Read the sections describing general education and CLAS requirements. Refer especially to the Majors and Minors in the College section.

        THE MAJOR: The interdisciplinary B.A. in film and media studies enables students to pursue a liberal arts approach to audio-visual studies. The courses offered provide a range of training from professional and applied (anthropology, architecture, education and theatre) to historical and experimental (art, English, Germanic and Slavic and romance languages).

        The film and media studies major encourages stu-dents to integrate these offerings by working in both theory and production. Application to this major must be approved by the Interdisciplinary Studies Committee. For the senior thesis, a student may choose an essay, a film script, a short film or video, or work in a related medium.

        The major requires a minimum of 27 hours, 20 hours from the courses listed below and seven from IDS 4906, senior independent work. Majors should take ENG 3115 Introduction to Film: Criticism and Theory, since it serves as the prerequisite for ENG 4136 Film and Video Production. Students and sponsors select courses for CLAS electives.

        Since many of the courses in the departments of Art, English and Theatre have prerequisites, students should plan their freshman and sophomore work with the major in mind. Under certain circumstances, instructors will waive some prerequisites for IDS majors, but with space at a premium (especially in studio and production classes), students should not try to avoid any require-ments. Students may, however, use up to nine hours of 2000-level prerequisites as electives.

        Early preparation for the major should include ENG 2300 Film Analysis. Other useful courses are GET 2950 Early German Cinema, TPP 2100 and 2110 Acting 1 and 2, ARH 2051 Introduction to the Principles and History of Art 2, ART 1802C and 1803C Workshop for Art Research and Practice and ART 2686C Video: Continu-ity in Time.

        The major is selective, requiring a 3.0 minimum GPA, two sponsors chosen from faculty in the program and approval of the Interdisciplinary Studies Committee. The application form and information is available in 2014 Turlington.

        HONORS: The B.A.in film and media studies is an honors program. Students graduating with a junior/senior level 3.5 GPA qualify for honors. Senior independent work earning an A and a 3.5 GPA qualifies for high or highest honors.

        GENERAL EDUCATION: Many of the courses in-cluded in the film and media studies major satisfy general education requirements.