Cinema Studies
Facilitator: Michael Whalen, Communication
Courses in this Pathway will help students engage in the critical study of film and television history, theory, aesthetics, and production. Students will engage in the interdisciplinary study of national cinemas, international film movements, major and minor filmmakers in various traditions, film and media theory, the economic, legal, and political forces governing the film and television industries, and the relationship between film, television, the arts and culture. Students in this pathway may be asked to analyze and reflect on films or television shows already created or create new films or videos as part of this inquiry. Students may also be asked to compare film and television to other art forms such as novels or plays.
A main goal of the Cinema Studies Pathway is to deepen the knowledge and understanding of how cinema shapes, and is shaped, by the culture it exists in and emerge not only knowledgeable about cinema and television, but also enriched by contact with history, literature, foreign cultures, philosophy, and theology.
| Associated Courses (ENGL) |
| 2A Analyzing Crime Rhetoric (effective 1/1/19) |
| 2A Imagining History (effective 9/1/09) |
| Anthropology (ANTH) |
| 6 Screen Time: Culture, Film & Media in the 21st Century (effective 03/25/18) |
| Classics (CLAS) |
| 75 Classics in Cinema (effective 9/1/09) |
| Communications (COMM) |
| 3 Digital Storytelling (effective 09/01/22) |
| 30 Introduction to Digital Filmmaking (effective 9/1/09) |
| 31 Introduction to Digital Film Making (effective 9/1/09) |
| *130 Global Screenwriting (effective 9/1/09) |
| *130A Advanced Screenwriting (effective 09/01/22) |
| *131D Documentary (effective 9/1/09) |
| *131E Experimental Cinema (effective 9/1/22) |
| *131F Short Fiction Production (effective 9/1/09) |
| *132 Directing (effective 09/01/22) |
| *132D Directing the Actor (effective 09/01/22) |
| *133 Producing (effective 09/01/22) |
| *133D Producing the Documentary (effective 09/01/22) |
| *133F Producing the Short Film (effective 09/01/22) |
| *133W Producing the Web Series (effective 09/01/22) |
| *134 Cinematography (effective 9/1/09) |
| *135 Editing (Topics Vary; effective 9/1/09) |
| *136A Genre,Auteur & Narrative Strategies (effective 9/1/09) |
| 136F Family Melodrama (effective 09/01/22) |
| 136S Horror Film (effective 09/01/22) |
| *137 American Film History (effective 9/1/09) |
| 137S Film & Sustainability (effective 09/01/22) |
| *138 Television History (Topics Vary; effective 9/1/09) |
| *139 Documentary History (effective 9/1/09) |
| 140 Race, Gender & Film (effective 09/01/22) |
| 140B Black Cinema (effective 09/01/22) |
| 140C Latinx Cinema (effective 09/01/22) |
| 140W Women in Cinema (effective 09/01/22) |
| 140Q Queer Cinema (effective 09/01/22) |
| 141 AI & The Human in Cinema (effective 09/01/22) |
| *143 Cinema in the Age of Globalization (effective 1/1/16) |
| *144 Diversity and the Media (cross-listed with COMM 121D and ETHN 162; effective 9/1/09) |
| 145 The Business of Media (effective 9/1/09) |
| 146 Hybrid Films (effective 09/01/22) |
| English (ENGL) |
| 45 Reading Film (effective 9/1/09) |
| 55 Shakespeare and Film |
| 107 Life Stories and Film (effective 9/1/09) |
| 120 Studies in Comparative Cinema (effective 9/1/09) |
| 120G Global Film Studies (effective 9/1/22) |
| 120AM American Film Studies (effective 9/1/09) |
| 122 Film, Gender and Sexuality (cross-listed with GNSX 134; effective 9/1/09) |
| 122AW Film, Gender and Sexuality (cross-listed with GNSX 134AW; effective 9/1/09) |
| 128 Studies in the Literature of the Middle Eastern and Islamic World (effective 9/1/09) |
| 151C Studies in Shakespeare (Formerly ENGL 118; also listed as THTR 118; effective 9/1/2019 |
| 153A LGBTQ Studies: Global Perspectives |
| *173 Screenwriting (cross-listed with THTR 173; effective 9/1/09) |
| *197 Contacts & Clashes: Latin American Cinema (cross-listed with SPAN 149; effective 9/1/09) |
| Ethnic Studies (ETHN) |
| 95 African American Independent Filmmakers (effective 9/1/09) |
| 96 Race, Class, and Culture Through Film (effective 9/1/09) |
| 135 African Americans in Postwar Film (cross-listed with HIST 185; effective 9/1/09) |
| 160 Documentary Making for Social Justice (effective 9/1/09) |
| *162 Diversity and the Media (cross-listed with COMM 144 and COMM 121D; effective 9/1/09) |
| 164 Popular Music, Race and American Culture (cross-listed with MUSC 134; effective 9/1/24) |
| Gender and Sexuality Studies (GNSX) |
| 134 Film, Gender and Sexuality (cross-listed with ENGL 122; effective 9/1/09) |
| 134AW Film, Gender and Sexuality (cross-listed with ENGL 122AW; effective 9/1/09) |
| History (HIST) |
| 40 Biography and Autobiography in the African Experience: Exploring African Lives and Writing (effective 03/25/22) |
| 140 Biography and Autobiography in the African Experience: Exploring African Lives and Writing (effective 03/25/16) |
| 140S Biography and Autobiography in the African Experience: Exploring African Lives and Writing (effective 03/25/16) |
| 185 African Americans in Postwar Film (cross-listed with ETHN 135; effective 9/1/09) |
| Modern Languages and Literatures (FREN, ITAL, SPAN) |
| *FREN 173 Immigration, Race, & Identity in Contemporary France (effective 9/1/09) |
| FREN 174 French & Francophone Novels and Films: Culture, Gender, and Social Classes (effective 9/1/09) |
| *FREN 175 Transnational Cinema (effective 01/01/23) |
| ITAL 113 Introduction to Italian Cinema (effective 3/25/22) |
| ITAL 187 Destination Italy: Immigration in Film & Literature (effective 3/25/18) |
| ITAL 187I Destination Italy: Immigration in Film & Literature (effective 3/25/19) |
| *SPAN 146 Latin American Documentary (effective 1/1/20) |
| *SPAN 147 Cinema, Politics and Society of Latin America (effective 3/25/19) |
| SPAN 149 Contacts and Clashes: Latin American Cinema (cross-listed with ENGL 197; effective 9/1/09) |
| Music (MUSC) |
| 119 Music, Technology & Society (effective 9/1/09) |
| 127 Ethnographic Writing in Music and Film (effective 9/1/24) |
| 134 Popular Music, Race and American Culture (cross-listed with ETHN 164; effective 9/1/24) |
| Philosophy (PHIL) |
| 24 Ethics and Gender in Film (effective 1/1/17; formerly PHIL 4B) |
| 183 Philosophy and Film (effective 9/1/09; formerly PHIL 151) |
| Religion, Theology, and Culture |
| Religion and Society (RSOC) |
| *67 Film & Judaism (effective 9/1/09) |
| *87 Buddhism in Film (9/1/09) |
| *110 Film and Religion (effective 2/3/2016) |
| *121 Representing Religion in World Cinema (effective 9/1/09) |
| Scripture and Tradition (SCTR) |
| *33 New Testament Narratives of Cinema (effective 9/1/09) |
| *139 Bible in Contemporary Fiction & Film (effective 9/1/09) |
| Theater and Dance (THTR) |
| 33 Stage Lighting (effective 1/1/23) |
| 118 Studies in Shakespeare (formerly ENGL 118; also listed as ENGL 151C; effective 9/1/2019) |
| 119 Shakespeare's Plays in Performance (effective 3/25/21) |
| 122 Acting Styles II: Acting for the Camera (effective 9/1/09) |
| *173 Screenwriting (cross-listed with ENGL 173; effective 9/1/09) |
* Indicates Course Has Prerequisites