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Summer 2012
Summer 1 Session
English 282, Intro to Film
MTWHF 9:50 - 11:40 Shilyh Warren
English 330, Screenwriting
MTWHF 5:30 - 7:25 Cole Russing
Fall 2012
Introduction to Film (ENG 282)
MW 12:25-2:15 pm Andrea Mensch
T 6:00-10:00 pm Tom Wallis
H 6:00 - 10:00 pm Tom Wallis
Introduction to Film (ENG 282Q first year inquiry)
MW 10:15-12:05 pm Andrea Mensch
Writing About Film (ENG 292)
MW 3:00-4:15 Andrea Mensch
Screenwriting (ENG 330)
W 6:00-8:45 pm Mark Millhone
Film Production* (COM 344)
T 6:00-8:45 pm Sarah Stein
Digital Video Production* (COM 357)
TH 10:15-11.30 am Jim Alchediak
History of Film to 1940 (ENG 364/COM 364)
TH 10:15-12:05 Marsha Orgeron
Film and Literature (ENG 382)
MW 3:00-4:50 pm Ora Gelley
Film and the 1980's (ENG 492/IDS 496)
TH 3:00- 4:50 pm Devin Orgeron
Cinema & Nation (European Cinema)(ENG 591)
W 6-10:00 pm Ora Gelley
*permission of instructor required
**limited seats available for film majors--contact your advisor
SPECIFIC COURSE DESCRIPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
Undergraduate Courses
Writing About Film (ENG
292)
This course introduces students to various approaches to
writing about film. The primary focus is on writing film
criticism for non-academic audiences. Course activities
include reading assignments, film screenings, discussions,
in-class writing workshops. Students will compile a portfolio
of film reviews of various lengths.
Introduction to Film (ENG
282)
This course introduces students to the fundamentals of film
analysis, including narrative, visual, and sound techniques.
Through screenings, discussions, exams, and papers, students
develop skills in identifying techniques, using appropriate
film terminology to describe cinematography, mise en scène,
sound, and editing, and constructing sound analyses and
interpretations of films.
Introduction to Film Production
(COM 344)
An introductory film production course. Students will learn
to write, shoot, and edit short films.
Pre-requisite: ENG 330 and/or COM 267 and permission
of instructor.
Film History to 1940 (COM/ENG
364)
A survey of international film history from 1896 to 1940,
including early silent era short films, early narrative
films, the development of the Hollywood studio system, and
the transition to sound.
Film History Since 1940 (COM/ENG
374)
A survey of international film history from 1940 to the
present, including important post World War II movements
such as Italian Neorealism, The French New Wave, Third Cinema,
the Hollywood Renaissance/New Hollywood, and the emergence
of independent film in the 1990s.
African American Cinema
(AFS/ENG 375)
Survey and analysis of African American film culture from
1900-present. Examination of pre-Hollywood, classical Hollywood,
and Independent filmmaking. Particular focus on independent
filmmakers’ response to dominant industry representations
and the work of filmmakerswho seek to create a specifically
African American cinematic style.
Pre-requisite: ENG 101
Women and Film (ENG 378)
This course introduces students to the rich international history of women's participation in the motion picture industry. Students will engage critically with essays about film history, women directors, and feminism.
Film and Literature (ENG
382)
Ways of adapting literary works to film form. Similarities and differences between these two media. Emphasis on the practical art of transforming literature into film. Attention to the impact of film upon literature.
Film Theory (ENG 384)
This course examines critical frameworks related to film
art, the film industry, and film as a social institution
from theorists and filmmakers from Eisenstein, Bazin, Deren,
and Metz to Marxist, psychoanalytic, postmodernist, and
feminist perspectives. Course includes readings and film
screenings that illustrate and challenge theoretical assertions.
Pre-requisite: Introduction to Film
Screenwriting (ENG 330)
A workshop course in screenplay writing. Topics include
the conventions and format of the screenplay, constructing
rounded characters, convincing dialogue, and effective scenes.
Course assignments include short writing exercises as well
as the serious and constructive critique of student work.
Student are expected to complete a draft of an adapted or
original screenplay by the end of the semester.
Pre-requisite: 6 hours in film and/or creative writing
Film Styles and Genres
(ENG 492 and IDS 496)
A topics course with varied offerings every semester, which
has included subjects such as: Contemporary American Directors,
the Horror Film, Film and the Holocaust, Kubrick and Altman,
Hitchcock and Truffaut, Film and Spirituality, Subversive
Cinema, and the International Crime Film. Often this course
is cross-listed with IDS 496 because of its interdisciplinary
subject matter.
See TRACS for the topics offered in the current semester.
Film and Interdisciplinary
Studies (IDS
496)
See English 492.
Graduate Courses
English 585: Graduate Topics
in Film
Rotating topics course in film studies at the graduate level.
Courses have included Feminist Film Theory, the Hollywood
Studio System, and the Biopic.
English 587: Film and Visual
Theory
Graduate course in theories of visuality (including philosophy,
cognitive science, communication and media studies, and
ideological theory) in relation to film and film studies.
English 591: Studies in
National Cinemas
Graduate level course in topics such as Realism in International
Cinema, Ireland in Film and Literature, and British Cinema.
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