Bachelor of Science in Cinema Studies

Fundamentals courses (16 credits) introduce majors to three central approaches to cinema studies: historical, social-institutional, and aesthetic. These must be completed before entry into production courses.

• Students must complete Media and Society (J 201), Media Aesthetics (CINE 260M), and two of the three courses in the history sequence, History of the Motion Picture I (CINE 265), History of the Motion Picture II (CINE 266), and History of the Motion Picture III (CINE 267)], which may be taken in any order. Completion of all fundamentals courses is required before taking any production courses.

Production courses (8 credits: 4 from Production A and 4 from Production B) give majors a chance to learn the essentials of media production.

• After completing the fundamentals requirements, students may enroll in a Production A course [Introduction to Production (ARTD 256), Introduction to Narrative Cinema Production (CINE 270), or Introduction to Documentary Production (J 208)].
• After successful completion of a Production A course, students are eligible to register for Production B courses [various topics in production; please see term course list (http://cinema.uoregon.edu/term-course-lists) for offerings].

Core courses (24 credits) strengthen students’ understanding of cinema as a dynamic, multicultural, and transnational phenomenon. Please see term course list for offerings.

• Students must complete six core courses, with at least one from each subcategory: Core A (cinema industries); Core B (theory and criticism); and Core C (national, regional, and transnational cinema).
• For students who declared the cinema studies major in fall 2013 or later: two courses in the core with the CINE subject code (8 credits out of the required 24) are required.

Electives (8 credits) allow students to broaden their exposure to cinema and media studies. These courses are not focused exclusively on cinema but instead study it in relation to other modes of inquiry, including (but not limited to) Asian studies, comparative literature, ethnic studies, folklore and public culture, philosophy, journalism, literary studies, music, Romance languages, and women's, gender, and sexuality studies.

A wide variety of elective courses from a range of departments and programs are available. Additional fundamentals, production, and core courses may also count as elective courses. Elective credit for the major may also be derived from internship and/or independent study.