Courses by Category

Film and Media Studies degree requirement categories:

  • 0001 Art of the Moving Image (cross listed ILVS-0051, TPS-0020)

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    0002 Global History of Cinema (cross listed ILVS-0052)

    0006 Television History (cross listed TPS-0024)

  • 0036 AI in Motion: Ethics, Innovation, and Impact in Digital Media Industries [Theory, Practice]

    0037 Online Video Platforms: Algorithms, Content Creation, and Social Impact [Theory, Practice]

    0044 Introduction to Media Culture and Theory (cross listed TPS-0022, ILVS-0054) [Theory, Social Science]

    0048 Visual Anthropology (cross listed ANTH-0135) [Theory, Social Science]

    0049 Political Cinema (cross listed ENG-0082) [Theory]

    0060 Global Indigenous Film & Media (cross listed RCD-0094-04, TPS-0037) [Theory]

    0065 Film Theory (cross listed ILVS-0061) [Theory]

    0066 Philosophy and Film (cross listed PHIL-0054) [Theory]

    0066 The Horror Film [Theory]

    0081 Hitchcock: Cinema, Gender, Ideology (cross listed ENG-0080, ILVS-0057) [Theory]

    0087 Postmodernism and Film (cross listed ENG-0081) [Theory]

    0094 Special Topics: Seminar: Studies in Film Festivals [Theory, Practice]]

    0094 Special Topics: Media Ethics (cross listed PHIL-0091) [Theory]

    0094 Special Topics: The Horror Film: Gender, Race, and Genre [Theory]

    0094 Special Topics: Women's Visions in Global Film (cross listed ILVS-0091) [Theory, Non-U.S.]

    0165 TV in the Age of Change (cross listed ILVS-0072, TPS-0121) [Theory, Upper Level]

    0180 Psychoanalysis and Cinema (cross listed ENG-0180) [Theory, Upper Level]

    0186 How Films Think (cross listed ENG-0186) [Theory, Upper Level]

    0194 Special Topics: Media and the Environment [Theory, Upper Level]

    0194 Special Topics: Screening Paranoia [Theory, Upper Level]

  • 0010 Film and Media Production I: The Basics of Visual Storytelling [Practice]

    0012 Producing for Film (cross listed TPS-0151) [Practice]

    0013 Documentary Film: History and Practice [Practice]

    0014 From Script to Screen [Practice]

    0015 Crafting Your Vision: Intermediate Visual Storytelling [Practice]

    0016 Cinematography [Practice]

    0017 Sound in Filmmaking [Practice]

    0018 Storytelling and Film Editing [Practice]

    0019 Experimental Film: From Concept to Practice [Practice]

    0020 Screenwriting I (cross listed TPS-0079) [Practice]

    0021 Screenwriting II  (cross listed TPS-0178) [Practice]

    0022 New Forms of Screen Narrative (cross listed ENG-0012) [Practice]

    0023 TV Writing: Pitch to Script [Practice]

    0024 Acting for the Camera (cross listed TPS-0052) [Practice]

    0025 Costume Design (cross listed TPS-0071) [Practice]

    0026 Dance and the Hollywood Musical (cross listed DNC-0085) [Practice]

    0027 Dance on Camera (cross listed DNC-0077) [Practice]

    0028 Scene Design (cross listed TPS-0070) [Practice]

    0029 The Designer's Eye: History of Style & Decor (cross listed TPS-0031) [Practice]

    0030 Creative Writing: Journalism (cross listed ENG-0007) [Practice]

    0031 Intermediate Journalism  (cross listed ENG-0011, CVS-0041) [Practice]

    0032 PR & Marketing: A History of Theory and Tactics [Practice, Social Science]

    0033 Social Marketing: Theory and Practice [Practice]

    0034 Creating Children's Media (cross listed CSHD-0169) [Practice, Social Science]

    0035 The Art and Business of Crafting Compelling Media Campaigns [Practice]

    0036 AI in Motion: Ethics, Innovation, and Impact in Digital Media Industries [Practice, Theory]

    0037 Online Video Platforms: Algorithms, Content Creation, and Social Impact [Practice]

    0038 Half the History: Finding, Creating, and Amplifying Women’s Historical Stories through Media (cross listed WGSS-0085, TPS, CSHD) [Practice] 

    0051 Storytelling: Radio/Podcasts (cross listed MDIA-0166) [Practice]

    0067 Composition for Film: Film and Multimedia Composition (cross listed MUS-0017) [Practice]

    0094 Special Topics: Seminar: Studies in Film Festivals [Practice, Theory]

    0094 Special Topics: Acting for TV and Film (cross listed TPS-0093) [Practice]

    0094 Special Topics: Costume Design for Film, TV, and New Media  (cross listed TPS-0094) [Practice]

    0094 Special Topics: Solo Dance on Camera (cross listed TPS-0091-80) [Practice]

    0134 Screenwriting III  (cross listed TPS-0179) [Practice]

    0136 Directing for Film (cross listed TPS-0150) [Practice]

    0137 Advanced Documentary Production [Practice, Upper Level]

    0138 Advanced Filmmaking [Practice]

    0139 Independent Filmmaking [Practice]

    0140 Independent Filmmaking-Post Production [Practice]

    0160 Branding Theory and Practice [Practice, Social Science, Upper Level]

    0187 SoundTracks: Studies in Audio-Vision (cross listed MUS-0193) [Practice, Upper Level]

  • 0032 PR & Marketing: A History of Theory and Tactics [Social Science, Practice]

    0034 Creating Children's Media (cross listed CSHD-0169) [Social Science, Practice]

    0041 Cultures of Computing (cross listed ANTH-0136) [Social Science]

    0042 Children and the Mass Media (cross listed CSHD-0167, CVS-0147) [Social Science]

    0043 Media, Culture, and Society (cross listed SOC-0040) [Social Science]

    0045 Media Literacy (cross listed CSHD-0113, CVS-0139, TSC-0022) [Social Science]

    0046 Anthropology of Journalism (cross listed ANTH-0133) [Social Science]

    0047 Media of the Middle East (cross listed ANTH-0144, ILVS-0144) [Social Science, Non-U.S.]

    0048 Visual Anthropology (cross listed ANTH-0135) [Social Science, Theory]

    0094 Special Topics: Ethnographic Film, Video, and Beyond (cross listed ANTH-0039) [Social Science]

    0094 Special Topics: Sociology of Film (cross listed SOC-0094) [Social Science]

    0160 Branding Theory and Practice [Social Science, Practice, Upper Level]

    0161 Digital Dystopias: Hate and Extremism Online (cross listed as SOC-0185) [Social Science, Upper Level]

    0163 Seminar: New Media, New Politics (cross listed PS-0104 & TCS-0104) [Social Science, Upper Level]

    0164 Seminar in Children and the Mass Media (cross listed CSHD-0267) [Social Science, Upper Level]

  • 0047 Media of the Middle East (cross listed ANTH-0144, ILVS-0144) [Non-U.S., Social Science]

    0050 Disney Studios Meets Studio Ghibli (cross listed JPN-0083, ILVS-0078) [Non-U.S.]

    0057 Russian & Eastern European Cinema  (cross listed ILVS-0081) [Non-U.S.]

    0059 World War II on Film (cross listed ILVS-0092) [Non-U.S.]

    0061 French Cinema (cross listed FR-0061) [Non-U.S.]

    0063 Love and War in French Film (cross listed FR-0075) [Non-U.S.]

    0068 From Beijing to Bollywood: Cinema of India and China (cross listed CHNS-0083, ENG-0091, ILVS-0091) [Non-U.S.]

    0069 Latin American Cinema (cross listed HAA-0084) [Non-U.S.]

    0075 World of Japanese Animation: Culture, Cult, and Commerce  (cross listed JPN-0081) [Non-U.S.]

    0076 Arab and Middle Eastern Cinema (cross listed ILVS-0087 & ARB-0057) [Non-U.S.]

    0077 Italian Film (cross listed ITAL-0075) [Non-U.S.]

    0078 Japanese Film (cross listed JPN-0080) [Non-U.S.]

    0079 German Film (cross listed GER-0085) [Non-U.S.]

    0080 Russian Film: Arts, Politics, & Society (cross listed RUS-0080) [Non-U.S.]

    0083 Latinx Theatre and Film (cross listed TPS-0016, LST-0051) [Non-U.S.]

    0084 Jewish Experience On Film (cross listed ILVS-0143, JS-0142, REL-0142) [Non-U.S.]

    0085 Film & Nation: Russia & Central Asia (cross listed ILVS-0086 & RUS-0085 ) [Non-U.S.]

    0086 Classics of World Cinema (cross listed ILVS-0100 & WL-0101) [Non-U.S.]

    0088 Introduction to Chinese Cinema (cross listed CHNS-0080, ILVS-0100) [Non-U.S.]

    0090 Major Japanese Film Directors: The World of Studio Ghibli (cross listed JPN-011) [Non-U.S.]

    0091 New Chinese Cinema (cross listed CHNS-0081, ILVS-0081) [Non-U.S.]

    0094 Special Topics: Imagining Black Europe (cross listed RCD-0094-03, ILVS-0093-03, AFR-0047-01) [Non-U.S.]

    0094 Special Topics: Iranian Cinema and Theatre (cross listed TPS-0094) [Non-U.S.]

    0094 Special Topics: Politics of Middle East Film (cross listed ARB-0092-01) [Non-U.S.]

    0094 Special Topics: Screening Palestine (cross listed ARB-0092) [Non-U.S.]

    0094 Special Topics: The Sonic Middle East (cross listed ARB-0091) [Non-U.S.]

    0094 Special Topics: Third Cinema and its Geographies (cross listed ARB-009) [Non-U.S.]

    0094 Special Topics: Women's Visions in Global Film (cross listed ILVS-0091) [Non-U.S., Theory]

    0169 Latin American Cinema (cross listed FAH-0184) [Non-U.S., Upper Level]

    0175 Visualizing Colonialism (cross listed ARB-0155, ILVS-010, CST-0010) [Non-U.S., Upper Level]

    0178 War & Cultural Memory in Literature and Cinema of Middle East (cross listed ARB-0157, ILVS-0157) [Non-U.S., Upper Level]

    0181 New Latin American Film (cross listed SPN-0151) [Non-U.S]

    0183 Mexican Cinema and Identity (cross listed SPN-0184) [Non-U.S.]

    0194 Special Topics: Film Representation in Latin America (cross listed SPN-0155) [Non-U.S., Upper Level]

  • 0137 Advanced Documentary Production [Upper Level, Practice]

    0160 Branding [Theory, and Practice [Upper Level, Practice, Social Science]

    0161 Digital Dystopia: Hate and Extremism (cross listed as SOC-0185)  [Upper Level, Social Science]

    0163 Seminar: New Media, New Politics (cross listed PS-0104 & TCS-0104) [Upper Level, Social Science]

    0164 Seminar in Children and the Mass Media (cross listed CSHD-0267) [Upper Level, Social Science]

    0165 TV in the Age of Change (cross listed ILVS-0072, TPS-0121) [Upper Level, Theory]

    0169 Latin American Cinema (cross listed FAH-0184) [Upper Level, Non-U.S.]

    0175 Visualizing Colonialism (cross listed ARB-0155, ILVS-010, CST-0010) [Upper Level, Non-U.S.]

    0176 The Horror Film [Upper Level]

    0177 Religion and Film (cross listed REL-0100) [Upper Level]

    0178 War & Cultural Memory in Literature and Cinema of Middle East (cross listed ARB-0157, ILVS-0157) [Upper Level, Non-U.S.]

    0179 Film and the Avant-Garde (cross listed FAH-0159, ILVS-0091) [Upper Level]

    0180 Psychoanalysis and Cinema (cross listed ENG-0180) [Upper Level, Theory]

    0182 Dark Places: Sound in Noir, Horror, and SciFi (cross listed MUS-0194) [Upper Level]

    0184 Film and Modernism (cross listed ILVS, FAH-0150, ENG) [Upper Level]

    0186 How Films Think (cross listed ENG-0186)[Upper Level, Theory]

    0187 SoundTracks: Studies in Audio-Vision (cross listed MUS-0193)  [Upper Level, Practice]

    0194 Special Topics: Media and the Environment [Upper Level, Theory]

    0194 Special Topics: Screening Paranoia [Upper Level, Theory]

    0194 Special Topics: Seminar in English: Political Cinema (cross listed ENG-0191)  [Upper Level]

  • 0062 Imagining the Holocaust on Stage and Screen (cross listed TPS-0025, TPS-0125, JS-0025)

    0064 The Music of John Williams and Star Wars (cross listed MUS-0055)

    0070 Histories of Film, Part One 1895-1955 (cross listed VMS-0010)

    0071 History of Film II: 1955-Present (cross listed VMS-0011)

    0072 Cinematic Cities (cross listed VMS-0105)

    0073 History and Aesthetics in Hitchcock (cross listed VISC-010)

    0074 Neo-Noir and Its Contexts (cross listed VMS-0101)

    0082 Music On Film, Film On Music (cross listed MUS-0056)

    0089 African American Theater and Film (cross listed TPS-0018 & AFR-0048)

    0092 Film Noir and the American Tradition (cross listed ENG-0088)

    0094 Special Topics: Cinema of Apocalypse (cross list JPN-0091, ILVS-0091)

    0094 Special Topics: Directions in Contemporary Film (cross listed VMS-0193)

    0094 Special Topics: Eastern European Cinema (cross listed ILVS-0092, RUS-0092)

    0094 Special Topics: Media Culture Now (cross listed SMFA-0182)

    0094 Special Topics: Migrant Narratives (cross listed ILVS-0092)

    0094 Special Topics: Philosophy of Humor (cross listed PHIL-0091)

    0094 Special Topics: Directions in Contemporary Film (cross listed VMS-0193-04)

    0094 Special Topics: Eastern European Cinema (cross listed ILVS-0092, RUS-0092)

    0095  Creative Careers and Artistic Life Seminar (cross listed TPS-0100)

    0099 FMS Media Internship [counts toward practice degree totals, but not toward the Practice category]
     

  • 0195 Directed Study

    0198-01 Senior Honors Thesis 1/Production Projects

    0198-02 Senior Honors Thesis 1/Written Projects

    0199-01 Senior Honors Thesis 2/Production Projects

    0199-02 Senior Honors Thesis 2/Written Projects