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  Minor in World Cinemas

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      Please note that admission to the Minor in World Cinemas is suspended until further notice.

      In the Minor and Major in World Cinemas, you explore the major trends that have shaped film from its birth to its current state. Comprised of courses from various departments at the Faculty of Arts (Communication, English, Français, Modern Languages and Literature, and Music), these programs gives you the knowledge you need to better appreciate the world's greatest cinematographic works and the legacy they've left for all humanity. What's more, as globalization transforms the world and as cultural products cross borders faster and faster, cinema is both a particularly effective tool for helping us to know ourselves and others and a catalyst for more productive personal and cross-cultural understanding and dialogue.

      This program is offered in English and in French.

      The table below includes only discipline-specific courses. Please refer to the Academic Regulations for information on including a minor to your degree.

      Requirements for this program have been modified. Please consult the 2025-2026 calendars for the previous requirements.

      Course List
        Code                            Title                                                       Units  
        CIN 2101                        History of Cinema I: 1895-1960                              3 Units
        CIN 2102                        History of Cinema II: since 1960                            3 Units
        3 course units from:            3 Units                                                   
          CIN 3197                      Canadian and Quebec Cinema I: fiction                              
          CIN 3198                      Canadian and Quebec Cinema II: documentary                         
        21 optional course units from:  21 Units                                                  
          ALG 3330                      Cinema in the German Speaking Countries                            
          ARB 3101                      Arabic Cinema and Visual Media                                     
          ASI 3111                      East Asian Cinemas                                                 
          CIN 3103                      Theories of Cinema                                                 
          CIN 3110                      Special Topics in Film Studies                                     
          CIN 3121                      African Cinema                                                     
          CIN 3122                      French cinema                                                      
          CIN 3123                      Indigenous Cinema                                                  
          CIN 3124                      American Cinema                                                    
          CIN 3197                      Canadian and Quebec Cinema I: fiction                              
          CIN 3198                      Canadian and Quebec Cinema II: documentary                         
          CIN 4101                      Film Analysis                                                      
          ENG 2140                      Literature and Film                                                
          ESP 2101                      Spanish and Latin American Cinema                                  
          FRE 3744                      La francophonie par les films                                      
          ITA 1113                      Italian Cinema                                                     
          PLN 2102                      Polish Post-War Cinema                                             
          POR 3101                      Literature and Cinema of the Portuguese Speaking Countries         
          RUS 2104                      Russian Cinema                                                     
          YDD 2104                      Yiddish Culture, Literature, and Film                              
        Total:                          30 Units                                                  
        
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