The City College of New York boasts the oldest continuous curriculum in the study of motion pictures of any university in the USA. Founded by avant-garde filmmaker and film theorist Hans Richter in 1940, the study of film at City College has always been a dynamic part of its academic life. In recent decades, the curriculum has been centered in the Department of Media & Communication Arts. However, the Minor draws from a broad range of film related courses across the disciplines taught by expert faculty.
Cinema Studies Minor Course Plan
Past courses have included, among many others:
Visual AnthropologyJapanese Film
Shakespeare on Film
Feminist Literature & Film
Post War Italian Cinema
The Holocaust & Film
Indian Cinema & Popular Culture
Film History II
Documentary Film
Film Noir
Science Fiction
Philosophy & Film
Suggested Course Sequence
Semester 1: MCA 121 Introduction to Film Studies 3 credits (offered every term)
Semester 2: MCA 221 Film History I 3 credits (offered fall semester only) and/or ELECTIVE
Semester 3: MCA 222 Film History II 3 credits (offered spring semester only) and/or ELECTIVE
Semester 4: ELECTIVE
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