Home > Academics > School of Film, TV & Multimedia Department of Film Making  |  Department of Cinema Studies  |  Department of Multimedia  |  Department of Animation  |  Department of Broadcasting  |  Course Description Department of Cinema Studies The most distinctive feature of the Department of Cinema Studies is the open lecture forums like Film Studies and Cultural Studies. Students of our department will understand cultural phenomena related to cinema and produce new cultural perspectives by participating in these inter-departmental classes on visual culture. The curriculum of our department covers all the theories and producers of international and regional films, and various experimental courses are offered to expand the sphere of visual arts. Students are also encouraged to engage in university-industry filmmaking co-projects that are offered by other departments of the School of Film, TV & Multimedia. Students will even get internship training at the actual filmmaking field. Offered Programs Undergraduate (B.A.), Graduate (M.A., Two-Year) Faculty Kwang-hyun Shim B.E., Seoul National University, German Education, Korea M.A., Ph.D., Seoul National University, Aesthetics, Korea So-young Kim B.A., Seogang University, Korea M.A., New York State University, Buffalo, U.S. Ph.D., New York University, U.S. Min Choi M.A., Seoul National University, Korea DEA, Ph.D., University of Paris, Sorbonne, France President of Jeonju International Film Festival Curriculum Visual Planning/ Bachelor of Arts Film Theory/ Bachelor of Arts Courses Credits   Sem1 Sem2 Compulsory   History of Images * 2 credits for each course * Total 12 credits are required Semiotics of a Form & Space Understanding Cinema Korean Film History Understanding TV Media Reading Mass Culture Korean Culture and Thought Central Problems in Modern Art Film Music Image and Text * 2 credits for each course * Total 12 credits are required History of Photography Reading Cinema for Creation Introduction to Digital Culture History of World Cinema Korean Culture and Space Workshop for Urban Studies Introduction to Cultural Studies Understanding Animation Modern Society and Philosophy First Year     Field Survey S/U - Korean Film History 3 - Film Narratives Fundamentals 3 - World Film History - 3 Seminar for Cinema Studies I - 3 Second Year     European Film History 3 - Seminar for Cinema Studies II 3 - Methodological for Cinema Studies I - 3 Seminar for Film Critic I - 3 Third Year     Film Production Budget Analysis (Visual Planning only) 4 - Practical Planning of Visual Culture I, II (Visual Planning only) 4 4 Film Marketing Workshop (Visual Planning only) - 4 Methodology for Cinema Studies II (Film Theory only) 4 - Seminar for Film Critic II (Film Theory only) 4 - Central Problems in Visual Cultural Studies (Film Theory only) - 4 Central Problems in Modern Film Theory Film Theory only) - 4 Fourth Year     Planning Workshop I, II (Visual Planning only) 4 4 Seminar for Dissertation I, II (Film Theory only) 4 4 Electives Credits Understanding Digital Contents 3 History of American Films 3 Cinema & Music 3 Philosophical Discourse in Digital 3 History of the North-eastern Asian Film 3 Narrative Analysis Workshop 3 Korean Image & Space 3 Media Epistemology & Critic 3 History of Experimental Film 3 History of Documentary Film 3 Seminar for Cultural Studies 3 Film Industry and Policy 3 History of Russian Film 3 Digital Film Making Workshop 4 Short Cinema Study 3 Film & Feminism 3 Central Problems in Asian Film History 3 Independent Project 3 Internship 5 Short Film Making Workshop 4 Understanding Film Distribution 3 Psychoanalysis Studies 3 Central Problems in Korean Film History 3 Workshop for Journal Making 3 Film Theory & Cultural Studies 3 Total Credits Requirement for Bachelor's Degree 140 Film Theory and History/ Master of Arts (Two-Year) East Asia Film Studies/ Master of Arts (Two-Year) Screen Culture Studies/ Master of Arts (Two-Year) Courses Credits Freq Compulsory   Cinema Studies Seminar (Film Theory and History only) 4 1 Film Language and Visual Aesthetics 4 1 Film History and Historical Methodology (Excluding Screen Culture Studies) 4 1 Issues and Prospect of Korean Cinema 4 1 East Asia Film Studies (Excluding Screen Culture Studies) 4 1(2) Visual Media Seminar (Screen Culture Studies only) 4 1 Visual Culture Studies (Screen Culture Studies only) 4 1 Visual Sociology Seminar (Screen Culture Studies only) 4 1 Seminar for Graduation S/U 2 Electives   Film Industry and Policy 4 1 Image, Text and Sound 4 1 Korean Film Study 4 1 Japanese Film Study 4 1 Chinese Film Study 4 1 Cultural Studies Seminar 4 1 Film Criticism Workshop 4 1 Hypertext 4 1 Film & Philosophy 4 1 Psychoanalysis & Film 4 1 Total Credits Requirement for Master's Degree 36