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Cinema and Media Studies Concentration (CAMSc)

Directors: Professor John F. Schott, winter, and Assistant Professor Carol Donelan, fall and spring

A Concentration in Cinema and Media Studies invites students from all disciplines to explore the important ways modern media--film, photography, video and television and the internet--connect with and affect established disciplines. Students are encouraged to enroll in the concentration early in their academic career; required courses Cinema and Media Studies 110 and 114 must be completed no later than the end of the junior year.

Requirements for the Concentration:

Required Courses:

CAMS 110 Introduction to Cinema and Media Studies

CAMS 111 Introduction to Video Production

CAMS 214 Film History and Criticism

CAMS 395 Film Theory and Analysis (Capstone Seminar taken in the Senior Year)

Beyond the four required courses (21 credits), students are expected to take additional courses (24 credits) from an approved list in order to reach the minimum of 45 credits required for the concentration.

Concentrators typically choose an emphasis in either history theory or production.

Requirements for a History and Theory Emphasis:

In addition to the four courses required of all concentrators, students choosing a history-theory emphasis are encouraged to take at least one course from each of the following areas:

a) American Film


b) International Film


And one course from either of the following areas:

c) Non-Narrative/Nonfiction or


d) Electronic/Digital Media


Requirements for a Production Emphasis:

In addition to the four courses required of all concentrators, students choosing a production emphasis are required to take two of the following:

CAMS 122 Video Production for Community Television (not offered in 2006-2007)

CAMS 220 Nonfiction Video Production

CAMS 221 Fiction Video Production

Students may take any additional courses in production (Pre-Production, Photography, or Digital Production) to reach the minimum of 45 credits required for the concentration.

a) Pre-Production

CAMS 222 News Story Workshop (not offered in 2006-2007)


b) Photography

ARTS 338 Advanced Photo: Color Photography


c) Digital Production


Students are expected to work with a Cinema and Media Studies faculty adviser to devise an optimum program of study.