Training
•Bullet: The minor requires 18 total hours: two required foundational courses, FMS 100 Introduction to Film and Media and FMS 200 Film and Media Aesthetics (6 hours), plus 12 elective hours from upper-level offerings
•Bullet: Electives span 24+ courses including film history (silent, American sound, international, African-American cinema), theory, digital storytelling, documentary, experimental film, and thematic studies like "International Women Filmmakers" and "Ethics in Storytelling"
•Bullet: "FMS Production coursework is reserved for FMS Majors" and does not count toward the minor — the credential is a critical/historical complement to a student's primary major, not a production credential
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: The department describes its mission as uniting "the inquiry of the academic with the practice and technique of the artist," where "scholars and filmmakers work and study together in an environment of mutual encouragement and collegiality"
•Bullet: A minimum of 9 hours must be completed in residence at KU, and at least 12 hours must come from junior/senior (300+) level courses
