Film production fuels a $36 billion industry, and the growth of the Internet has made film a vital medium for 21st-century communication. Film is an art form and a news medium. Much of what we know about people, places, and cultures, both past and present, comes through film.
Ohio Wesleyan's interdisciplinary film studies program brings together faculty from literature, global studies, creative writing, multimedia production, theatre, and other fields to help students understand how motion pictures are produced and gain a rich knowledge of cultural, political, and economic contexts to analyze a wide range of moving images, from advertising and propaganda to prime-time programming and news footage.
The interdisciplinary film studies major gives you the knowledge and skills to become an adept analyst of film. Many options are available to complete the 10 required courses, in areas such as English, art, French, philosophy, and theatre.
The film studies minor is an interdisciplinary minor which provides students interested in film study an opportunity to declare and document this interest.
The minor requires completion of 5.25 units. In addition to ENG 254, which is required of all Film Studies minors, students must take at least 2 units from Group A and at least 1 unit from Group B. During the spring semester of their senior year, students must complete the FLMS 400.1 Senior Portfolio (0.25cr).
Dr. Paris-Huesca's teaching and research interests include Spanish detective fiction, film noir, and women's cinema. She teaches the film courses "Women Directors of Latin America" and "Classic Hollywood and Global Noir Cinema".