Prerequisite: FILM 120. 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 spectator-ship and audience response will also be considered.

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

(3 lecture, 1 film screening) 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.

Corequisite: FILM 320. Required once per week screening time to complement FILM 320.

(3 lecture, 1 film screening) 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.

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

Prerequisite: FILM 120. This hands-on course introduces students to the basics of the short-film production process: from scripting, development, shooting, editing, to marketing.