Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) credit may not count toward the concentration but may be applied toward the total number of units needed to graduate.
Units from Study Abroad and Transfer Credit: Students may receive up to one unit of credit toward the concentration for a class taken on study abroad or at another institution. The course must first receive approval from the director of the concentration.
Requirements for the Concentration
Number of Units
Six (6) courses are required for the Film and Media Studies concentration.
Required Course
ENGL 153-RTW: Classical Hollywood (offered twice yearly, cap of 25)
Five additional courses from any of the categories below. At least two of the five courses must have film as their primary focus. The courses with a film focus have been marked with an asterisk (*).
Additional Courses:
History/Theory/Criticism
- ANSO 295 Society on Film*
- ARTX 224 Art Since the 1960s
- ARTX 227 Modern Art Museum
- ARTX 290 Art and Gender: Primitive-Surreal*
- ARTX 491 Ways of Seeing
- ENGL 262 Feelings and Sensations at the Movies*
- ENGL 434 Advanced Film Theory*
- MUSC 155 Western Art Music after 1750
- PHIL 208 19th Century Philosophy
- PHIL 214 Philosophy of Art
- PHIL 306 Philosophy of Language
- PHIL 311 Postmodern Critical Theory
- RELG 232 Jedi, Sith, and Mandalorians: Religion and Star Wars*
- THEA 270 Theatre of Illusionism
*Denotes courses with a film focus
Applied
- ARTX 110 Design Fundamentals
- ARTX 115 Digital Photography
- ARTX 200 TV Studio Production* (1/4 credit)
- ARTX 213 Digital Art: Animation and Video*
- ARTX/SEMN 214 Framing Difference
- ARTX 230 Analog Photography
- ARTX 250 Introduction to Documentary Video Production*
- ARTX 301 Advanced Documentary Video Production*
- ENGL 205 Narrative Journalism
- ENGL 207 Arts Journalism
- MUSC 105 Introduction to Music
- THEA 120 Fundamentals of Acting
- THEA 210 Lighting Design
- THEA 225 Developing a Character
- THEA 255 Playwrighting
- THEA 380 Directing I with Lab
- THEA 420 Advanced Acting with Lab
- THEA 480 Advanced Directing
*Denotes courses with a film focus
International Media
- CHIN 245 Chinese Film and Culture*
- ENGL 260 African Cinemas of Belonging*
- ENGL/SEMN 264 Global Shakespeares
- FREN 435/490 Adv Lit & Cultural Studies (Topics: Cinema, a Modern Agora; Francophone Cult(ure) Movies; Space and Identity in French Cinema) (taught in French)
- GERM 200 Myth of a Nation: German Film*
- GERM 420 Introduction to German Cinema* (taught in German)
- HIST/RELG/SEMN 268 Jews on Film*
- JAPN 240 Japanese Culture through Film*
- JAPN 250 Manga/Anime and Gender in Modern Japan*
- RELG 231 Religion, Bollywood, and Beyond*
- SPAN 401 The Spanish Speaking World on Film* (taught in Spanish)
- SPAN 445 Visual Practices in Latin America (taught in Spanish)
*Denotes courses with a film focus
Year-at-a-Glance Courses 2024-2025
This list is subject to change
Courses with a film focus have been marked with an asterisk (*)
Fall 2024
- ARTX 115 Digital Photography
- ARTX 200 TV Studio Production*
- ARTX/SEMN 214 Framing Difference
- ARTX 250 Introduction to Documentary Video Production*
- ENGL 153 RTW: Classical Hollywood*
- FREN 435/490 Adv Lit & Cultural Films (Repenser Le Monde)*
- MUSC 105 Introduction to Music
- PHIL 208 19th Century Philosophy
- THEA 120 Fundamentals of Acting
- THEA 210 Lighting Design
- THEA 270 Theatre of Illusionism
- THEA 420 Advanced Acting with Lab
Winter 2025
- ARTX 110 Design Fundamentals
- ARTX 115 Digital Photography
- ARTX 200 TV Studio Production*
- ARTX 230 Analog Photography
- ARTX 250 Introduction to Documentary Video Production*
- ENGL 153 RTW: Classical Hollywood*
- HIST/RELG/SEMN 268 Jews on Film*
- JAPN 240 Japanese Cuture through Film*
- MUSC 105 Introduction to Music
- RELG 232 Jedi, Sith, and Mandalorians: Religion and Star Wars*
- SPAN 401 The Spanish Speaking World on Film* (Taught in Spanish)
- THEA 120 Fundamentals of Acting
- THEA 225 Developing a Character
- THEA 255 Playwriting
Spring 2025
- ARTX 200 TV Studio Production*
- ARTX 301 Advanced Documentary Video Production*
- CHIN 245 Chinese Film, and Culture*
- ENGL 205 Narrative Journalism
- ENGL 260 African Cinemas of Belonging*
- MUSC 105 Introduction to Music
- PHIL 214 Philosophy of Art
- PHIL 306 Philosophy of Language
- THEA 380 Directing I with Lab
Film and Media Study SIPs:
The Senior Integrated Project or SIP should be viewed as the capstone experience of your studies at the College. As a result, the SIP is undertaken within a department with a major or minor or as a non-departmental SIP. While K no longer allows for SIPs in concentrations (including the Film and Media Studies concentration), you can certainly do a SIP that is related to Film and Media Studies within a department you are majoring or minoring in (for example, in recent years students have analyzed films, television shows, and video games for their SIPs in the English and Religion departments). You can also complete a non-departmental SIP that is related to Film and Media Studies. Under the “Departmental SIP Pages” on the Registrar’s website, there is a list of faculty who may be willing to supervise non-departmental SIPs and the topics or subject areas they would consider.