Film and Media Studies

Courses

Course titles listed below are suggestions for fulfilling the general categories required for either concentration. Please note that not all courses listed below are currently offered. Please consult with the Director concerning substitutions. For example:

CONCENTRATION IN FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES.

1) ONE OF 2 CORE COURSES
     Introduction to Media Studies or
     Introduction to Film Studies
2) ONE CLASS IN FILM/MEDIA HISTORY
     Introduction to Film History: Silent Cinema
     Introduction to Film History: Sound Cinema
     Museum Studies
     Documentary and US Culture
     Feminism and Film History
     Documenting Health
3) ONE CLASS IN INTERNATIONAL OR TRANSNATIONAL FILM/MEDIA
     History of French Cinema
     French Film: The New Wave
     Contemporary French Film
     World War II in France
     History of African-American Film
     Italian Cinema
     Anime (Japanese Animation)
     History of Japanese Film
     Nagisa Oshima:Rebel Film
     Japanese New Wave
     Tourist Japan
     Mobsters, Monsters, Swords
     Poland and Central Europe (Political Films)
     Russia Goes to the Movies
     Spanish Film
     Latin American Film
     British Cinema
     New German Cinema
     Avant Garde Film
     Nazi Germany
4) ONE CLASS IN FILM/MEDIA THEORY
     Classical Film Theory
     Modern Film Theory
     Contemporary Film Theory and Cultural Studies
     Topics in Contemporary Art & Criticism
     Feminism and Film Theory
     Theories of Television and the Electronic Arts
     Introductory Digital Art
     Language in Advertising
     Modern European Theory
5 )TWO CLASSES IN FILM/MEDIA ANALYSIS AND CRITICISM POPULAR FILM GENRE
Popular Film Genres
     Visions of Horror:Nosferatu to Urban Primitives
     Monsters, Ghosts, and Aliens
     Genre Film in Japan:Mobsters, Monsters, Swords
     Detective Thriller
     Screen Comedy
     The Western
     Science Fiction
     Film Noir
     The Gangster Film
     The Vampire Film
     The Road Movie
     Sex and Violence
     Race and Gender
     Women in Japanese Film
     Women in Hispanic Film
Studies in A Director
     German Girectors:R.W. Fassbinder
     Hitchock
     Scorcese
     Akira Kurosawa
6) ONE CLASS IN MEDIA PRODUCTION
     Introductory Video and Sound
     Advanced Video and Sound Art
     Issues in Advanced Video and Sound Art: Memory and Documentary
     Script Writing Workshop
     Introductory Digital Art
     Advanced Digital Art
7) FIVE CLASSES IN FILM/MEDIA STUDIES COURSES
     (of which two must be at the 200/300 level)
     Digital Culture
     Reproductive Technology
     Television, Technology, Health and Culture

SPECIAL CONCENTRATION IN MEDIA PRODUCTION.

1) ONE OF TWO CORE CLASSES
     Introduction to Media Studies OR
     Introduction to Film Studies
2) ONE CLASS IN FILM/MEDIA HISTORY
     Introduction to Film History: Silent Cinema
     Introduction to Film History: Sound Cinema
3) ONE CLASS IN INTERNATIONAL OR TRANSNATIONAL FILM/MEDIA
     History of French Cinema
     French Film: The New Wave
     Contemporary French Film
     World War II in France
     History of African-American Films
     Italian Cinema
     Anime (Japanese Animation)
     History of Japanese Film
     Nagisa Oshima:Rebel Film
     Japanese New Wave
     Tourist Japan
     Poland and Central Europe (Political Films)
     Russia Goes to the Movies
     Spanish Film
     Latin American Film
     British Cinema
     New German Cinema
     Avant Garde Film
     Nazi Germany
4) ONE CLASS IN MEDIA THEORY
     Classical Film Theory
     Modern Film Theory: Structuralism and Semiotics
     Contemporary Film Theory and Cultural Studies
     Feminism Film Theory
     Theories of Television and the Electronic Arts
     Introductory Digital Art
     Language in advertising
     Modern European Theory
5) ONE CLASS IN MEDIA HISTORY AND ONE CLASS IN FILM/MEDIA ANALYSIS AND CRITICISM
Popular Film Genres
     Visions of Horror:Nosferatu to Urban Primitives
     Monsters, Ghosts, and Aliens
     Genre Film in Japan:Mobsters, Monsters, Swords
     Detective Thriller
     Screen Comedy
     The Western
     Science Fiction
     Film Noir
     The Gangster Film
     The Vampire Film
     The Road Movie
     Sex and Violence
     Race and Gender
     Women in Japanese Film
     Women in Hispanic Film
Studies in A Director
     Alfred Hitchockor
     Woody Allen
     Martin Scorsese
     Directors in New Japanese Cinema
     Akira Kurosawa
     Nagisa Oshinora:Rebel Film
6) ONE UPPER LEVEL CLASS(200 level or above in a nonproduction area)
7) FIVE CLASSES IN PRODUCTION RELATED AREAS
     Introductory Video and Sound
     Advanced Video and Sound Art
     Issues in Advanced Video and Sound Art: Memory and Documentary
     Script Writing Workshop
     Documentary Scripting and Pre-Production
     Digital Interpretation
     Advanced Digital Art
     The five classes in production related areas may include work in creative writing, theater, photography, and the digital arts as well as media production.

For a complete listing of course titles and descriptions offered by the Film and Media Studies
Program, please click on the following Registrar’s website link

http://listener.uis.rochester.edu/cgi-bin/Registrar/zippy/FMS*

For the listing of offered courses for the current semester please contact the Film and Media Studies Program Office at (585)275-5757 or click to the following Registrar’s website link:
http://listener.uis.rochester.edu/cschd/