{"id":4577,"date":"2013-01-16T10:15:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T15:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=4577"},"modified":"2016-06-27T09:53:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T13:53:25","slug":"how-to-be-in-cinema-studies-without-actually-being-in-cinema-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=4577","title":{"rendered":"how to be in cinema studies without actually being in cinema studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a first year student who initially wanted to major in English, but with some sass on ROSI&#8217;s end and courses that filled up quicker than expected, I stumbled into a second year film course that didn&#8217;t require Introduction to Film as a prerequisite. I&#8217;ve decided that by the end of first year, I&#8217;ll want to declare a double major in English and Film, but without the Introduction to Film Studies course, is it still possible? By the end of the winter session, I&#8217;ll have 1.5 credits in Cinema Studies, having taken Sex and Cinema, Horror Film and Action and Spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>Is there an email I have to write to someone important with a well-worded plea to give me what I want or will all go smoothly on ROSI come April?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Heyo!<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, I had a chat with my Cinema Studies person and she was pretty clear that without Intro to Film Studies, it <a href=\"http:\/\/images3.wikia.nocookie.net\/__cb20121024150856\/legomessageboards\/images\/2\/28\/You-shall-not-pass.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\">won&#8217;t be possible<\/a> to get into the program. Even more daunting, you need at least a 70 from that class.<\/p>\n<p>Now for your specific situation, what you CAN do is enrol in the specialist program for English this coming April as a bit of place-holder of sorts for your Subject POSts since you won&#8217;t be allowed to enrol in courses without one. Then of course you can take INI115Y in your second year. At the same time, you can take other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utoronto.ca\/cinema\/undergradprogramadmit.html\" target=\"_blank\">cross-listed courses<\/a> that&#8217;ll contribute to that major&#8217;s requirements. These ones are offered by different departments but still count and are usually quite easy to get into. So for example you can take FIN250H Finish Cinema and\/or GER261H History of Yiddish Cinema &#8212; both of which come with no tricky prerequisites!<\/p>\n<p>What this means is that while you won&#8217;t be in the Cinema Studies program, you&#8217;ll still be taking courses that&#8217;ll contribute to it!<\/p>\n<p>Also, tip: maybe take INI228H The Business of Film next year if you haven&#8217;t fulfilled your group 5 breadth requirement? Because it doesn&#8217;t require INI115Y, it seems to be a bit of a neccessity for the program, and it&#8217;s a Cinema Studies course.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, I&#8217;m a first year student who initially wanted to major in English, but with some sass on ROSI&#8217;s end and courses that filled up quicker than expected, I stumbled into a second year film course that didn&#8217;t require Introduction to Film as a prerequisite. I&#8217;ve decided that by the end of first year, I&#8217;ll want to declare a double major in English and Film, but without the Introduction to Film Studies course, is it still possible? By the end of the winter session, I&#8217;ll have 1.5 credits in Cinema Studies, having taken Sex and Cinema, Horror Film and Action and Spectacle. Is there an email I have to write to someone important with a well-worded plea to give me what I want or will all go smoothly on ROSI come April? Thanks! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Heyo! Unfortunately, I had a chat with my Cinema Studies person and she was pretty clear that without Intro to Film Studies, it won&#8217;t be possible to get into the program. Even more daunting, you need at least a 70 from that class. Now for your specific situation, what you CAN do is enrol in the specialist program for English this coming April as a bit of place-holder of sorts for your Subject POSts since you won&#8217;t be allowed to enrol in courses without one. Then of course you can take INI115Y in your second year. At the same time, you can take other cross-listed courses that&#8217;ll contribute to that major&#8217;s requirements. These ones are offered by different departments but still count and are usually quite easy to get into. So for example you can take FIN250H Finish Cinema and\/or GER261H History of Yiddish Cinema &#8212; both of which come with no tricky prerequisites! What this means is that while you won&#8217;t be in the Cinema Studies program, you&#8217;ll still be taking courses that&#8217;ll contribute to it! Also, tip: maybe take INI228H The Business of Film next year if you haven&#8217;t fulfilled your group 5 breadth requirement? Because it doesn&#8217;t require INI115Y, it seems to be a bit of a neccessity for the program, and it&#8217;s a Cinema Studies course. Cheers! aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cinema-studies"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}