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Current Undergraduate Students: Declare or change your minor by completing an Undergraduate Program Add/Change form.

Prospective Undergraduate Students: Apply for admission to UMass Boston by completing an application. Start by reviewing the first-year and transfer application pages for important information about requirements, deadlines, and application status checks. Use the links below to apply: 

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Electives (12 Credits)

Take three courses from the list below. At least one elective must be a 300- or 400-level course and one must focus on non-US cinema. 

• CINE 101 - Introduction to Cinema Studies 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 121G - Space, Place, and Cinema 4 Credit(s)
• CINE 201 - History of International Cinema: Origins to 1945 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 202 - History of International Cinema: 1945-the present 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 215L - America on Film 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 245 - Contemporary Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 260L - Improvisation and the Art of Comedy 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 265L - Acting for the Camera 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 275L - Introduction to Screen and Television Writing 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 289 - Special Topics in Cinema Studies 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 292L - Cinema, Sex, and Censorship 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 293L - Photography I 4 Credit(s)
• CINE 295L - Introduction to Video 4 Credit(s)

300- and 400-Level Courses:

• CINE 300L - Scenic Design for Theatre and Entertainment 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 304 - Understanding Television 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 306L - Introduction to French Cinema (in French) 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 311L - How to Write Like a Film Critic 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 315L - Asian American Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 316L - Cult Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 317L - American Independent Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 318L - Women and Experimental Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 320 - Film Directors 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 325L - Film Festivals 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 326L - Costume Design for Film/TV 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 330L - Ghostly Doubles and Evil Twins 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 337L - Disney’s European Fairy Tales 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 341L - Gender and Film: Multidisciplinary Perspectives 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 350 - Film Genres 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 351L - Documentary Moving Images 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 352L - Middle Eastern and North African Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 355 - American Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 361L - Indigenous Film and Critical Visual Studies 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 370L - Studies in Experimental Film and Video Art 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 393L - Photography Workshop 4 Credit(s)
• CINE 395L - Video Workshop 4 Credit(s)
• CINE 412L - Gender, Human Rights, and Global Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 420 - Political Cinema Across Cultures 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 470 - Independent Study 1-4 Credit(s)
• CINE 480 - Internship in Cinema Studies 3 Credit(s)

Non-US Cinema:

• CINE 205L - Latin American Film 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 235L - Postwar European Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 258L - 21st Century World Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 276L - Italian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 280L - Postwar Japanese Cinema: From Kurosawa Akira to Kurosawa Kiyoshi 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 285L - French Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 372L - German Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 375L - Indian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 377L - Topics in Chinese Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 380L - Afro-Luso-Brazilian Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 385L - Topics in Japanese Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CHINSE 276 - Modern Chinese Cinema 3 Credit(s)

Complete 18 credits from six courses, including one introductory course, one history of cinema course, one non-US cinema course, and three electives.

GPA: A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required from all courses applied toward the minor.
Pass/fail: No more than one course taken pass/fail may be applied toward the minor.
Residency: A minimum of four courses for the minor must be completed at UMass Boston.

Katharina Loew, PhD, Program Director
617.287.6060
Katharina.Loew [@] umb.edu