College Level Requirements

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State Mandated Common Course Prerequisites

Students desiring to transfer to USF should complete an A.A. degree at a Florida College System institution. 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. Transfer students are also required to comply with the immunization, foreign language, and continuous enrollment policies of the university.

There are no State Mandated Common Prerequisites for this 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 3804 Introduction to Cultural Studies
• HUM 4331 Humanities Pro-Seminar
• HUM 4931 Seminar in Humanities

Students choose one 27 credit-hour concentration from the following list of concentrations:

• American Studies
• Film and New Media Studies
• Humanities

Students select two courses from the following list:

• AMS 2270 Twentieth-Century American Culture
• HUM 2210 Studies in Culture: The Classical Through Medieval Periods
• HUM 2230 European Humanities: Renaissance - 20th Century
• HUM 2250 Studies in Culture: The Twentieth Century
• HUM 2273 Eastern and Western Culture Since 1400

Students select one course from the following list:

• FIL 1002 Introduction to Film Studies
• HUM 2522 Introduction to the Cultural Study of Popular Music

Concentration Elective Courses - 18 Hours

Students take an additional 18 credit hours of upper-level coursework from Humanities and Cultural Studies courses.

Optional Accelerated Program

B.A./M.A. Film and New Media Studies

Accelerated B.A. in Humanities and Cultural Studies with a concentration in Film and New Media Studies and M.A. in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Film Studies

This program intends for students to complete a B.A. in Humanities and Cultural Studies with a concentration in Film and New Media Studies and M.A. Liberal Arts with a concentration in Film Studies over the span of five years. Completion of this program allows students to complete 12 credit hours toward the M.A. in during their junior or senior year in the Humanities and Cultural Studies major. Students who decide not to pursue the M.A. but who complete the B.A. requirements will receive the B.A. degree.