For further work in Cinema and Media Studies, students are also encouraged to investigate other courses taught by the resource faculty.
Film screenings add three to four hours per week to class time for the majority of courses.
Undergradute Course Descriptions, 2000-2001 101. This is the first part of a two-quarter course. The two parts may be taken individually, but taking them in sequence is helpful. The first part introduces basic concepts of film analysis, which are discussed through examples from different national cinemas, genres, and directorial oeuvres. Along with questions of film technique and style, we consider the notion of the cinema as an institution that comprises an industrial system of production, social and aesthetic norms and codes, and particular modes of reception.