The complete up-to-date list of requirements for the ICS minor can be found in the university catalog.

For additional questions including information about how to sign up for the minor, contact program coordinator, Prof. Doug Weatherford (douglas_weatherford@byu.edu).

NOTE: This list of courses does not include approved TMA offerings that might also be used to fulfill the ICS minor.

NOTE 2: See the university class schedule for more details.

WINTER 2024

—ICS 290R  International Cinema (1.5 credits), Prof. TBD. Description: Students view films showing at the International Cinema and discuss them in a seminar setting.

—ICS 390/IHUM 390R  Film and Media Theory (3 credits), Prof. Doug Cunningham. Description: Studying historical and contemporary film and media theory and applying it to the analysis of film and other visual media.

—ICS  491  International Cinema Capstone (1 credit), Prof. Marc Olivier. Description: Final course taken by International Cinema Studies minors.

—FREN/ITAL 317  French and Italian Cinema (3 credits), Prof. TBD. Description: Background for understanding and appreciating the best of motion picture art in France and Italy. TAUGHT IN ENGLISH, no knowledge of French or Italian required.

—RUSS 343  Russian Cinema (3 credits), Prof. Raissa Solovieva. Description: Developing comprehension and speaking skills through Masterpieces of Russian Film. TAUGHT IN RUSSIAN.

Additional classes to be added for W24…

FALL 2023

—ICS 290R  International Cinema (1.5 credits), Prof. Marc Olivier. Description: Students view films showing at the International Cinema and discuss them in a seminar setting.

—ICS 390/IHUM 390R  Film and Media Theory (3 credits), Prof. Kerry Soper. Description: Studying historical and contemporary film and media theory and applying it to the analysis of film and other visual media.

—ICS  491  International Cinema Capstone (1 credit, contact instructor for add code), Prof. TBD. Description: Final course taken by International Cinema Studies minors.

—FREN/ITAL 317  French and Italian Cinema (3 credits), Prof. Bob Hudson. Description: Background for understanding and appreciating the best of motion picture art in France and Italy. Taught in English; no knowledge of French or Italian required.

—GERM/SCAN 217  German and Scandinavian Cinema (3 credits), Professors Rob McFarland and Julie Allen. Description: Background for understanding and appreciating the best of motion picture art in Germany and Scandinavia. TAUGHT IN ENGLISH

—PORT 438  Luso-Brazilian Cinema (3 credits), Professor Jordan Jones. Description: Introduction to study of film and background in appreciating the best of motion picture art in Brazil, Portugal, and other Luso-phone countries. TAUGHT IN Portuguese.

SUMMER 2023

—CHIN 342  Chinese Film in Translation (3 credits), Prof. Steve Riep. Description: Survey course covering the silent era to the present, including selections from Republican China, the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. TAUGHT IN ENGLISH.

SPRING 2023

—FREN/ITAL 317  French and Italian Cinema (3 credits), Prof. Daryl Lee. Description: Background for understanding and appreciating the best of motion picture art in France and Italy. TAUGHT IN ENGLISH; no knowledge of French or Italian required.

WINTER 2023

—ICS 290R  International Cinema (1.5 credits), Prof. Marc Olivier. Description: Students view films showing at the International Cinema and discuss them in a seminar setting.

—ICS 390/IHUM 390R  Film and Media Theory (3 credits), Prof. Doug Cunningham. Description: Studying historical and contemporary film and media theory and applying it to the analysis of film and other visual media.

—ICS  491  International Cinema Capstone (1 credit, contact instructor for add code), Doug Weatherford (douglas_weatherford@byu.edu). Description: Final course taken by International Cinema Studies minors.

—FREN/ITAL 317  French and Italian Cinema (3 credits), Prof. Daryl Lee. Description: Background for understanding and appreciating the best of motion picture art in France and Italy. Taught in English; no knowledge of French or Italian required.

—GWS 358/ICS 490R. Women and World Cinema (3 credits), Prof. Rob McFarland. Description: Students will watch films that inspire them to ask questions about the history of women’s film, cinematic representations of women, and the ways that the film camera creates a gendered reality.

—RUSS 343  Masterpieces of Russian Film (3 credits), Prof. Raissa Solovieva. Description: Developing listening comprehension and speaking skills through discussing Russian films. Taught in Russian.

—SPAN 457R/ICS 490R. Film Connections between Mexico and the United States (3 credits), Prof. Doug Weatherford. Description: An examination of Mexican and US filmmakers who cross the border to make movies in their neighboring country. Taught in Spanish.

—SPAN 459R/ICS 490R. Narrating Mexico City in Film, Literature, and Other Mediums (3 credits), Prof. Brian Price. Taught in Spanish.