Courses & Requirements
The moving image, media & sound graduate minor is offered at the masters (minimum 9 credits) and doctoral (minimum 15 credits) levels. Both masters and doctoral students are required to complete two core courses (MIMS 8001 and 8003), with additional requirements as decided on an individual basis.
Admission to the moving image, media & sound graduate minor is by request, with the approval of the director of graduate studies and the student's advisor. MIMS 8001 and 8003 are open to all graduate students enrolled at the University of Minnesota.
Core Courses
- MIMS 8001 Theories of the Moving Image, 3 credits
- MIMS 8003 Historiography of the Moving Image, 3 credits
Masters: Additional Requirements
- One additional 5xxx- or 8xxx-level course, 3 credits
Chosen from a MIMS-approved list of courses (below) offered in a given year by film/media faculty in various departments, including as a recommended option a production-based course.
Doctoral: Additional Requirements
- Three additional 5xxx- or 8xxx-level courses, 9 credits
Chosen from a MIMS-approved list of courses (below) offered in a given year by film/media faculty in various departments, including as a recommended option a production-based course.
Complete Requirements for the Minor
MIMS-Approved Courses Spring 2024
Unless marked, these courses are taught in person. Please contact the instructor for more details regarding (non)synchronous delivery for distance-learning courses.
| Course | Name | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| MIMS 8003 | Historiography of the Moving Image | Alice Lovejoy |
| AMES 5920/8920 | Cinema and Nonhuman | Suvadip Sinha |
| AMES 5666 | Korean Film and Media | Travis Workman |
| ARTH 5413 | Alternative Media: Video, Performance, Digital Art | Emily Capper |
| ARTH 8920 | Landscape and Cinema | Rob Silberman |
| ARTS 5230 | Advanced Art + Sound | Diane Willow |
| ARTS 5710 | Advanced Photography and Moving Image Projects | Thalia Drori |
| ARTS 5750 | Advanced Narrative Digital Filmmaking | Lynn Lukkas |
| ARTS 5770 | Animation | Emily Fritze |
| ARTS 5780 | Advanced Super 8 and 16mm Filmmaking | Sam Hoolihan |
| COMM 8910 | Feminist Media Studies | Laurie Ouellette |
| CSCL 5910 | Silent Cinema Today | Maggie Hennefeld |
| CSCL 8910 | Genres, Media, Archives, Networks | Charles Kronengold |
| FREN 5410 | Reading Quebec through Film | Ioana Vartolomei Pribiag |
| GER 5210 | Extractive Media | Katerina Korola |
| SCAN 5614 | Blood on Snow: Scandinavian Thrillers in Fiction and Film | Ben Bigelow |
| SCMC 5002 | Advanced Film Analysis | Michelle Lekas |