Requirements for the Major - 12 courses
The prerequisite for all classes is Introduction to the Study and Theory of Film,
open to first-year students.
4 Introductory-Level courses:
FILM BC3201: Introduction to the Study and Theory of Film
(pre-requisite for further film courses at Columbia and Barnard;
Columbia's W3001 may be substituted for BC3201.)
FILM W3100: American Film History, 1930-60
FILM W3200: Silent Screen
FILM W3201: International Film History, 1930-60 or
W3202: International Film History 1960-90
3 Intermediate-Level courses:
FILM R4005: The Film Medium: Script Analysis
FILM W3050: The Documentary Tradition or W4098: Film Theory I
FILM W4145: Topics in World Cinema, or, with approval,
appropriate substitutions from the list of elective courses below.
3 Advanced-Level courses:
FILM BC3119: Screenwriting or FILM W3005: Laboratory in Writing for Film
ENGL BC3200: Production (substitutes for
FILM W3051: Laboratory in Nonfiction Filmmaking or
W3054: Laboratory in Fiction Filmmaking)
ENGL BC3998: Senior Seminar/Film or FILM W3840: Senior Seminar in Film Studies
2 Film Electives (consult our
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Please Note:
The Senior Seminar requirement
can be fulfilled at Columbia in the fall
OR
Barnard in the spring (BC 3998y - M. Spiegel)
There is no minor in film studies.
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