
ART OF FILM (H1FMS001)
This cluster acquaints students with basic techniques of film analysis and with the development of cinema as an art form and a technology.
Required:
- FMS 132/ENG 117: Introduction to the Art of Film
Choose 2 courses selected from 2 of the following categories:
FILM HISTORY
- FMS 247/ENG 255: Film History: Early Cinema
- FMS 248/ENG 256: Film History: 1929-1959
- FMS 249/ENG 257: Film History: 1959-Present
- FMS 251/ENG 260: Films of the 30's
FILM THEORY
- FMS 202/LIN 105: Language in Advertising
- FMS 223/ANT 225: The Social Uses of Media: Anthropological Perspectives in Media in Global and Local Contexts
- FMS 224/ENG 280: Hypertext Writing
- FMS 226/ENG 265: Documentary, Mock Documentary, & Reality TV
- FMS 243/JPN 207: Film as Object
- FMS 302/AH 350: Topics in Contemporary Art and Criticism
FILM GENRES
- FMS 232/ENG 259: The Horror Film
- FMS 237/ENG 259: Film Genres-Film Noir
- FMS 238/ENG 259: Film Genres-The Gangster Film
- FMS 239/ENG 259: Vampires in Popular Film
DIRECTORS
- FMS 264/AH 205: Representing Differences: Yvonne Rainer-Dance, Performance and Film
- FMS 265/ENG 264: Studies in a Director: Hitchcock
- FMS 268/ENG 264: The Films of Martin Scorsese
- FMS 269/ENG 264: Studies in a Director: De Palma
- FMS 270/AH 211: The Films of Jean-Luc Godard
FILM HISTORY (H1FMS003)
This cluster allows the student to explore the general evolution of cinematic form, while encouraging more specific historical focus on a tradition, a genre, or a region
Choose One or Two of the Following:
- FMS 247/ENG 255: Film History: Early Cinema
- FMS 248/ENG 256: Film History: 1929-1959
- FMS 249/ENG 257: Film History: 1959-Present
Choose Any One or Two of the Following:
- FMS 292/FR 281: History of French Cinema
- FMS 297/JPN 283: History of Japanese Cinema
- FMS 251/ENG 260: Films of the 30's
MEDIA STUDIES (H1FMS002)
This cluster focuses on the history, theory, and analysis of visual and electronic media and the cultures they help produce.
Required:
- FMS 131/ENG 118: Introduction to Media Studies
Choose Two of the Following:
- FMS 223/ANT 225: The Social Uses of Media: Anthropological Perspectives on Media in Global and Local Contexts
- FMS 224/ENG 280: Hypertext Writing
- FMS 225/ENG 283: Media ABC
- FMS 226/ENG 265: Documentary, Mock Documentary & Reality TV
- FMS 227/ENG 263: The Poetics of Television
- FMS 228/ENG 267: Topics in Media Studies
- FMS 229/CLT 101Z: Power of Popular Culture
PRODUCTION (H1FMS006)
This cluster is designed for the student whose primary interests and goals lie studio work - film or video production, photography or computer graphics. Students may combine a specialization in one medium with training in an allied medium, or in critical approaches to their chosen medium.
Choose Two or Three of the Following:
- FMS 161/SA 161: Introductory Video and Sound
- FMS 256/SA 252: Advanced Digital Art
- FMS 257/SA 262: Advanced Video and Sound Art
- FMS 258/SA 263: 3D Digital Time-Based Media
- FMS 260: Screen Writing Workshop
- SA 253: Issues in Advanced Digital Art
You May Also Choose One of the Following:
- AH 130: History of Photography
- FMS 131/ENG 118: Introduction to Media Studies
- FMS 132/ENG 117: Introduction to the Art of Film
- SA 141: Photography I
- SA 151: Introductory Digital Art
- SA 242: Advanced Photography
- SA 243: Issues in Advanced Photography
- SA 244: Advanced Photo Digital Art
- AH 100: Introduction to Visual and Cultural Studies
INTERNATIONAL CINEMAS (H1FMS012)
This cluster encourages a study of national cinemas in a comparative framework.
Students Must Choose One of the Following:
- FMS 132/ENG 117: Introduction to the Art of Film
- FMS 247/ENG 255: Film History: Early Cinema
- FMS 248/ENG 256: Film History: 1929-1959
- FMS 249/ENG 257: Film History: 1959-Present
Choose Two of the Following, Each From a Different Tradition:
- FMS 278/SP 287: Studies in a National Cinema: Latin American Film
- FMS 278/SP 287A: Studies in a National Cinema: Mexican Film
- FMS 280/FR 284: Studies in a National Cinema: Afro-Caribbean - Filming and Writing Postcolonial Women
- FMS 281/SP 288: Studies in a National Cinema: Spanish Film
- FMS 282/SP 289: Studies in a National Cinema: Women in Hispanic Film
- FMS 284/RUS 267: Studies in a National Cinema: Russia Goes to The Movies
- FMS 288/GER 283: Studies in a National Cinema: Germany - Cinema and Revolution-The West German Avant-garde
- FMS 289/GER 285: Studies in a National Cinema: Germany - Men of Marble, Women of Steel
- FMS 290/GER 288: Studies in a National Cinema: Germany- Mothers, Comrades, and Whores - Women in Post-War German Cinema
- FMS 291/AH 283: Studies in a National Cinema: Contemporary French Cinema
- FMS 292/FR 281: Studies in a National Cinema: History of French Cinema
- FMS 294/ENG 262: Studies in a National Cinema: Chinese Cinema
- FMS 295/ENG 250: Studies in a National Cinema: Asian American Literature and Film
- FMS 297/JPN 283: Studies in a National Cinema: History of Japanese Cinema
- FMS 298/JPN 214: Studies in a National Cinema: Japan - Atomic Creatures-Godzilla


