Film and Television Minor
Students must pursue either film or television as a sequence of study. The film and television (FITV) minor requires six courses. Required courses are:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Departmental Introductory Course | ||
| Introduction to Communication and Media Studies (if taken before spring 2017) | ||
or COMM 1000 | Fundamentals of Communication and Media Studies | |
| Film, Television, Identity and Difference Course | ||
| Select one Film, Television, Identity and Difference course, ordinarily taken senior year 1 | ||
| FITV Sequences | ||
| Select one of the following sequences: | ||
For students interested in pursuing the film sequence: | ||
| Understanding Film | ||
| History of Film, 1895-1950 | ||
or FITV 3501 | Film Theory and Criticism | |
For students interested in pursuing the television sequence: | ||
| Understanding Television | ||
| History of Television | ||
or FITV 3601 | Television Theory and Criticism | |
| FITV Electives | ||
| Select any two courses with the FITV subject code 2 | ||
- 1
Any course with the FIID attribute code may fulfill this requirement (see list below).
- 2
Any course with the FITV subject code may fulfill this requirement.
Film, Television, Identity, and Difference courses
Courses in this group have the FIID attribute.
These courses explore film and television from minority, ethnic, diasporic, postcolonial, colonial, indigenous, global, feminist, and queer traditions. They center on how race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, and disability shape the aesthetics, politics, and ethics of film and television. Fundamentally, they are attentive to the importance of intersectionality as well as social justice in theory and practice.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| COMC 2277 | Media and Sexuality | 4 |
| COMC 3240 | Photography, Identity, Power | 4 |
| FITV 2670 | Television and Social Change | 4 |
| FITV 3536 | Film and the American South | 4 |
| FITV 3548 | Film and Gender | 4 |
| FITV 3554 | African American Cinema | 4 |
| FITV 3585 | Transnational Asian Media | 4 |
| FITV 3588 | Global Cinema | 4 |
| FITV 3604 | Critical Production Studies in Film and Television | 4 |
| FITV 3637 | Queer Studies in Film and Television | 4 |
| FITV 3647 | TV, Identity, and Representation | 4 |
| FITV 3648 | Television, Race, and Civil Rights | 4 |
| FITV 3658 | Italian Americans on Screen | 4 |
| FITV 3688 | Global Television | 4 |
| FITV 4554 | Black Experimental and Art Cinema | 4 |
| FITV 4570 | Films of Moral Struggle | 4 |
| FITV 4660 | Ethics of Reality Television | 4 |
Learning Outcomes
Upon graduation from the film and television major or minor, students will have achieved the following curricular goals:
- Develop a critically-informed understanding of film and television as a set of industries and institutions, forms of aesthetic expression, sites of cultural contestation, modes of representation, spaces of creative production, and evolving political-economic ecosystems.
- Be conversant in the multiple histories and theories of cinema and/or television, and be able to connect those histories and theories to current and emerging screen-based media forms.
- Be able to frame cinematic and televisual production, distribution and consumption within the context of regulatory, economic and policy parameters, as well as social norms and systemic and institutional exclusions.
- Be able to articulate the role that film and television play in the development of identities, cultures, and beliefs on local, national, and global scales.
- Cultivate skills necessary to ethically create and engage in varying forms of film and television writing, production, and reception, and thus develop a holistic appreciation of film and television cultures.
Availability
The minor in film and television is available at Fordham College at Rose Hill and Fordham College at Lincoln Center. Students in Fordham's School of Professional and Continuing Studies may minor in film and television only if they receive the approval of their advising dean and/or department, and their schedules are sufficiently flexible to permit them to take day courses at the Rose Hill or Lincoln Center campuses. Such students must provide the Communication and Media Studies Associate Chair at their home campus a statement confirming they are able to take day classes in order to fulfill their minor requirements.