew Bible in English
214 Intro to Islam
223 Qur'an Structure and Exegesis
283 Jewish Sacred Literature

Russian (RUSS)
225 Russian Lit since 1917

Scandinavian (SCAN)
215 Scandinavian Prose Fiction
251 Viking Mythology
252 Viking Sagas in Translation

Slavic (SLAV)
117 Russ & E Euro Science Fiction

Spanish (SPAN)
225 Intro Hispanic Literature, I
227 Intro Hispanic Literature, II
244 Hispanic Literature & Culture

Theatre (THEA)
101 Introduction to Theatre Arts


Once again, the above list is only a sample, intended to indicate general directions a student might want to explore in fulfilling the "supporting coursework" requirement of the Cinema Studies Concentration.