Film Studies (FILM)
FILM LDEA, LOWER DIVISION ED ABROAD, 0-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 99 credits.
FILM UDEA, UPPER DIVISION ED ABROAD, 0-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 99 credits.
FILM 110, *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1895-1945, 3 Credits
An introduction to the serious study of world cinema, 1895-1945. Class lectures will offer a variety of historical, critical and theoretical approaches. Weekly screenings of important films from the U.S., Europe, and Asia accompany the lectures. Film fee required.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
FILM 125, *INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1945-PRESENT, 3 Credits
Provides an introduction to the serious study of world cinema, 1945-present. Class lectures will offer a variety of historical, critical and theoretical approaches. Weekly screenings of important films from the U.S., Europe, and Asia accompany the lectures. Film fee required.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
FILM 145, +*INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1968-1999, 3 Credits
Explores and examines American and European cinema, 1968-1999. Emphasizes important films and filmmakers of the era as well as key events in American and European cultural history.
Attributes: CFAH – Core Ed - Art & Humanities General; CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts
Equivalent to: FILM 145H
Available via Ecampus
FILM 145H, +*INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1968-1999, 3 Credits
Explores and examines American and European cinema, 1968-1999. Emphasizes important films and filmmakers of the era as well as key events in American and European cultural history.
Attributes: CFAH – Core Ed - Art & Humanities General; CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: FILM 145
Available via Ecampus
FILM 220, *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits
A comparative treatment of literary topics in the context of institutional and systematic discrimination. Not offered every year. CROSSLISTED as ENG 220/FILM 220. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
FILM 220H, *TOPICS IN DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND DISCRIMINATION, 4 Credits
A comparative treatment of literary topics in the context of institutional and systematic discrimination. Not offered every year. CROSSLISTED as ENG 220/FILM 220. (H) (Bacc Core Course)
Attributes: CPDP – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Difference/Power/Discrimination; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
FILM 245, *THE NEW AMERICAN CINEMA, 4 Credits
A formalist, ideological, and commercial investigation into contemporary American cinema.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: FILM 245H
Available via Ecampus
FILM 245H, *THE NEW AMERICAN CINEMA, 4 Credits
A formalist, ideological, and commercial investigation into contemporary American cinema.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: FILM 245
FILM 265, *FILMS FOR THE FUTURE, 4 Credits
An interdisciplinary study of film, literary, and philosophical visions of the future. Three hours of lecture and separate screenings each week. Film fee required. CROSSLISTED as ENG 265/FILM 265.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
FILM 265H, *FILMS FOR THE FUTURE, 4 Credits
An interdisciplinary study of film, literary, and philosophical visions of the future. Three hours of lecture and separate screenings each week. Film fee required. CROSSLISTED as ENG 265/FILM 265.
Attributes: CPLA – Bacc Core, Perspectives, Literature & The Arts; HNRS – Honors Course Designator; LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
FILM 312X, 100 YEARS OF BLACK FILM IN A WHITE WORLD, 4 Credits
Surveys more than a century of Black artists in the film industry, on-screen and behind the scenes. Examines the effects of shifting racial politics on the business of making movies and the on-screen results.
FILM 399, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Equivalent to: FILM 399H
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 399H, SPECIAL TOPICS, 1-16 Credits
Attributes: HNRS – Honors Course Designator
Equivalent to: FILM 399
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 445, DOCUMENTARY FILM STUDIES, 4 Credits
Examines the worldwide development of documentary filmmaking. Interrogates the nature, form, and function of non-fiction cinematic forms by analyzing diverse films, filmmakers, and theoretical models, while paying attention to social, technological, and aesthetic influences. Studies significant modes of documentary including the city symphony, political documentary, direct cinema/cinema verite, and postmodern documentary. Pays special attention to the cross-fertilization of non-fiction with other filmmaking modes. Seeks to answer the following questions: How do documentary conventions mark the "Real"? How is documentary film a tool for social change?
FILM 452, ^STUDIES IN FILM, 4 Credits
Particular cinematographers, movements, types, conventions, or problems in film. Topics change from term to term. Lecture and separate screenings each week. Film fee required. CROSSLISTED as ENG 452/FILM 452.
Attributes: CSWC – Core Ed - Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); CWIC – Bacc Core, Skills, Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC); LACH – Liberal Arts Humanities Core
Equivalent to: ENG 452
This course is repeatable for 8 credits.
Recommended: Sophomore standing; 8 credits of ENG 200-level or above
FILM 501, RESEARCH AND SCHOLARSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 502, INDEPENDENT STUDY, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 503, THESIS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 999 credits.
FILM 506, SPECIAL PROJECTS, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 507, SEMINAR, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 508, WORKSHOP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 510, INTERNSHIP, 1-16 Credits
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.
FILM 545, DOCUMENTARY FILM STUDIES, 4 Credits
Examines the worldwide development of documentary filmmaking. Interrogates the nature, form, and function of non-fiction cinematic forms by analyzing diverse films, filmmakers, and theoretical models, while paying attention to social, technological, and aesthetic influences. Studies significant modes of documentary including the city symphony, political documentary, direct cinema/cinema verite, and postmodern documentary. Pays special attention to the cross-fertilization of non-fiction with other filmmaking modes. Seeks to answer the following questions: How do documentary conventions mark the "Real"? How is documentary film a tool for social change?
FILM 552, STUDIES IN FILM, 4 Credits
Particular cinematographers, movements, types, conventions, or problems in film. Topics change from term to term. Lecture and separate screenings each week. Film fee required.
This course is repeatable for 16 credits.