The Humanities program offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that investigates the visual arts, music, and literature, and the cultures from which they emerge.
Concentration Description
The Film & New Media Studies concentration is designed to teach students how to think actively, critically, and creatively, about the art of the moving image. To this end, it surveys significant examples of moving-image culture, including films from Hollywood and other global industries; experiments in documentary, avant-garde, and art cinema; and works from television, digital video, and the Internet.
Students wishing to transfer to USF should complete the A.A. degree at a Florida College System institution. Some courses required for the major may also meet General Education Requirements thereby transferring maximum hours to the university. If students transfer with fewer than 60 semester hours of acceptable credit, the students must meet the university’s entering freshman requirements including ACT or SAT test scores, GPA, and course requirements.
There are no State Mandated Common Prerequisites for this degree program.
Total Major Hours: 36 Hours
Major Core Courses - 9 Hours
Students must complete the following required courses for the major (9 credit hours):
HUM 2250 Studies in Culture: The Twentieth Century
Concentration Elective Courses - 12 Hours
Students take an additional 12 credit hours of upper-level coursework from Humanities and Cultural Studies courses.
Additional Major Requirements
Major GPA Requirement
Minimum 2.0 GPA.
Major Course Grade Requirement
Students must pass HUM 3804 with a B- in order to enroll in HUM 4331. Students must pass HUM 4331 with at least a C- to register for HUM 4931.
Additional Major Information
Major Faculty
Chairperson: D. Belgrad; Professor: R.E. Snyder, W. Cummings; Associate Professors: D. Belgrad, A. Berish, M.Cizmic, A.Cozzi, J. D’Emilio, R. May, B. Sadler; Assistant Professors: S. Ferguson, A. Rust, Professors Emeriti: C.B. Cooper, S.L. Gaggi, G.S. Kashdin, D. Rutenberg; Instructors: S. Dykins Callahan, B. Cook, B. Goldberg, N. Kantzios.
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Research Opportunities
There are research opportunities associated with this major.