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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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Required Introductory Course (3 Credits)

• CINE 101 - Introduction to Cinema Studies 3 Credit(s)

Required History of Cinema Course (3 Credits)

Take one course from the list below.

• CINE 201 - History of International Cinema: Origins to 1945 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 202 - History of International Cinema: 1945-the present 3 Credit(s)<

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)
• 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)</em<
• CINE 351L - Documentary Moving Images 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 352L - Middle Eastern and North African Cinema 3 Credit(s)
• CINE 355 - American Cinema3 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)

For more information on curriculum, including course descriptions and degree requirements, visit the Academic Catalog.

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.

Sarah Keller, PhD, Professor of Art & Art History; Director of Cinema Studies
Sarah.Keller [@] umb.edu

Marco Natoli, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages, Literature, and Cultures
and Interim Director of Cinema Studies.
Marco.Natoli [@] umb.edu