FILM   2200   Introduction to Cinema

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

An introduction to Cinema Studies through critical appreciation of cinema form. Areas of study include a survey of production, distribution, film reception, ideology, film theory and representation with an emphasis on critical film analysis.

FILM   3030   Selected Topics in Cinema

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

Courses will cover a variety of special topics in film studies, such as specific film genres, auteurs, critical approaches, historical film movements, and representation. May be repeated for additional credit with new topics.

Prerequisite(s): FILM   2200 or Permission from Instructor.

Cross Listing(s): ENGL   3030.

FILM   3100   Intro to PR

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

Introduces the history, theories, and principles of public relations, and the role and practice of public relations in various organizational contexts.

Prerequisite(s): COMM   2332.

FILM   3331   History of Cinema

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

Survey of aesthetic, economic, social, technological and industry development of cinema from 1896 to the present day with an emphasis on film movements and film analysis.

Prerequisite(s): FILM   2200 or Permission from Instructor.

Cross Listing(s): ENGL   3331.

FILM   3332   Documentary Film

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

A survey of Documentary studies that examines film form, reception, historical developments, ethics, key figures and representation.

Prerequisite(s): FILM   2200 or Permission from Instructor.

Cross Listing(s): ENGL   3332.

FILM   3333   Cinema Genres

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

An analysis of cinema form, genre conventions, film theory, culture and the film industry through a survey of film genres. May be repeated for additional credit with new topics.

Prerequisite(s): FILM   2200.

Cross Listing(s): ENGL   3333.

FILM   5010G   Topics In Film

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

Subject announced when course offered. For example, film genres, auteurs, critical approaches, and individual historical periods.May be repeated for additional credits when topics change.

FILM   5025G   Pop Culture Theory & Criticism

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

Examination of the theoretical and critical approaches to the study of various forms of popular cultural expression, such as film, television, popular literature, magazines, and music. Critical methodologies present may include semiotics, genre criticism, ethnography, feminism, and cultural studies.

FILM   5030G   Television Theory & Criticism

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

Critical examination of various aspects of television, such as genres, social implications, historical significance, and modes of production.

FILM   5035   Film Theory and Criticism

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

An in-depth examination of film theory and criticism concepts introduced in Intro to Cinema Studies with an emphasis on analysis of selected film texts.

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of "C" in FILM   2200 and ENGL   2100 or PHIL   2010.

Cross Listing(s): ENGL   5035.

FILM   5035G   Film Theory and Criticism

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

Introduction to the major schools of film theory and criticism and their application to selected film texts.

FILM   5040   Women in Film

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

Representations of women in film, may include issues such as feminist film theory and criticism, presentation of female characters in major film.

Cross Listing(s): ENGL   5040.

FILM   5040G   Women And Film

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

FILM   5510G   Film And Literature

3 Credit Hours.   3 Lecture Hours.   0 Lab Hours.

Relationship between film and literature with special emphasis on the adaptation of literature into film.