Undergraduate Courses
Course information is presented as follows: course number, course title, course description, faculty who regularly teach the course, number of credit hours earned.
Required courses for Cinema majors are provided after the course listings.
104--WORLD CINEMA. An introductory study of the dominant dramatic medium of the 20th century. Critical analysis of narrative, documentary, animation and experimental cinema. An introduction to basic scholarly and evaluative approaches to film and video art. Screenings, readings and critical papers. Offered once per year. (Stout; 4)
199--INTRODUCTORY TOPICS IN CINEMA. A general category used only in the evaluation of transfer credit.
219--ELEMENTARY CINEMA PRODUCTION. An introductory course exploring the nature of the cinematic medium from the point of view of production and technique, with an emphasis upon cinema as an aesthetic form. Each student will complete a series of film projects in the 16mm format. Some attention will be paid to video production. The student will be required to share the expenses involved in his or her film production. (Bussan; 4)
299--INTERMEDIATE TOPICS IN CINEMA. A general category used only in the evaluation of transfer credit.
310--VIDEO THEORY AND PRODUCTION. Examines the electronic medium in both theory and practice. Students will complete a series of short video projects in several genres--documentary, narrative and experimental. Emphasis will be placed on comparisons between video and film, film grammar and all facets of production. Students will be required to share the expenses of their productions. (Bussan; 4)
312--CINEMA SEMINAR. The subject will vary from year to year and will offer the advanced student of cinema intensive and humanistic investigation of specialized generic, stylistic and creative problems in the fields of film and/or video. Research papers, screenings, critical essays, readings. (Stout, Bussan; 4)
326--HISTORY OF CINEMA. A survey of the social and aesthetic impact and development of cinema from its literary and technological origins in the 19th century, through the French and American development of the early silent cinema, Soviet expressive montage, German expressionist cinema, the French surrealist avant garde, the studio years of Hollywood, Italian neo-realism, the new wave and contemporary developments, including the recent influence of electronically generated and broadcast cinema. (Stout; 4)
328--SCREENWRITING. A course offering a small group of students guided practice in dramatic writing for the screen. The seminar will include readings, film viewings, script analyses and weekly writing exercises, with emphasis upon the dramatic screenplay. Prerequisite: one previous cinema course, junior or senior standing or consent. (Stout; 4)
361-362--DIRECTED STUDY. (Stout, Bussan; 3-4)
363-364--INDEPENDENT STUDY. (Stout, Bussan; 3-4)
399--ADVANCED TOPICS IN CINEMA. A general category used only in the evaluation of transfer credit.
410--ADVANCED CINEMA PRODUCTION. A production course designed for the advanced cinema student. A rigorous and intensive practical course in the techniques of sound motion picture production. Working in the 16mm format, students will complete a series of individual and group projects. Production management, camera work, sensitometry, lighting, sound recording and mixing, double-system editing, printing and laboratory processes. The student is required to share in the expenses of his or her production work. Prerequisite: 219. (Stout; 4)
412--THEORY OF CINEMA. An investigation of the salient theories of cinema from the pioneering work of Eisenstein and Pudovkin to current work in ideological, structuralist and semiotic analysis. Reference will be made to traditional literary art and literary criticism, as well as to relevant sociological and anthropological research. Little attention will be paid to routine journalistic film criticism. Screenings, research, readings and critical papers. (Stout; 4)
419--CINEMA WORKSHOP. Designed for a limited number of students who have demonstrated significant ability in cinema production. The course will involve the student in the creation of works of cinematic art in 16mm sound format as a total process from script to screen. Some advanced video production may be permissable, by consent. The student will be required to share in the expenses of his or her production work. Admission by consent. Prerequisites: 219 and 410. (Bussan; 4)
451-452--SENIOR RESEARCH. (Stout, Bussan; 4)
458--SENIOR COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT. (Stout, Bussan; 4)
461-462--INDIVIDUAL WORK FOR HONORS. (Stout, Bussan; 4)
104--World Cinema (4 credits)
219--Elementary Cinema Production (4 credits)
310--Video Theory and Production (4 credits)
326--History of Cinema (4 credits)
410--Advanced Cinema Production (4 credits)
412--Theory of Cinema (4 credits
Elective course in cinema (4 credits)
One course from the following five courses: (4 credits)