Cinema and Media Studies
The minor in Cinema and Media Studies offers the opportunity to study the role of films and other media as artistic expressions and cultural forces. Students will learn critical and theoretical tools for analyzing motion pictures and their historically evolving role in reflecting and shaping social ideologies and norms. The minor in Cinema and Media Studies allows the small-scale but concentrated study of one important art form, and through it, our contemporary world
Highlights and Resources
- In addition to the CDMS Core course, “Introduction to Cinema,” a variety of courses in the areas of culture/history and production are offered every semester
- Valpo’s World Cinema Film Series screens films from a range of countries, cultures, and traditions
- Valpo’s Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources holds more than 2,000 film titles, supplemented by the Language Resource Center’s collection of more than 500 foreign-language films
A minimum of 15 credit hours is required for the minor in cinema and media studies. Specific required courses are listed below.
| COMM 270 | Introduction to Cinema | 3 credits |
| At least one course from each of the following areas: | 6 credits | |
| Production: | ||
| COMM 198 | Introduction to Video Production | 3 credits |
| ART 324 | Digital Video Art | 3 credits |
| Culture/History: | ||
| COMM 291 | World Cinema | 3 credits |
| FLF 260 | French Film Studies | 3 credits |
| FLGR 260 | German Film Studies | 3 credits |
| GEO 274 | North American Indian on Film | 3 credits |
| HIST 393 | History through Film | 3 credits |
| Electives: | 6 credits | |
| Note: Electives may be chosen from any of the above courses that have not already been taken, any other courses approved by the Cinema and Digital Media Studies administrative committee, and any of the following courses when they are taught on film topics. | ||
| CC 300 | Seminar | 3 credits |
| ENGL 390 | Topics in Literature | 3 credits |
| SOC 280 | Media and Crime | 3 credits |
| SOC 281 | Hollywood Goes to High School | 3 credits |
| SOC 315 | Mass Media and Society | 3 credits |
| THTR 252 | Writing for Stage and Screen | 3 credits |
| THTR 390 | Topics and Projects | 3 credits |
Administrative Committee
Peter Lutze
Associate Professor of and Chair of Communication
Tel: 219.464.5339
Email: Peter.Lutze@valpo.edu
Timothy Tomasik
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Literatures and Richard P. Baepler Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
Tel: 219.464.5263
Email: Timothy.Tomasik@valpo.edu
Lissa Yogan
Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology
Tel: 219.464.5178
Email: Lissa.Yogan@valpo.edu
Liz Wuerffel
Assistant Professor of Art
Tel: 219.465.7908
Email: Liz.Wuerffel@valpo.edu
Yun Xia
Assistant Professor of History
Tel: 219.548.7744
Email: Yun.Xia@valpo.edu