Film and Media Studies Minor
Students who minor in Film and Media Studies learn about the history of the film industry and the achievements of film as the most popular art form of the modern era. Students analyze films and work of some of the world's greatest directors, including foreign movies, silent films, recent releases, documentaries, and animation. Students learn to appreciate the industry's value as a window on society, revealing the zeitgeist of a period, the obsessions and interests of people at a particular place and time. Film study is valuable for all majors; it is an important part of the intellectual life of people in both the arts and business.
The following requirements below are intended for students beginning fall 2024.
To declare your minor, please speak to your academic advisor for assistance.
Co-Coordinator:
Dahlia Schweitzer
dahlia_schweitzer@fitnyc.edu
Co-Coordinator:
Emma Ben Ayoun
emma_benayoun@fitnyc.edu
| Required Course | ||
| FI 111 | Introduction to Film | 3 |
| Choose Four (4) Courses | ||
| FI 200/SS 202 | Bollywood and the Making of India | 3 |
| FI 201 | Principles of Costume for Filmmakers | 3 |
| FI 202/MC 201 | Mafia Movies: Crime and Corruption in Italian Popular Culture | 3 |
| FI 203 | African-American Film Culture | 3 |
| FI 204/EN 230 | Martial Arts Cinema and its Global Impact | 3 |
| FI 205 | Producing For Film | 3 |
| FI 206/MC 205 | Mexican Cinema: Between The National and The Global | 3 |
| FI/MC 207 | Devouring the Screen: Food in Film | 3 |
| FI 208 | Film Genres: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World | 3 |
| FI 209 | History of American Television | 3 |
| FI 210 | Film Genres: Cult Cinema | 3 |
| FI/MC 211 | Brazilian Cinema: Inventing Places and Spatial Myths | 3 |
| FI 212 | Drag and Cross-Dressing in Cinema | 3 |
| FI 220 | The Writers' Room: What Makes Great Television? | 3 |
| FI 221 | History of Film, Beginnings to 1959 | 3 |
| FI 222 | History of Film, 1960-2000 | 3 |
| FI 223 | Women Make Movies: A History of Women’s Filmmaking | 3 |
| FI 224/HA 217 | Avant-Garde Film | 3 |
| FI 225/MC 261 | Latin American Cinema and Resistance | 3 |
| FI 231 | History of Documentary Film | 3 |
| FI 234/HA 251 | Film Genres: Horror | 3 |
| FI 241/HA 252 | History of Russian and Soviet Film | 3 |
| FI 243 | Television Genres | 3 |
| FI 244/EN 257 | Major Movements in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Film | 3 |
| FI 245/EN 281 | Chinese Cinema | 3 |
| FI 246/MC 251 | Italian Cinema | 3 |
| FI 256/EN 266 | Screenwriting I | 3 |
| FI 262/HA 347 | Costume and Fashion in Film | 3 |
| FI 271 | Fans and Fandom in the Internet Age | 3 |
| FI 272 | Introduction to Television Studies | 3 |
| FI 273 | The Other Hollywood: Film in New York | 3 |
| FI 300 | Digital Storytelling: Fiction and Nonfiction | 3 |
| FI 301 | The Film Auteur | 3 |
| FI 320 | Major Directors: Federico Fellini | 3 |
| FI 321 | Film Theory and Criticism, An Introduction | 3 |
| FI 322 | Major Directors: Alfred Hitchcock | 3 |
| FI 323 | Sexuality in Cinema | 3 |
| FI 324 | The Romantic Comedy | 3 |
| FI 325 | Major Directors: Akira Kurosawa | 3 |
| FI 326 | Major Directors: Charlie Chaplin and Frank Capra | 3 |
| FI 331 | Film Genres: Crime Stories | 3 |
| FI 332 | The Science Fiction Film | 3 |
| FI 333 | Film Genres: Animation | 3 |
| FI 334 | Film Genres: Films of the Supernatural | 3 |
| FI 335/MC 331 | Emotion Pictures: Film and Television Melodrama | 3 |
| FI 341 | French Cinema | 3 |
| FI 342 | Contemporary Korean Cinema | 3 |
| FI 343/EN 382 | Contemporary Chinese Cinema (Honors) | 3 |
| FI 356/EN 366 | Screenwriting II | 3 |
| FI 400 | Screenwriting III | 3 |
| FX 226 | Documentary Production: Streets of NYC | 3 |
| FX 319 | Sound Design For Film | 3 |
| FX 327 | Post Production Digital FX | 3 |
| FX 328 | Directing The Actor | 3 |
| HI 207 | Hollywood: A History | 3 |
*Semesterly course offerings are subject to change