Students who wish to declare will be majoring in
Cinema and Digital Media from now on. See
complete details about the major here, including the major
checklist PDF, which lists all courses in
the major. Cinema and Digital Media courses are
currently designated with the letters CTS. Also please see
TCS and
FMS courses for additional
course descriptions.
Lecture—3 hour(s); Extensive Writing/Discussion—1
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): TCS 001 or ENL 003 or STS
001; or equivalent of these courses. Critical approaches to
the study of video games, focusing on formal, historical, and
cultural modes of analysis. History of software and hardware in
North American and global contexts. Relations of games to
society, politics, economics, literature, media, and the
arts. (Same course as STS 172, ENL 172.) GE
credit: ACGH, AH, SS, VL. Effective:
2014 Fall Quarter.
Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; film viewing—3 hours.
Analysis of film form and narrative, including cinematography,
editing, and sound. Issues in film studies, including authorship,
stardom, race, gender, class, and cultural identity. Includes
introduction to selected cinematic movements and national film
traditions. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH, OL, VL, WC, WE.
Lecture-2 hour(s); Discussion-1 hour(s); Film Viewing-3 hour(s).
History of representations of vampires and horror generally from
the 19th-21st centuries. Emphasis on transnational history of the
horror genre; psychologies of horror effects; issues of race,
gender, and class; intersections with prejudice, medicine,
modernity. (Same course as GER 045.) GE credit: ACGH, AH, DD, OL,
VL, WC, WE.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): FMS 001. Exploration of
representations of Italian-American identity in American (U.S.)
cinema. Analysis of both Hollywood and independently produced
films, especially as they represent ethnicity, gender, and social
class of Italian Americans. Not open for credit to students
who have taken HUM 120. GE
credit: ACGH, AH, DD, OL, VL, WC, WE. Effective:
2012 Fall Quarter.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): FMS 001; and upper division
standing, or consent of instructor. Italian cinema of the
21st century in the context of profound cultural and social
changes in Italy since World War II. Productions by
representative directors such as Amelio, Giordana, Moretti,
Muccino are included. Knowledge of Italian not required. GE
credit: AH, OL, VL, WC, WE. Effective:
2012 Fall Quarter.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Discussion/Laboratory—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): CDM 001 or CDM 002
recommended. Special topics in cinema & digital
media. May be repeated up to 2 time(s) when topic
differs. GE
credit: AH, VL, WE. Effective: 2019 Fall
Quarter.
German filmmakers of the 1960s-1980s such as Fassbinder, Herzog,
Syberberg, Brückner, Schlöndorf, Kluge, Wenders. Knowledge of
German not required. May be repeated for credit with consent of
instructor.
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Film Viewing—3
hour(s). Prerequisite(s): HUM 001. German Weimar
(1919-1933) cinema. Fritz Lang, F.W. Murnau, and G.W. Pabst among
others. Influence on world-wide (esp. Hollywood) film genres such
as film noir, horror, science fiction, and melodrama. Not
open for credit to students who have taken HUM 176.GE
credit: AH, OL, VL, WC, WE. Effective:
2012 Fall Quarter.
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; film viewing—3 hours. Prerequisite:
course 1, upper division standing, or consent of instructor.
Group study of a special topic in film, focusing on a national
tradition, a major filmmaker, or a specific era. May be repeated
three times for credit. GE credit: ArtHum, Wrt | AH,
OL, VL, WE. —F, S. (F, S.) Clover, Constable, Fisher,
Heyer-Caput, Lu, Simmon, Smoodin
Variable—1-5 hours; independent study—3-15 hours. Prerequisite:
senior standing; GPA of at least 3.500; consent of instructor.
Guided research on a topic in Film Studies in preparation for the
writing of an honors thesis in course 195H or the creation of an
honors project in course 196H. May be repeated two times for
credit. (P/NP grading only.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Evolution of media
technologies and practices beginning in the 19th Century as they
relate to contemporary digital arts practices. Special focus on
the reconstruction of the social and artistic possibilities of
lost and obsolete media technologies. GE
credit: AH, SE, VL, WE. Effective: 2012
Fall Quarter.
Seminar—1 hour(s). Workshops in technocultural digital
skills; Topics in Digital Production. May be repeated for
credit. GE credit: VL. Effective: 2012 Fall
Quarter.
Lecture/discussion—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Experimental
approaches to the making of film and video in the age of digital
technologies. Opportunities for independent producers arising
from new media. Instruction in technical, conceptual and creative
skills for taking a project from idea to fruition. GE credit: VL
Continuation of course 100 with further exploration of digital
cinema creation. Additional topics include new modes of
distribution, streaming, installation and exhibition.
Cinema and Digital Media Major course offerings for the
2023-2024
academic year. To see course descriptions, use the menu at left
to view them on our site, or use our link to the general
catalog, at right.
Use the Registrar’s Course Search Tool to see times, dates, and
locations for each course and to plan your schedule.
