Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of English

FILM 120 Introduction to Film

(3 lecture, 1 film screening) Learning to analyze film and appreciate film as art by looking at a variety of styles, genres, and ideological directions in Hollywood and non-Hollywood films.
3

Corequisites

FILM 121

Course Attribute

LAA1-Arts&Hum-Arts&Expression and GT Arts

FILM 121 Screening For Film 120

Required once per week screening time to complement Film 120.
0

Corequisites

FILM 120

FILM 210 History of Film I

(3 lecture, 1 film screening) A survey of film history from its beginnings to 1945, focusing on cinema's development from aesthetic, social, technological, and economic perspectives. Includes selected issues in film theory.
3

Corequisites

FILM 220

FILM 211 History of Film II

(3 lecture, 1 film screening) A survey of cinema from 1945 to the present day. This course will study innovations in technology and production as well as formal developments in narrative, editing, cinematography, and sound.
3

Corequisites

FILM 221

FILM 220 Screening For Film 210

Required once per week screening time to complement FILM 210.
0

Corequisites

FILM 210

FILM 221 Screening For Film 211

Required once per week screening time to complement FILM 211.
0

Corequisites

FILM 211

FILM 230 Introduction to Filmmaking

This hands-on course introduces students to the basics of the short-film production process: from scripting, development, shooting, editing, to marketing.
3

Prerequisites

FILM 120 with a minimum grade of D-

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

FILM 310 Film Theory and Criticism

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.
3

Prerequisites

FILM 120 with a minimum grade of D-

Corequisites

FILM 311

FILM 311 Screening For Film 310

Required once per week film screening time to complement FILM 310.
0

Corequisites

FILM 310

FILM 320 Special Topics in Film

(3 lecture, 1 film screening) This course will allow students to study a particular area of film criticism, history, or theory, or consider a specific national cinema.
3

Corequisites

FILM 321

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 9 credit hours

FILM 321 Screening For Film 320

Required once per week screening time to complement FILM 320. S/U graded.
0

Corequisites

FILM 320

FILM 330 Studies in a Genre or Director

(3 lecture, 1 film screening) An introduction to key theories and methods of analysis in genre studies or auteur theory, focusing on a particular genre or a particular director.
3

Corequisites

FILM 331

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

ST - Repeatable under different subtitles and course is repeatable with a maximum of 9 credit hours

FILM 331 Screening For Film 330

Required once per week film screening time to complement FILM 330.
0

Corequisites

FILM 330

FILM 350 Advanced Filmmaking

A hands-on course in advanced visual and aural storytelling through the medium of cinema.
3

Prerequisites

(FILM 230 or ENG 229 with a minimum grade of D-)

Course Fee

Course Fee Required

FILM 400 Teaching Film

This course introduces methods of teaching and using film in the classroom. It emphasizes theories of film pedagogy and includes actual classroom practice.
3

Prerequisites

FILM 120 with a minimum grade of D-

Corequisites

FILM 401

FILM 401 Screening for Film 400

Required once per week screening time to complement FILM 400.
0

Corequisites

FILM 400