P = Prerequisite, R = Recommended, C = Concomitant
I = Fall Semester, II = Spring Semester, S = Summer Session(s)

CMLT C190 An Introduction to Film (3 cr.) Study the nature of film technique, film language, film form, analysis of specific films, and major historical, theoretical, and critical developments in film and film theory from the beginnings of cinema to the present.

CMLT C290 Survey of United States Film History (3 cr.) This survey of United States film history begins with the origins of cinema. In this course, students will develop interpretive skills relevant to the study of film by examining the history of major film developments in the United States. Lectures, readings, and writing assignments will address critical positions on cinema and strategies for understanding and interpreting film form.

CMLT C310 Film Adaptations (3 cr.) This course focuses on both literary analysis and formal film analysis. Study the relationship between the literary and the cinematic version of several texts, and consider the strategies, agendas and pleasures of each version and of the process of adaptation itself.

ENG W250 Writing in Context (3 cr.) P: ENG W131 or equivalent. A course designed to provide a subject-matter context for reading, writing, and research assignments of increasing complexity. Topics of general interests (e.g. autobiography, nature writing, science and society, teacher and child, American business, prison life, etc.) will vary from section to section. Course may be taken twice for credit. I, II

ENG W260 Film Criticism (3 cr.) P: ENG W131 or equivalent. This course surveys the major schools of film criticism and applies these theories to contemporary films. Students may write in the manner of the different critical approaches studied. Schools of film criticism considered may include formalism, auteur theory, genre studies, and feminist film theory.

ENG W302 Screenwriting (3 cr.) P: ENG W131 or equivalent or permission of instructor. A practical course in basic techniques of writing for film. Examine film screenplay structure and analyze the dramatic strategies of films. Learn to use the correct script format, and to creatively engage in the various stages of original dramatic scriptwriting. Covers the essentials of dramatic structure, story development, characterization and theme, scene construction, and dialogue.

GER G370 Introduction to German Film: From Berlin to Hollywood (3 cr.) A survey course on German film that provides an introduction to film techniques, film genres, film history, tools of analysis, and the aesthetic, sociological, political, and philosophical contexts of German film. Readings, lectures, writing assignments and discussions in English, no German required. Course counts for film studies or German.

HIST H225 Special Topics in History (3 cr.) Study and analysis of selected historical issues and problems of limited scope. Topics will vary from semester to semester. May be repeated once for credit.

SPAN S411 Spanish Culture and Civilization (3 cr.) P: SPAN S313 or equivalent. A course to integrate historical, social, political, and cultural information about Spain.