UW-Milwaukee: L&S: Faculty Document No. 644

UW-Milwaukee - College of Letters and Science

College of Letters and Science Faculty Document No. 644
April 3, 2003

Recommendation of the Affiliated Film Faculty and the L&S Course and Curriculum Committee to Change the Name of the Major in Film
(amendment of UWM Fac. Doc. 1072, Feb 16, 1978)
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Recommendation:

That the UWM Faculty Senate approve the change to the name of the Major in Film as indicated below in Section 1.1:

PROGRAM IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION

1.1	Exact Designation of Proposed Program
	Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies/Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film

Rationale:

Over the years, in order to distinguish between the Film major/degree offered in the Peck School of the Arts and the Film major in L&S, the use of the label Film Studies to refer to the L&S program has become commonplace. While the PSOA Film program has a focus on film production, the L&S Film major has a focus more in line with the study of film as a cultural phenomenon. Thus, the title Film Studies more accurately reflects the content of the L&S major, and this change implements officially what has been in practice for many years.