 | | Course ID: | FILM 2120. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Cinema | Course
Description: | Film aesthetics and film as an art form, including critical viewing of selected films in laboratory, and papers on topics in film and audience values. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Cinema | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM(AFAM) 2130. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | American Directors of Color | Course
Description: | Cultural history of the most important ethnic film makers in the American cinema from the 1920's to the present, with emphasis on stories and styles of the films, as well as on the underlying economic and social contexts. | | Athena Title: | American Directors of Color | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 4250/6250. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | History of Cinema I (1895-1945) | Course
Description: | The development of the international cinema and film practice
from 1895 to 1945, with emphasis on cinema as a narrative,
artistic, technological, and industrial medium. | | Athena Title: | History of Cinema I | | Prerequisite: | FILM 2120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 4260/6260. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | History of Cinema II (1945-1990) | Course
Description: | The historical study of international cinema and film practice
from the World War II era to 1990, with emphasis on cinema's
global narrative, artistic, technological, and industrial
developments in the post-WWII and pre-digital era. | | Athena Title: | History of Cinema II | | Prerequisite: | FILM 2120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 4270/6270. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | History of Cinema III (1990-Present) | Course
Description: | The history of international film from 1990 to the present, with
emphasis on cinema’s global narrative, artistic, technological,
and industrial developments, including the implications of
digital production and exhibition in Hollywood and beyond. | | Athena Title: | History of Cinema III | | Prerequisite: | FILM 2120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 4600/6600. 3 hours. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Women and Film | Course
Description: | A survey of feminist film criticism and theory, as well as the valuable contributions of key women directors. | | Athena Title: | WOMEN & FILM | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in DRAM 4600/6600 | | Prerequisite: | FILM 2120 or DRAM 2120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 4620/6620. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Genre Cinema | Course
Description: | An in-depth analytical survey of one or multiple historically
significant film genres. | | Athena Title: | Genre Cinema | | Prerequisite: | FILM 2120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM(LACS) 4640/6640. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Latin American Film and Media | Course
Description: | A historical survey of cinema and related audio(visual) media,
including radio, television, and digital media, in Latin
America. The course traces the role played by cinema and media
in nation-building in Latin American countries as well as the
relationship between film aesthetics, politics, and
globalization. | | Athena Title: | Lat Am Film/Med | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FILM 41640I, LACS 4640I or FILM 6640I, LACS 6640I | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM(LACS) 4640I/6640I. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Latin American Film and Media | Course
Description: | A historical survey of cinema and related audio(visual) media,
including radio, television, and digital media, in Latin
America. The course traces the role played by cinema and media
in nation-building in Latin American countries as well as the
relationship between film aesthetics, politics, and
globalization. | | Athena Title: | Lat Am Film/Med | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in FILM 4640, LACS 4640 or FILM 6640, LACS 6640 | | Nontraditional Format: | Students enrolled in the I-suffix version of the course will
complete a list of primary and secondary readings in Spanish,
which total at least 25 percent of the number of total readings
assigned, in lieu of the English-language material assigned for
those class meetings. These students will also write their term
papers (7-9 pages) in Spanish and meet once a month with the
instructor and their fellow I-suffix classmates for a required
fifty-minute discussion section in Spanish, to be scheduled
outside of class/lab hours by agreement with the instructor. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 4650/6650. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | French Film History | Course
Description: | History of major films, directors, and movements in French cinema from 1895 to present. | | Athena Title: | French Film History | | Prerequisite: | FILM 2120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 4660/6660. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of Animation | Course
Description: | History of major techniques, films, directors, and movements in motion picture animation from 1895 to present. Emphasis on narrative and representational strategies. | | Athena Title: | History of Animation | | Prerequisite: | FILM 2120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 4670/6670. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Film Technology and Style | Course
Description: | History of major technological inventions in cinema and the results on narrative film style. | | Athena Title: | Film Technology and Style | | Prerequisite: | FILM 2120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 4680/6680. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to DV Production | Course
Description: | Essential filmmaking techniques, the basic digital video (DV)
production process and procedures. A basic technical foundation
in DV cinematography, sound, and editing. Student will learn
basic crew responsibilities and how to collaborate as a team
and be prepared for more advanced production courses. | | Athena Title: | Intro to DV Product | | Prerequisite: | FILM 2120 or permission of department | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 5640/7640. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Directing for the Cinema | Course
Description: | Theories and techniques of the dramatic cinema. | | Athena Title: | DIRECT FOR CINEMA | | Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in DRAM 5640/7640 | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 5700/7700. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Internship in Film/Media | Course
Description: | Under the supervision and approval of an advisor, students
perform the duties of an internship within film, television,
animation, and media. Students report to work as required by
their employers, maintain a record of duties, and write
a final paper summarizing their experiences and
responsibilities. | | Athena Title: | Internship in Film/Media | | Nontraditional Format: | Students arrange an appropriate work schedule with their on-
site supervisor. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 5900/7900. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Film Theory | Course
Description: | An introduction to 100 years of film theory and criticism. Students are introduced to key concepts and major figures from Classical Film Theory (Eisenstein, Arnheim, Bazin) through Structuralism, Semiotics, Psychoanalysis, Feminism, and Cognitive Studies. | | Athena Title: | Film Theory | | Prerequisite: | FILM 4250/6250 or FILM 4260/6260 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 7800. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Film Production | Course
Description: | Digital video production, with emphasis on directorial creativity
and professional-level post-production techniques. Students
participate in personal and/or small group projects from the
proposed idea through scripting, pre-production, production,
editing, and sound mixing for a completed short film project,
demonstrating knowledge and skills in these areas. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Film Production | | Prerequisite: | FILM 5640/7640 or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 8200. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Film History | Course
Description: | Study of major issues in cinema history (movements, national
cinemas, directors, eras, or technologies). | | Athena Title: | Seminar in Film History | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | FILM 8400. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 3 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Seminar in Film Theory and Criticism | Course
Description: | Study of major topics in cinema theory and criticism.
Narrative, gender, authorship, psychoanalysis, ideology,
spectatorship, structural vs. poststructural, and/or cognitive. | | Athena Title: | Seminar Film Theory and Crit | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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