Students must complete 16 quarter-long courses, three required and the rest elective. At least eight of those courses must be listed among the committee's offerings. The required classes are Methods and Issues in Cinema Studies and Film History, a two-quarter survey course for beginning graduate students or advanced undergraduates. Students also must demonstrate proficiency in two modern foreign languages. Echoing the program's international, interdisciplinary nature, the committee's faculty comes from a variety of departments.
Students can also draw upon two dozen resource faculty members.
Rosen, editor of the Journal of Political Economy and a microeconomist with expertise in labor economics and industrial organization, will be the fourth U of C economist in five years to hold the post. During the coming year, Rosen will oversee the budget and coordinate preparations for the 2001 meeting, which should draw nearly 7,000 people.