The Cinema Studies BA Program: Academic Requirements

In addition to meeting general degree requirements, all cinema studies majors must meet the following requirements (53–54 credits):

1. CIN 1500/Introduction to Cinema Studies I (4 credits)
2. CIN 1510/Introduction to Cinema Studies II (4 credits)
3. One art history course (3–4 credits), chosen from the following or approved by the cinema studies program coordinator:
   ARH 1020/History of Art Survey II
   ARH 1060/Touchstones of Modern Art
   ARH 1070/The Work of Images: The Function of Art in Western Culture
   ARH 2050/Introduction to Modern Art
   ARH 2060/Art Since 1945
   
4. One of the following courses (4 credits):
   CIN 2000/Close Analysis
   CIN 2240/Research Practicum: Silent Cinema
   CIN 2500/Principles of Montage
5. Six upper-level elective courses in cinema studies (24 credits total)
6. CIN 3890/Cinema Studies Junior Seminar (4 credits)
7. CIN 4890/Cinema Studies Senior Colloquium (2 credits)
8. CIN 4990/Cinema Studies Senior Project (two semesters, 8 credits total)

Notes:

1. A grade of B or higher is required in CIN 1500 and 1510.
2. To advance to the sophomore year, students must pass a qualifying examination in film history and aesthetics, which is given at the end of the freshman year.

For updates during 2013–2015, please visit www.purchase.edu/
departments/AcademicPrograms/LAS/FilmMediaStudies/Cinema
Studies/AcademicRequirements.aspx/.

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