EIU Film Studies Minor

To become a film studies faculty member, faculty may apply to the Film Studies Minor Advisory Committee according to the following procedure:

• Submit a letter of intent to teach film studies minor courses
• Submit a curriculum vita
• Submit a sample film studies course syllabus/proposal
• Applications to the committee may be made at any time during the Academic Year.

B. Criteria for admission as a film studies minor faculty member:

The Film Studies Minor Advisory Committee will approve membership based on perusal of curriculum vita and syllabus/course proposal, if the materials reflect some of the following criteria:

• A record of course work in film studies
• A record of research and/or publication in film studies
• Experience in the business of film

• Strong concentration in film
• Investment in film as a medium The course should use film not only as a way to teach the discipline, but also as the aesthetic medium itself.

• These courses should have a main component that examines film from an aesthetic or a historical, critical or theoretical basis.
• Whatever discipline these courses are coming from should connect the film component with the specific area or focus that the discipline of the course wants to explore.
• Courses should avoid using film merely as a teaching device for the discipline.
• The courses should spend a significant amount of time exploring films, filmmaking, or the role of film in cultural production.
• The courses should spend a significant amount of time showing students how the discipline looks at film.
• The courses should examine the issues of film in relation to the discipline in which the course is placed, as a way to see how the discipline connects to the area of film studies.
• The courses should be taught by approved film studies faculty.