Film Studies

Welcome to the home of Film Studies at Lewis University. Here you will find information on academic programs, program-sponsored film series, and cinema-related events on campus. Re-visit us often for announcements of current and upcoming film events at Lewis.

Lewis University's new interdisciplinary minor in Film Studies offers courses in film study, history, theory, national cinema traditions, genre study, screenwriting, and digital production processes. As a manageable minor course of study, students can easily integrate film studies with their work in other major fields. Program details and course descriptions can be found using the minor link at left. This is a quick summary of currently listed courses, but new courses from many different departments will be added to this list in coming semesters.

The Film Studies Minor--18 hours
Required Courses--6 hours (must take these two courses)
06-270	Introduction to Film Studies (3)
06-430	Film Theory and Criticism (3)
Electives--9 or 12 hours (may take any 3 or 4 of these or other approved courses)
06-223	Detective Fiction (3)
06-224	Literature of the American West (3)
06-227	Stories into Film (3)
06-361	Topics in Film and Literature (3)
06-363	Postmodern American Fiction & Film (3)
06-370	Topics in Film Study (3)
06-371	Classical Hollywood Cinema (3)
06-372	The History of Film (3)
06-374	The Horror Film (3)
06-375	Women in Film (3)
06-376	World/Ethnic Film (3)
10-230	Digital Filmmaking (3)
One Possible Elective --3 hours (may take any 1 course from these)
22-271		Acting I (3)
22-371		Acting II (3)
10-370		Opinion Writing (3)
10-426		Special Topics in Mass Media (3)

THE FACULTY
Professors offering courses in the Film Studies program will include members of the English, Fine Arts, History, Communications, and other departments. The faculty link will take you to email, homepage and course syllabus links.

THE COURSES
Want to know what's going on now? Visit courses for the current semester's offerings in Film Studies, as well as for links to past and future course listings.

FILM ON CAMPUS
For the complete schedule of this year's Film Series on the Arts and Ideas Calendar, as well as links to other film series and film events on the Romeoville campus, visit the events link.

FILM HOLDINGS
Click on search if you want to locate a film held in Lewis University Library's extensive video and DVD collection. You will be directed to the Library's Online Catalog. Just type in the film's title and select Film/Videos on the Quick Limit drop-down menu.

MORE FILM ON THE WEB
Interested in knowing what else is going on out there? Click on links for a list of interesting film and cinema sites on the Internet.