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Program Overview
Our Minor in Literature and Film Studies will allow you to study cinema both as a specific art form with its own history and language, and as a medium that emerges in the broader context of literary and other cultural production. Courses focus on specific filmmakers, movements, genres, and eras, as well as on special themes and critical topics in film studies.
This program encourages comparative thinking and offers you the opportunity to engage critically with various issues, including the place of technology and visual culture in modernity; the power of the screen image; the relation between literature and cinema; the role of cinema in globalism and consumer culture; the politics and aesthetics of international cinema; and how the continuing evolution of the moving image and “screen culture” situates us as readers and as viewers.
Complementary Programs: The Film Minor combines with a huge range of programs in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Sciences.
Check out future career opportunities and skills acquired from completing this program:
1. Competencies & Skills
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Develop strong competency in media literacy
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Analyze and interpret meaning in film and literature
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Understand concepts of genre and form in visual media and writing
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Use grammar, syntax, vocabulary appropriately in different contexts
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Learn research methods and how to integrate research in original work
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Develop critical thinking
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Engage in creative problem solving
2. Careers for Graduates
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Career in Film Industry
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Work in Film Arts and Organizations
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Account Manager in Advertising Companies
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Social Media Manager
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Journalist/Editor/Film Critic
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Author/Writer/Artist in Creative Industries
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Foreign Service Officer in Government
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Public Relations Specialist in Non-Profits
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Event/Convention Planner in Think-Tanks
3. Further Education
- Film Studies
- Film Production Programs
- English
- Journalism
- Education
- Library and Information Science
- Publishing
- Law School
- Public Relations
- Marketing
Program Pathway
Year 1 | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Year 2 | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Year 3 | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Year 4 or Final Year | |
CHOOSE YOUR COURSES WISELY |
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DEVELOP YOUR ACADEMIC & RESEARCH SKILLS |
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APPLY THEORY TO PRACTICE |
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BECOME AN ENGAGED CITIZEN (LOCALLY & GLOBALLY) |
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PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER |
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Contacts
- Departmental Contact Undergraduate Program Coordinator: english-uc@utsc.utoronto.ca
- Program Supervisor: Prof. Alice Maurice, alice.maurice@utoronto.ca
- Literature and Film Studies Librarian: Chad Crichton, chad.crichton@utoronto.ca, 416-287-7492
- Academic Advising & Career Centre: Room AC213 | 416-287-7561
- Department of Student Life: Room SL157 | 416-208-4760
- Students of English Literature and Film (SELF)