Courses & Requirements

The moving image 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 studies 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, 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.

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MIMS-Approved Courses Fall 2018

Course Name Instructor
ARTS 5760 Experimental Film and Video  Monica Moses Haller
ARTS 5770 Animation  Hunter Jonakin
ARTS 5780 Advanced Super 8 and 16mm Filmmaking Sam Hoolihan
COMM 8110 Audience Studies Catherine R. Squires
CSCL 5910 The Soviet Avant-Garde Meredith Gill 
CL/CSDS 8910-002 Mysticisms of the Avant-Garde Mike Gallope
FREN 8240 France and Film/Media Theory Christophe Wall-Romana
GER 5610/ITAL 5502 Theories of Fascism/Fascist Media Matthias Rothe & Lorenzo Fabbri
MIMS 8001 Theories of the Moving Image Keya Ganguly
SCMC 5001 Critical Debates in the Study of Cinema and Media Culture Graeme Stout

Past courses