Moving Image Arts
Important Note: This is the archived version of the 2013–2015 Undergraduate Catalog. The information on these pages was archived on August 6, 2013 and will not be updated as requirement and/or program changes are approved. Please see www.uic.edu/ucat for the most up-to-date requirements.
Minor in Moving Image Arts1506 University Hall (UH)
(312) 413-2372
http://lcsl.las.uic.edu/moving-image-arts
Administration: Sara Hall, sahall@uic.edu
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts offer a minor in Moving Image Arts for undergraduate students. The minor is an academic option for students who wish to complement their major with focused knowledge in the studies and practices of film, video, and new media. Students receive instruction in media history, aesthetics, theory, and technique. They engage in inquiries into how film, television, video, and digital media develop and are received in varied cultural, historical, social, economic, and technological contexts.
Students wishing to minor in Moving Image Arts must complete 18–20 semester hours, in consultation with a faculty advisor from the Moving Image Arts Committee, as outlined below:
| Required Courses—Moving Image Arts Minor | Hours |
| One of the following courses: | 3–4 |
| MOVI 102—Introduction to Film (3) Same as ENGL 102 |
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| MOVI 121—Introduction to Moving Image Arts (3) Same as ENGL 121 |
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| ART 170—Introduction to Moving Image (4) | |
| Two of the following courses: | 6 |
| MOVI 200—Communication Technology (3) Same as COMM 200 |
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| MOVI 232—Film History I: 1890 to World War II (3) Same as AH 232, ENGL 232 |
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| MOVI 233—Film History II: World War II to the Present (3) Same as AH 233, ENGL 233 |
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| MOVI 302—Studies in the Moving Imagea Same as ENGL 302 |
3 |
| Two elective courses from the list of courses approved for the Moving Image Arts Minor | 6–7 |
| Total Hours—Moving Image Arts Minor | 18–20 |
a ENGL 302 has a prerequisite of ENGL 102 or consent of the instructor.
Courses Approved for the Minor in
Moving Image Arts
The following courses are approved for a minor in Moving Image Arts. Students select from this list with the approval of their advisor in Moving Image Arts.
Courses |
Hours |
| Anthropology (ANTH) | |
| 211—Visual Anthropology | 3 |
| Art (ART) | |
| 170—Introduction to Moving Image | 4 |
| Art History (AH) | |
| 232—History of Film I: 1890 to World War II Same as ENGL 232 |
3 |
| 233—History of Film II: World War II to the Present Same as ENGL 232 |
3 |
| 432—Topics in Film and Video | 3 |
| 434—Women and Film Same as ENGL 472, GWS 472 |
3 |
| Communication (COMM) | |
| 103—Introduction to Media | 3 |
| 200—Communication Technologies | 3 |
| 330—Mass Media and Popular Culture | 3 |
| English (ENGL) | |
| 102—Introduction to Film | 3 |
| 120—Film and Culture | 3 |
| 121—Introduction to Moving Image Arts | 3 |
| French (FR) | |
| 440—Topics in French and Francophone Cinema | 3 |
| Germanic Studies (GER) | |
| 217—German Cinema | 4 |
| 422—Germanic Cultural Studies III: Themes | 3 |
| Italian (ITAL) | |
| 180—Italian Cinema | 3 |
| Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) | |
| 278—Latin American/Latino Film Studies | 3 |
| Philosophy (PHIL) | |
| 234—Philosophy and Film | 3 |
| Polish (POL) | |
| 150—Introduction to Polish Cinema | 3 |
| Russian (RUSS) | |
| 150—Introduction to Russian Cinema | 3 |
