Directors: Professor John F. Schott, winter, and Assistant Professor Carol Donelan, fall and spring
Cinema and Media Studies Concentration (CAMSc)
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
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.