Loyola’s Film and Digital Media minor offers the opportunity to gain real-world experiences with award-winning filmmakers, producers, programmers and scholars. Students study and collaboratively create transformative media experiences for a variety of audiences and platforms.

CURRICULUM

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
COMM 201	Media Theory and Criticism	3
COMM 274	Introduction to Cinema	3
Basic Production Course
Select one of the following:		3
COMM 130	Intro to Audio Production
COMM 135	Intro to Video Production
COMM 275	Web Design and Usability
Production Electives
Select two of the following; a max of one course may be taken at the 100-level		6
COMM 130	Intro to Audio Production
COMM 135	Intro to Video Production
COMM 207	Photojournalism
COMM 232	Cinematography I
COMM 275	Web Design and Usability
COMM 299	Themes in Film and Digital Media
COMM 305	Animation
COMM 308	Screen Directing
COMM 326	Screenwriting 1
COMM 339	Video Documentary 2
COMM 359	Advanced Post Production
COMM 373	Digital Storytelling Abroad 2
COMM 384	Film & Digital Media Practicum 2
FNAR 233	Digital Media Design
Film & Media Studies Electives
Select two of the following:		6
COMM 200	Digital Communication and Society
COMM 203	Topics in Cinema History
COMM 258	Game Studies
COMM 322	Guerilla Media
COMM 323	Remixing Culture
COMM 324	Film Genre
COMM 357	Programming Film & Media: Festivals, TV & Digital
COMM 361	New Media Criticism 1
COMM 374	Special Topics: Film & Digital Media
Total Hours		21

¹

Writing Intensive

²

Satisfies Engaged Learning requirement.

Suggested Sequence of Courses

The below sequence of courses is meant to be used as a suggested path for completing coursework.  An individual student’s completion of requirements depends on course offerings in a given term as well as the start term for a major or graduate study.  Students should consult their advisor for assistance with course selection.

Plan of Study Grid

Sophomore
Fall		Hours
COMM 201	Media Theory and Criticism	3
COMM 274	Introduction to Cinema	3
	Hours	6
Spring
Basic Production Course		3
	Hours	3
Junior
Fall
Production Elective #1		3
	Hours	3
Spring
Production Elective #2		3
	Hours	3
Senior
Fall
Film and Media Studies Elective #1		3
	Hours	3
Spring
Film and Media Studies Elective #2		3
	Hours	3
	Total Hours	21

Undergraduate Policies and Procedures

Please see Undergraduate Policies and Procedures for academic policies that supersede those of academic units within the University.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Similar to learning grammar to create sentences or speaking the sounds of a foreign language, students who minor in digital media will learn the "language" of film and how shot composition/framing aid in storytelling just as well as dialogue.
• You will be exploring non-fiction, narrative, and experimental genres and will be asked to demonstrate competency in visual storytelling, camera, editing, sound, lighting, scripting and design work.
• You will be asked to integrate theoretical and ethical ideas about the media into the creative context of visual/aural expression.
• In this minor, we will provide students with the basic terminology, observational and critical skills and theoretical background for the study of film aesthetics and language, history, cultural and formal analysis.
• Lastly, you will approach each assigned screening by performing a close analysis of each film that will explore its cinematic elements and properties such as mise-en-scene, cinematography, camera angles, editing, sound and image relation, narrative and other structures of organization, etc. and, furthermore, explore how different modes of composition and style develop over time.