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Film Studies will help prepare students for careers in the areas of film, video and new media in addition to further graduate study. While not specifically a professional program, these degrees allow students to develop an interdisciplinary appreciation of cinema as a popular medium of communications. In addition to developing a critical understanding of cinema, students will consider film as an art form, as a cultural industry, and as an innovative and developing technology with cultural, social and political significance. Students registered in the Film Studies Major program have the option of pursuing a Bachelor of Arts program in film or a Bachelor of Film Studies degree (BFS) offered in conjunction with SAIT Polytechnic. The BA program is intended to provide an awareness of the cultural, historical and social character of film. The BFS degree program combines an appreciation of critical and theoretical approaches to film with professional-level production skills and credentials.

Courses in the Field of Film Studies are grouped as follows:

Core Courses:

• Film 201, 321, 331, 333, 591

• Communications Studies 435
• Film 407, 409, 441, 451, 461
  

• Art History 419, 423
• Canadian Studies 341
• Communications Studies 371
• Chinese 357
• Film 203, 301, 305, 307, 323, 351, 403, 405, 409, 471
• Fine Arts 507
• French 343, 543
• German 357
• Spanish 573
• Urban Studies 313

Supporting Courses

• Communication and Culture 313, 501, 503, 590
• Communications Studies 580

Notes:

• Depending on the topic Film 401 and 501 may be counted in the Film as a Cultural Industry category or the Aesthetics of Film category.
• Most of the courses listed above have prerequisites, many of which lie outside the Field of Film Studies. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that prerequisites are completed.