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CAMS 330 Cinema Studies Seminar 6 credits
The purpose of this seminar is guide students in developing and consolidating their conceptual understanding of theories central to the field of cinema studies. Emphasis is on close reading and discussion of classical and contemporary theories ranging from Eisenstein, Kracauer, Balazs, Bazin and Barthes to theories of authorship, genre and ideology and trends in contemporary theory influenced by psychoanalysis, phenomenology and cognitive studies.
- Fall 2024
- LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): CAMS 110 – Intro to Cinema and Media Studies with a grade of C- or better.
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CAMS 340 Television Studies Seminar 6 credits
This seminar aims to develop students into savvy critical theorists of television, knowledgeable about the field, and capable of challenging previous scholarship to invent new paradigms. The first half of the course surveys texts foundational to television studies while the second half focuses primarily on television theory and criticism produced over the last two decades. Television Studies covers a spectrum of approaches to thinking and writing critically about television, including: semiotics; ideological critique; cultural studies; genre and narrative theories; audience studies; production studies; and scholarship positioning post-network television within the contexts of media convergence and digital media.
Not offered in 2024-25
- LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis
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Student has completed any of the following course(s): CAMS 110 – Intro to Cinema and Media Studies with a grade of C- or better.