Visual Media Minor

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Degree Requirements

The Visual Media Minor provides students with a focused and practical sequence of classes in one of three separate specialties: digital media production, animation, or film studies.

Film Studies Track (18 Credits)

Required Courses (6 Credits)

FIS 100	Introduction to Film	3.00
FIS 110	Language of Film	3.00

Pick four classes from the following (12 Credits)

ENG 467B	Modern American Drama	3.00
ENG 477C/FIS 497	Genre Studies in Film	3.00
FIS 400	Film Theory	3.00
FIS 410	Major Figures in the Cinema	3.00
FIS 470	Women in Film	3.00
FIS 495/ENG 477A	Film and Literature	3.00

FIS 495 is cross-listed with ENG 477A; students may take the course under either prefix.

Animation Track (18 Credits)

ART 101	Drawing I	3.00
ART 201	Life Drawing I	3.00
VIS 110	Storyboarding	3.00
VIS 120	Digital Animation I	3.00
VIS 320	Digital Animation II	3.00

Digital Media Production Track (18 Credits)

Required Courses

VIS 111	Writing the Narrative Screenplay	3.00
VIS 141/ART 141	Digital Photography I	3.00
VIS 290	Introduction to Digital Cinema	3.00
VIS 292	Introduction to Digital Editing	3.00

VIS 141 is cross-listed with ART 141; students may take the course under either prefix.

Pick one of the following (3 Credits):

FIS 326	Cinematography	3.00
VIS 341	Sound Design for Media Production	3.00

Pick one of the following (3 Credits)

VIS 490	Advanced Digital Cinema	3.00
FIS 447	Documentary Techniques	3.00