The minor in Film & Video Studies is an interdisciplinary program offered through the School of Fine & Performing Arts (Department of Art History) and the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (Department of Digital Media & Journalism). Students will familiarize themselves with reading the art of cinema as cultural critics, while having the option to learn the basics of screenwriting and production. They will learn critical approaches to film and video and acquire historical, theoretical, intercultural and practical tools to study films and video from around the world.
For more information, please contact one of the program co-coordinators:
Will Hong
Department of Digital Media & Journalism
CSB 42
Phone: (845) 257-3117
E-mail: hongw@newpaltz.edu
Beth Wilson
Department of Art History
SAB 106D
Phone: (845) 257-3896
E-mail: wilsonb@newpaltz.edu
Film & Video Studies is an interdisciplinary program whose courses are based in a variety of academic areas. The list below includes both required courses and elective options; other courses, including selected topics, may be taken by advisement for credit toward the minor.
Please note that some of the listed courses have one or more prerequisites or major restrictions. Please check the course description for details.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ANT407 | Visual Anthropology | 3 |
| ARH348 | History of Film | 3 |
| ARH446 | Surrealism | 3 |
| ARS312 | New Media 3D + 4D | 3 |
| ARS334 | Digital Video | 3 |
| DMJ205 | Introduction to Media Criticism | 3 |
| DMJ215 | Digital Storytelling | 4 |
| DMJ319 | Writing for Digital Media | 3 |
| DMJ321 | Milestones in Documentary | 3 |
| DMJ331 | History of American TV | 3 |
| DMJ343 | Media Criticism and Aesthetics | 3 |
| DMJ390 | 90 Minutes to Die: Film Noir | 4 |
| DMJ391 | Screenwriting | 3 |
| ENG348 | Dramatic Writing Stag and Scrn | 3 |
| ENG368 | The Jewish American Experience in Literature and Film | 3 |
| ENG372 | Fiction into Film | 3 |
| FRN475 | French Cinema (taught in French) | 3 |
| GER319 | Women In German Lit&Film | 3 |
| GER321 | German Cinema | 3 |
| ITA261 | Italian Society in Film | 4 |
| ITA375 | Topics in Italian Cinema | 4 |
| MUS350 | Computer and Electronic Music | 3 |
| MUS351 | Advanced Computer and Electronic Music | 3 |
| MUS380 | Basic Recording Techniques | 3 |
| MUS381 | Advanced Recording | 3 |
| POL334 | Film and Politics | 3 |
| SOC361 | Images of Poverty in Film | 3 |
| SOC432 | Sociology of Film | 3 |
| SPA477 | Latin American & Caribbean Cinema (taught in Spanish) | 3 |
| THE260 | Introduction to Design | 3 |
| THE326 | 20th Century Design | 3 |
| THE327 | Race Gender and Performance | 3 |
| THE354 | Scene Design 1 | 3 |
| THE355 | Costume Design 1 | 3 |
| THE357 | Sound Design 1 | 3 |
