Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

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

Offered

Generally offered Fall Annually

Course Fee

Course Fee Required