FAS Handbook for Students: Chapter 4: Secondary Fields

Table of Contents

Notice to Students
Introduction

1: Academic Calendar

2: Academic Information

3: Fields of Concentration

4: Secondary Fields

5: General Regulations and Standards of Conduct

6: Life in the Harvard Community

7: Financial Information

8: Academic and Support Resources

9: Extracurricular Activities

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FAS Courses of Instruction

Film Studies

Visual and Environmental Studies offers a secondary field in film studies for students wishing to explore the history and aesthetics of moving image media in conjunction with other disciplines in the arts and humanities.

Literature and Arts B-11: The Art of Film. (Please note: Only one Core class may count toward a secondary field and the Core. Literature and Arts B-11 is a required course for a film studies secondary field.)
VES 71: Silent Cinema or VES 72: Sound Cinema.
One course in film theory.
Three additional courses in film studies chosen from an approved list.

Courses in film theory and other approved film studies courses may be obtained from the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Film Studies and on the Film Studies web site: www.fas.harvard.edu/~filmstud/.