Cinema and Media Studies

Our students analyze moving images from every angle.

Lights...Camera...Action!

Explore cinema and media theories and techniques in an interdisciplinary minor in Cinema and Media Studies! Cinema and Media Studies students learn how to read and instrumentalize the building blocks of film form to both analyze film and media texts as well as produce and edit media of their own.

Ranking in the top 5 U.S. media markets, our Boston location offers countless exciting and rigorous internship and career opportunities. Simmons Cinema and Media Studies students go on to jobs in content creation and media production across web, tv, and film, as well as graduate programs in Film, Cinema/Media Studies, Communications, Cultural Studies, and more!

One elective must be a production class. (Production classes are ART 138, ART 139, ART 232, ART 237, ART 239, ART 256, COMM 120, COMM 121, COMM 163, COMM 220, COMM 222, COMM 246, and COMM 262) In addition, at least one elective must be at the 200- or 300-level. No more than two photography classes will be counted toward the minor.

Required Courses:

LTWR 195	Art of Film	4
LTWR 221	The Critical Lens: Introduction to Film and Media Theory	4

Elective Courses:

ART 138	The Poetry of Photography	4
ART 139	Color Photography CSI	4
ART 232	Advanced Digital Workshop	4
ART 237	Advanced Black and White Photography	4
ART 239	Art of the Real: Documentary Photography	4
ART 249	History of Photography	4
ART 256	Approaches in Contemporary Photography	4
AST 202	Introduction to Black Popular Culture	4
AST 245	Tweeting Into the Future: Race, Technology & Social Media	4
AST 307	Black History at the Movies	4
CHIN 214	Contemporary Chinese Cinema	4
COMM 120	Communications Media	4
COMM 121	Visual Communication	4
COMM 124	Media, Messages and Society	4
COMM 163	Radio Operations and Performance	4
COMM 220	Video Production	4
COMM 222	Animation	4
COMM 246	Digital Imaging for Design	4
COMM 262	Media Convergence	4
COMM 263	Social Media Journalism	4
COMM 323	Digital Cultures: Communication and Social Media	4
LTWR 230	Postcolonial Film	4
LTWR 327	Psychoanalysis, Race and Sexuality	4
LTWR 354	Cliffhangers and Tears: Studies in Film Melodrama	4
LTWR 398	Feminist Media Studies	4
FREN 265	Francophone Short Stories	4
FREN 314	Topics in French and Francophone Cinema	4
HIST 254	History Through Novels & Film	4
HIST 329	Film and History Representation	4
HIST 374	Modern U.S. History: Digital Humanities	4
MUS 165	Music in Film	4
PHIL 152	Philosophy Through Literature and Film	4
PHIL 225	Social Media, Digital Technology, and Ethics	4
SPAN 314	Hispanic Culture as Seen Through Film	4

Restrictions on Electives

One elective must be a production class Production classes are designated:

ART 138	The Poetry of Photography	4
ART 139	Color Photography CSI	4
ART 232	Advanced Digital Workshop	4
ART 237	Advanced Black and White Photography	4
ART 239	Art of the Real: Documentary Photography	4
ART 256	Approaches in Contemporary Photography	4
COMM 120	Communications Media	4
COMM 121	Visual Communication	4
COMM 220	Video Production	4
COMM 222	Animation	4
COMM 246	Digital Imaging for Design	4
COMM 262	Media Convergence	4

At least one elective must be at the 200 or 300 level. No more than two photography classes will be counted toward the minor.

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