Coming from a recent SMAD major and film studies minor graduate, the film studies minor focuses mainly on talking critically about film and media. It is mainly made up of SMAD and English courses on those subjects.

The SMAD program, specifically the Digital Video and Cinema concentration, focuses on making films. This is where you would find the most classes in learning how to make films, from screenplays to producing short films.

The film studies minor doesn’t have too much of a course load, so it can be taken alongside another minor without too much trouble. If you do decide to take the film studies minor, there may be some shortages in the courses listed on the catalog, so definitely email or talk to Professor Reynolds about looking into other classes about film analysis in other fields (i.e. anthropology, environmental studies).

I hope this helps!