Film at Grinnell

birdhouse
Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:21:27 +0000

Oops, didn’t realize that word misuse. :* And thanks for the responses, CenterUSdad and Whateverittakes!

Well, I’m looking to major in English or History, but I’d still like to take some film theory classes (possibly minor in the subject if it existed at a school). I found the course schedule and only saw about three classes relating to film; if there really isn’t much of a community interested in seriously studying movies, then I’m not so sure if I’d like to go to Grinnell (as I’m currently at a school with a lot of options for studying film).

How does off-campus study work? Could I possibly study film at a different school for the summers or something? I think I could deal with majoring in something unrelated while at Grinnell, but also having the opportunity to stretch out academically on breaks when not I’m in Iowa. Is financial aid decent with stuff like that? Is it encouraged at all?

Whateverittakes, if you don’t mind me asking, where are you thinking of transferring to?