2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog

FILM 310 Film Theory and Criticism

(3 lecture, 1 film screening) Prerequisites: FILM 120 and an additional 3 credits of coursework with the FILM prefix. Co-requisite: FILM 311. A historical survey of film theories and criticism, including formalist and structuralist, psychoanalytic, feminist, and queer theory. Genre theory and theories of spectatorship and audience response will also be considered.

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FILM 311 Screening For Film 310

Co-requisite: FILM 310. Required once per week film screening time to complement FILM 310.

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FILM 320 Special Topics in Film

(3 lecture, 1 film screening) Prerequisite: FILM 120, Co-requisite: FILM 321. This course will allow students to study a particular area of film criticism, history, or theory, or consider a specific national cinema. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits, under different subtitles.

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FILM 321 Screening For Film 320

Co-requisite:  FILM 320. Required once per week screening time to complement FILM 320.

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FILM 330 Studies in a Genre or Director

(3 lecture, 1 film screening) Prerequisite: Film 120, Co-requisite FILM 331. An introduction to key theories and methods of analysis in genre studies or auteur theory, focusing on a particular genre or a particular director. Repeatable, maximum of nine credits, under different subtitles.

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FILM 331 Screening For Film 330

Co-requisite: FILM 330.  Required once per week film screening time to complement FILM 330.

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