English - Film Studies Option, BA
Introduction
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The film studies option within the English major is designed to prepare students for a range of professional careers in areas, such as film criticism, video production and the teaching of film, as well as those students who plan to pursue graduate programs in film studies.
These degree requirements are subject to periodic revision by the academic department, and the College reserves the right to make exceptions and substitutions as judged necessary in individual cases. Therefore, the College strongly urges students to consult regularly with their major advisor and CLAS advisor to confirm the best plans of study before finalizing them.
Program Delivery
- This is an on-campus program.
Declaring This Major
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- Students planning to major in English must consult with an advisor as soon as possible.
- Students may choose only one of the three options in the English major.
General Requirements
To earn a degree, students must satisfy all requirements in each of the areas below, in addition to their individual major requirements.
- CU Denver General Graduation Requirements
- CU Denver Core Curriculum
- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Graduation Requirements
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Program Requirements
- Students must complete a minimum of 39 ENGL credit hours.
- Students must complete a minimum of 27 upper-division (3000-level and above) ENGL credit hours.
- Students must earn a minimum grade of C- (1.7) in all major courses taken at CU Denver and must achieve a minimum cumulative major GPA of 2.0. All graded attempts in required and elective courses are calculated in the major GPA. Students cannot complete major or ancillary course requirements as pass/fail.
- Students must complete a minimum of 15 ENGL upper-division (3000-level or above) credit hours with CU Denver faculty.
Program Restrictions, Allowances and Recommendations
- ENGL 1010 Writing Workshop, ENGL 1020 Core Composition I, and ENGL 2030 Core Composition II are not included in the major.
- Internship/cooperative education courses may be counted toward the major for students who have junior standing or higher.
- Students are not to exceed 56 English credit hours (any level).
- Double majors in English and English Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology are exempt from the 56-hour rule and must complete 63 hours total for both majors.
- The English Department also offersminors inCreative Writing, Literature, and English Writing, Rhetoric, and Technology. Courses counted in a minor cannot be counted toward the major.
- Latin Honors may be earned by participating in the department's Honors Program. You are encouraged to begin the program in your junior year. The program requires additional coursework and affords you the opportunity to work individually with the professor of your choice. Handouts are available in the English office.
- *Courses marked with an asterisk are repeatable if taken as a different genre/director/topic.
Required Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Take all of the following courses: | 15 | |
| ENGL 2250 | Introduction to Film | 3 |
| ENGL 3070 | Studies in Film History (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3080 | Global Cinema (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3200 | From Literature to Film | 3 |
| ENGL 4420 | Film Theory and Criticism (students should complete 3070 and 3080 prior to enrolling in 4420) | 3 |
Critical Studies
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Take eight of the following courses: | 24 | |
| *Repeatable if a different genre/director/topic. | ||
| ENGL 1601 | Storytelling: Literature, Film, and Television | 3 |
| ENGL 2390 | Writing the Short Script | 3 |
| ENGL 2450 | Introduction to Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 2600 | Literary Classics | 3 |
| ENGL 3001 | Critical Writing | 3 |
| ENGL 3070 | Studies in Film History (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3075 | Film Genres (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3080 | Global Cinema (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3085 | Film Directors (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3300 | Topics in Film (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 3450 | Contemporary Women Writers | 3 |
| ENGL 3520 | Religious Narratives | 3 |
| ENGL 3661 | Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENGL 3700 | American Literature to the Civil War | 3 |
| ENGL 3750 | American Literature after the Civil War | 3 |
| ENGL 3795 | Race and Ethnicity in American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 3798 | International Perspectives in Literature and Film | 3 |
| ENGL 4000 | Studies of Major Authors (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 4001 | Major Authors: Am. Lit (*) | 3-15 |
| ENGL 4002 | Major Authors: Before 1650 (*) | 3-15 |
| ENGL 4003 | Major Authors: 1650-1900 (*) | 3-15 |
| ENGL 4004 | Major Authors: After 1900 (*) | 3-15 |
| ENGL 4160 | Poetics | 3 |
| ENGL 4166 | History of American Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 4200 | Survey of the English Novel to 1900 | 3 |
| ENGL 4220 | African-American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4230 | The American Novel | 3 |
| ENGL 4235 | Faulkner | 3 |
| ENGL 4236 | The American Short Story | 3 |
| ENGL 4250 | Twentieth Century Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 4306 | Survey of Feminist Thought | 3 |
| ENGL 4308 | Contemporary Feminist Thought | 3 |
| ENGL 4460 | Contemporary World Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4500 | Medieval Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 4510 | Whores and Saints: Medieval Women | 3 |
| ENGL 4520 | English Renaissance | 3 |
| ENGL 4530 | Milton | 3 |
| ENGL 4540 | Restoration and the 18th Century | 3 |
| ENGL 4560 | English Romanticism | 3 |
| ENGL 4580 | The Victorian Age | 3 |
| ENGL 4600 | Modernism | 3 |
| ENGL 4730 | Chaucer | 3 |
| ENGL 4745 | Humanistic Writing About Medicine and Biology | 3 |
| ENGL 4755 | Illness & Disability Narrative | 3 |
| ENGL 4770 | Topics in English: Film and Literature (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 4771 | Topics in English Film and Lit: Film (*) | 3 |
| ENGL 4772 | Topics in English Film and Lit: Lit (*) | 3-12 |
| ENGL 4773 | Topics in English Film and Lit: Am. Lit (*) | 3-12 |
| ENGL 4774 | Topics in English Film and Lit: Before 1650 (*) | 3-12 |
| ENGL 4775 | Topics in English Film and Lit: 1650-1900 (*) | 3-12 |
| ENGL 4776 | Topics in English: Film and Lit: After 1900 (*) | 3-15 |
| ENGL 4990 | Senior Writing Project in Creative Writing or Film Studies | 3 |
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