Cinema and Media Studies Courses
Learn about the rich course offerings in cinema and media studies.
Courses for the Cinema and Media Studies Major
1. FILM FORM (3 CREDITS)
CINE 245/ENGL 245 Film Form and Culture (fulfils Gen Ed req. in Humanities)
2. CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES HISTORY AND THEORY FOUNDATION (6 CREDITS)
Prerequisite for both courses: ENGL 245/CINE 245.
CINE 301 Cinema History I: The Silent Era
CINE 302 Cinema History II: The Sound Era
3. CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES AREAS (18 CREDITS), DISTRIBUTED AS FOLLOWS:
A. Film Theories (3 credits)
CINE361: Cinema and Globalization
CINE362: Vision, Visuality, and the Gaze in Cinema
CINE 369: Special Topics in Film Theories
CINE461: Political Cinema
CINE462: Realism and the Real in Film
CINE463: Screening Time: History and Memory in Cinema
CINE464: The Violence of Cinema
CINE469: Special Topics in Film Theories II
B. Genres/Auteurs/Movements (6 credits)
CINE341: Filming War Zones: Representations of Wars in Iraq and Chechnya
CINE342: Film Comedy
CINE344: Film and the Fantastic
CINE345: The Films of Alfred Hitchcock
CINE352: The Baddest Decade: The 1970s in American Film and American History
CINE359: Special Topics in Genres, Auteurs, Cinema Movements
CINE441: Italian Neorealism
CINE451: Film Noir and American Culture
CINE452: The Origins of Cinema
CINE459: Special Topics in Genres/Auteurs/Cinema Movements
C. National and International Cinemas (6 credits)
CINE329: Special Topics in National and International Cinemas
CINE331: Kafka and Film: The Uncanny in Literature and Film
CINE332: Brazilian Cinema
CINE334: Soviet Film: Propaganda, Myth, Modernism
CINE336: Soviet Cinema and Empire
CINE337: Contemporary Chinese Art and Film
CINE385: German Cinema
CINE420: French Cinema: A Cultural Approach (in Translation)
CINE421: Francophone African Film
CINE423: Women and French Cinema
CINE426: Modern Chinese Film and Visual Culture
CINE427: Visions and Fictions from Spain
CINE429: Special Topics in National/International Cinemas
CINE430: Critical Issues in Israeli Cinema
CINE431: Italian Cinema II (in Translation)
CINE433: The Holocaust in Italian Literature and Cinema
D. Documentary, Animation, Experimental Cinema, and Other Visual Media (3 credits)
CINE311: Documentary Film
CINE319: Special Topics in Documentary, Animation, Experimental Cinema, Other Visual Media
CINE410: Documentary and Narrative
CINE411: Experimental Film
CINE412: Animation and Cinema
CINE 419: Special Topics in Documentary, Animation, Experimental Cinema, and Other Media
4. CINEMA AND MEDIA STUDIES ELECTIVES (12 CREDITS)
Guidelines: at least two Electives should be chosen from CINE, and up to two can be chosen from other programs, with the approval of the Advisor. Up to two courses may be taken at the 200-level. One must be taken at the 400-level.
All CINE classes may be used to fulfill the Elective requirement. The following courses may count only toward the Elective requirement.
CINE280: Film Art in a Global Society
CINE282: Heroes and Villains in American Film
CINE283: Iranian Cinema
CINE298: Special Topics in International Film Studies
CINE388: Experiential Learning
More Information on CINE388 Experiential Learning
CINE 388 connects the theoretical understanding of film studies that students develop in the classroom to professional experience in the workplace. The course is open to Film Studies majors who have earned at least 60 credits toward their degrees and who have obtained internship placements working with professionals in film production, exhibition, preservation, or other related fields. To be eligible for 3 academic credits, students will be expected to accumulate at least 135 hours of professional experience during the term. CINE 388 can be used to fulfill part of the Film Electives requirement for the major. Admission to the course is by permission only.
The academic component of the course consists of reading and written work designed to provide a theoretical framework for the experiential learning. Students will submit a portfolio of writing, reflections, and evaluations where they connect these readings to their on-site experiences.