Minors are offered in Motion Pictures and Motion Pictures Film Studies. Production and screenwriting specialties allow students to concentrate in narrative film, documentary, animation, or experimental filmmaking. Film studies examines the history, theory and criticism of film, while the business specialization concentrates on financing, distribution, and related aspects of the industry. The video-film major emphasizes production and includes courses in both motion picture and video production. The Bachelor of Fine Arts program in motion pictures is a special, inter-disciplinary program open only to a select number of students who have achieved a high academic record of performance.
Students take half their required graduation credits in the communication field.
Special programs include the summer Film Institute in Prague , Czech Republic, supervised by University of Miami faculty, and an annual trip to Los Angeles which offers an opportunity to meet with film and television professionals. For more information, write to Dr. Lazarus . Copyright 2000, University of Miami . All Rights Reserved. School of Communication , P.O. Box 248127, Coral Gables, FL 33124-2030.