Current Courses of Study
While Lafayette does not, as of Spring 2008, have a free-standing Film & Media Studies program or major, a number of academic departments and programs do currently offer Film and/or Media Studies courses, and there are multiple and diverse options for interested students. Relevant courses are offered in Anthropology & Sociology, Art, English, Foreign Languages & Literatures, History, Music, Philosophy, American Studies, Policy Studies, and Women’s & Gender Studies. Interested students can take one or more of these courses, or organize a course of study into a major or a minor.
Courses in Film & Media Studies
AMS 362: Photography and Memory in American Culture
ART 150: Introduction to Time-Based Media
ART 239: From Samurai to Cyberpunk—Japanese Animation (Anime)
A&S 255: Contemporary Society and the Cinema
CL 142: Masterworks of German Literature and Film
ENG 116: Film and Literature
ENG/THTR 123: Plays in Performance: Stage and Film
ENG 140: Introduction to Film
ENG 240: Film Theory & Practice
ENG 251: Screenwriting
ENG 340: Documentary Film
ENG 340: Narrative Film
FREN 424: Literature, Ideas, and Film: 20th-Century French Culture
GERM 431: Literature and Film as a Mirror of Socio-Historical Issues
GERM 424: Modernism to Postmodernism and Beyond: Literature & Film
HIS 255: Vietnam and the American Experience
MUS 274: Film Music
PHIL 235: Philosophy of Film
WS 256: Gender, Identity, and German Film
Minor in Film
In consultation with a department adviser, a student selects a minimum of five film courses including English 140, 240, and 340, and two others chosen from the following, one of which must be taken from a department other than English: English 116, 123, 251; Art 150, 239; A&S 255; CL 142; FREN 424; GERM 431, 424; HIS 255; MUS 274; PHIL 235; WS 256.
The film minor is not open to English majors. The adviser will authorize counting special topics courses toward the minor when they are offered with a film focus. No more than one semester of internship may be included.
English Major with a Concentration in Film
In consultation with a department adviser, a student chooses at least nine film-focused courses beyond English 110, including:
English 140: Introduction to Film
English 205: Literary Questions
One course in literary history (206, 210, 211, or 212)
English 240: Film Theory and Practice
English 251: Screenwriting
English 340: Topics in Film (may be taken more than once depending on topic)
Plus, three additional courses selected from the following, at least one of which must be taken outside the English Department:
AMS 362: Photography and Memory in American Culture
ART 150: Introduction to Time-Based Media
ART 239: From Samurai to Cyberpunk—Japanese Animation (Anime)
A&S 255: Contemporary Society and the Cinema
CL 142: Masterworks of German Literature and Film
ENG 116: Film and Literature
ENG/THTR 123: Plays in Performance: Stage and Film
FREN 424: Literature, Ideas, and Film: 20th-Century French Culture
GERM 431: Literature and Film as a Mirror of Socio-Historical Issues
GERM 424: Modernism to Postmodernism and Beyond: Literature & Film
HIS 255: Vietnam and the American Experience
MUS 274: Film Music
PHIL 235: Philosophy of Film
WS 256: Gender, Identity, and German Film
No more than one semester of independent study or thesis may be included. The adviser will authorize counting special topics courses toward the concentration when they are offered with a film focus.
Honors Thesis in Film
The first Honors Thesis in film at Lafayette was completed in 1996.
Additional Programs Committed to the Study of Visual Cultures
Art Major
Art Minor
American Studies concentration in Popular and High Culture
Policy Studies major with Arts concentration
Self-designed major |