Winter 2023
FILM 125
INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1942-1967
Section: 1
CRN: 36940
Lewis, Jon
An exploration and examination of American cinema, 1942-1967. Of particular interest will be the important films and filmmakers of the era as well as key events in American and European cultural history. Screenings to include: Casablanca, Psycho, The Graduate, Bonnie and Clyde, and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
ENGF - $20.00 Flat Fee
Bacc Core, Perspectives - Literature and the Arts (CPLA)
Liberal Arts Humanities Core (LACH)
FILM 145
INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES: 1968-1999
Section: 400
CRN: 38340
Rust, Stephen
Ecampus
Explores and examines American and European cinema, 1968-1999. Emphasis on important films and filmmakers of the era as well as key events in American and European cultural history.
Bacc Core, Perspectives - Literature and the Arts (CPLA)
FILM 220
DIFFERENCE, POWER AND DISCRIMINATION: SEXUALITY IN FILM (crosslisted with ENG 220)
Section: 1
CRN: 36939
St. Jacques, Jillian
Non-binary. Genderqueer. Cis-male, pan and trans. How are sexualities constructed within contemporary cinema—and how do those constructions affect how viewers interact with actual human beings? That’s the central question for ENG/FILM220 students, as we closely analyze an array of films depicting intersecting sexualities for multifarious political and libidinal ends. Because decoding the distribution of difference within any cultural venue is central to each Difference, Power and Discrimination course, participants in Sexualities & Film do not merely evaluate the intersection of different sexualities—they will explore how these sexual subject positions are represented as further intersecting with other subjective vantage points, like class, race and age. Along with learning how to closely read films, students make connections with diverse and sometimes oppositional critical theories, including but not limited to psychoanalytic, feminist, (post)feminist, post-structural and queer theories. This transdisciplinary interlacement will serve as the basis for a generous amount of research, writing, group discussion and personal reflection.
Bacc Core - Difference, Power, and Discrimination (CPDP)
Liberal Arts Humanities Core (LACH)
FILM 245
THE NEW AMERICAN CINEMA
Section: 400
CRN: 38341
Price, Zachary
Ecampus
This class will attend “New American Cinema” by closely examining important films and filmmakers of 21st-Century Hollywood (2000-present) along with key events in the business of developing, producing, distributing, and exhibiting motion pictures. There are no prerequisites for this course.
Bacc Core, Perspectives - Literature and the Arts (CPLA)
Liberal Arts Humanities Core (LACH)
FILM 265
FILMS FOR THE FUTURE
Section: 1
CRN: 39851
Price, Zachary
An interdisciplinary study of film and philosophical visions of the future. Through a survey of Science Fiction films from 1980s-present, we will answer how new technological advancements in filmmaking and visual effects have come to influence visions of future societies.
Bacc Core, Perspectives - Literature and the Arts (CPLA)
Liberal Arts Humanities Core (LACH)
FILM 399
STUDIES IN MEDICINE AND MEDIA
Section: 1
CRN: 40773
Price, Zachary
This course examines key historical moments of intersection between the medical profession and media production. We consider how a range of media depict the relationship between nations to doctors, doctors to patients, and patients to pathogens in different genres, from outbreak films to hospital dramas TV shows to fantasy video games. We will ask how these narratives have come to shape global policies and cultural understandings of health. We end the course by addressing media addiction, a recent diagnosis which points to our media consumption as potentially making us sick.