Fargo Film Festival
More than 100 films in five days. A great opportunity to view and enter films in a local film festival.
School of Arts and Sciences
Film Studies
Do you have a love for film and pop culture? Combine your major with a film studies minor and come away with a greater degree of media literacy that gives you marketable skills after you graduate.
Programs of Study
Minor in Film Studies
Film is a big part of American culture, reflecting how people interact, communicate, think, and define themselves and the communities in which they live. But what exactly is film studies? It's not about actually making movies or using a camera. Film studies is about learning how films work and learning how to “read” a movie. Picking up a film studies minor gives you a deeper understanding of film and helps you get more marketable communication skills.
Film studies focuses on giving students a critical eye for media, while building your media literacy skills in the process. Through critique and appreciation of film, you can learn to analyze film and the community you live in.
A film studies minor is particularly beneficial for communication studies and philosophy majors, but any major can take away key skills from the available film studies courses.
