2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Offerings
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FP 497D - Production Design Senior Thesis Workshop I
Prerequisites, FP 336 , senior standing, consent of instructor, and film production major, or production design for film minor. The first semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FP 497E - Sound Design Senior Thesis Workshop I
Prerequisites, FP 333 , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The first semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FP 498A - Cinematography Senior Thesis Workshop II
Prerequisites, FP 497A , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The second semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. The second semester includes completing a professional caliber motion picture project and premiering the completed work in a public screening. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 498B - Directing Senior Thesis Workshop II
Prerequisites, FP 497B with a B- or better, senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The second semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. The second semester includes completing a professional caliber motion picture project and premiering the completed work in a public screening. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 498C - Editing Senior Thesis Workshop II
Prerequisites, FP 497C , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The second semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. The second semester includes completing a professional caliber motion picture project and premiering the completed work in a public screening. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 498D - Production Design Senior Thesis Workshop II
Prerequisites, FP 497D , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The second semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. The second semester includes completing a professional caliber motion picture project and premiering the completed work in a public screening. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Letter grade. Fee: $1,000. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 498E - Sound Design Senior Thesis Workshop II
Prerequisites, FP 497E , senior standing, film production major, consent of instructor. The second semester of an advanced two-semester course in which each student performs in a key creative crew position in the completion of a finished motion picture project. The second semester includes completing a professional caliber motion picture project and premiering the completed work in a public screening. This course includes a laboratory component held at a different time. Fee: $1,000. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FP 499 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students must have an overall grade point average of at least 3.0 to enroll. Designed to meet specific interests which are not provided for by regular curriculum offerings. May be repeated for credit. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) ½-3 credits
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FS 241 - Film Analysis, Lecture and Laboratory
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , sophomore standing, film studies major. This course introduces film studies majors to various theoretical and analytical approaches for the study of film and media. Specific attention is given to the critique of film and televisual form and content in its various social and cultural contexts, in order to develop critical thinking and writing skills. This course prepares students for their upper division film studies classes in their junior and senior year. This course has required lab and lecture components held at different times. Letter grade. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FS 244 - History of Film to 1959, Lecture and Laboratory
The history of film as an art form, industry, and cultural phenomenon, from the postwar Neorealist movement to the state of contemporary art and practice. Open to non-majors. This course includes a lecture and required laboratory component held at different times. Letter grade. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FS 245 - History of Film 1960 - Present, Lecture and Laboratory
Prerequisite, FS 244 . The history of film as an art form, industry, and cultural phenomenon, from post war film movements to the present. Open to non-majors. This course includes a lecture and required laboratory component held at different times. Letter grade. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FS 291 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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FS 299 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, freshman or sophomore standing only and consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students may only count 6 credits of individual study credit towards any degree in Dodge College. This includes any combination of FS 299, FS 399 , or FS 499 . May be repeated for credit. Fee: varies. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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FS 342 - Film Genre and Auteur Studies
An intensive study of one film genre, with a different genre covered in each course offering. Open to non-majors. Letter grade. May be repeated in a different genre. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FS 342A - Film Noir
An exploration of the crime films of the 1940s and 1950s, called “black” by French critics because of their violent, nihilistic content, and distinctive style of extreme-angled, deep-focus cinematography and shadowy low-key lighting. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342B - The Horror Film
Beginning with Thomas Edison’s Frankenstein (1910), this course examines such influential movements as German Expressionism, the Val Lewton horror films of the 1940s, sci-fi hybrids of the 1950s, the ‘slasher’ horror of the 1970s, and the recent wave of Asian horror films and their Hollywood remakes. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342C - The Musical
Intensive study of the history and aesthetics of the movie musical form its stage roots and cinematic birth coinciding with the coming of sound film through the waning of the genre’s popularity during the decline of the Hollywood studio system and the many attempts since then to revive the form. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342D - The Science Fiction Film
A study of cinematic science fiction from George Melies’ A Trip to the Moon (1902) through contemporary films such as The Matrix. Emphasis is placed on certain developments, such as the alien invasion pictures of the 1950s and the dystopian cycle exemplified by Blade Runner. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342E - Screwball Comedy
This classic film genre of the 1930s and ‘40s is examined in terms of its reflection of certain cultural changes such as the emergence of the independent ‘New Woman,’ the rising divorce rate, and the notion of equality of the sexes. Emphasis is placed on key directors within the form: Leo McCarey, Frank Capra, Preston Sturges. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342F - The Animated Film
From Winsor McCay’s Gertie the Dinosaur (1906) through Disney, Pixar, and the rise of anime, this course examines the history and development of one of the most popular and groundbreaking of contemporary genres. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342G - The Western
Provides an overview of the oldest and most enduring of Hollywood genres exploring the mythology of the genre as well as its historical origins, with an emphasis on the impact of such classic film directors as John Ford, and Anthony Mann, and on the many waves of “revisionist” westerns in the past forty years. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342H - The Melodrama
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Students examine the history, developments and transformation within melodrama across national and global cinemas to explore diverse stories that are told through various representations of emotion. Melodrama is a fluid and potent vehicle for genre and cultural expression that has used a wide range of formal aesthetics to create powerful expressive and affective visual experience. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342J - The Gangster Film
A study of the history and impact of this most American of film genres, which was “ripped from the headlines” of newspaper accounts of the violent exploits of Al Capone, John Dillinger, and Bonnie and Clyde. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 342K - Latinx Films and Filmmakers
This course is an intensive study of the history and aesthetics of latino/a films and filmmakers, with specific filmmakers, regions or nations covered with each course offering. The course will examine representative films from any of the following major periods: silent cinema (1890s-1930s), studio/golden age cinema (1930s-1950s), Neorealism/Art Cinema (1950s), the New Latin American Waves Cinema (1960s-1980s), and contemporary global cinema (1990s through the twenty-first century). Some sections of FS 342K and 542K share the same lectures and meet together. May be repeated for credit. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FS 353 - Korean Cinema Today
This course highlights the current trends in Korean cinema by exploring a variety of contemporary films. Through screenings, class discussion, Q&A with invited filmmakers as well as an optional trip to Busan International Film Festival, students will gain first-hand familiarity with Korean films, film industry and culture. May be repeated for credit when a different topic is studied. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits
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FS 388 - Producing the Undergraduate Film Journal
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students experience the real world publication process of an undergraduate film journal, Film Matters. Students participate in the practice of editorship, involving (as needed) creation of journal policy and protocol, devise calls for issues and/or papers; solicit and review content from peers throughout the world. This class emphasizes diverse topics mindful of biases and neglected areas within the discipline. Letter grade. This course may be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 399 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, junior standing, consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students may only count 6 credits of individual study credit towards any degree in Dodge College. This includes any combination of FS 299 , FS 399, FS 499 . May be repeated for credit. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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FS 443 - Advanced Topics in World Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors, and minors have enrollment priority. A concentrated study of the cinema of one nation or region. Films are studied within their historical and cultural context. Open to non-majors. May be repeated for credit in a different topic. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FS 443A - Asian Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors have enrollment priority. A survey of Asian film with emphasis on film as a reflection of culture. The cinema of India, China, and Japan, the countries with the largest film industries will be featured. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 443B - British Films
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors will have enrollment priority. This course will cover the major areas of British Film, including: ‘British Heritage’ films, British Cinema of the 1990s, plus influential directors. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 443C - French Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors will have enrollment priority. An examination of the French film industry and its most influential movements, from “poetic realism” to the “New Wave” and the “cinéma du look.” (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 443D - Mexican Film
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors will have enrollment priority. A historical survey of Mexican cinema with an emphasis on film as a reflection of culture. The course will examine films produced in Mexico and films made by Mexicans in the United States. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 443E - German Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors will have enrollment priority. An examination of the German film industry and its most influential movements, from “Weimar Cinema” to the “New German Cinema” and beyond. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 443F - Italian Cinema: Politics, Art, and Industry
(Same as ITAL 341 .) This course is a survey of the history of Italian cinema. We will study how cinema has embodied Italian collective consciousness and identity and how it has evolved artistically at different moments in the 20th century. Particular attention will be given to Italian cinema’s relationship with other national cinemas and Hollywood. We will read about and screen some of the most representational and influential films by directors such as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini, Antonioni, Pasolini, Leone, Bertolucci and others. Among the topics discussed are: the birth of Italian cinema, silent cinema, cinema during Fascism, the aesthetic and ethical heritage of Neorealism, auteur cinema, collaboration practices, existential and abstract cinema, comedy Italian style, the advent of TV and the new genres of the 60s and 70s, and recent trends. Taught in English. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 443G - Australian Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . This course examines the way in which ‘Australian identity’ is cinematically represented as a fictional construct and an industrial product. It will consider issues such as cultural difference and the effects of globalization on the imagining and imaging of a ‘national’ community. Some sections may be taught with FS 543. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 443H - Survey of European Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Students will be introduced to the key films of European cinema and analyze them within historical, social and aesthetic contexts. Emphasis will be placed on transnational, global and multicultural perspectives. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 443I - East Asian Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . This course examines cinematic traditions from the region of East Asia by analyzing films from Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan. The course focuses on a historical mode of textual analysis placing each film within larger historical, social, and cultural contexts of its production. Some sections may share course lectures with FS 543. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 443K - Korean Cinema Today
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , FS 244 , FS 245 . This course highlights the current trends in Korean cinema by exploring a variety of contemporary films. Through screenings, class discussion, and Q&A with invited filmmakers, students will gain first-hand familiarity with Korean films, film industry and culture. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered fall semester, alternate years.) 3 credits
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FS 444 - Advanced Topics in Film and Media Studies
Prerequisites, FTV 140 and FS 244 or FS 245 . DCFMA film studies majors and minors have enrollment priority. An in-depth study of a particular aspect of film history and aesthetics. Open to non-majors. Letter grade. Repeatable for credit if the topic is different. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FS 444A - Black Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 and FS 244 or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors have enrollment priority. A critical, historical analysis of Black Cinema through lecture, discussion, and viewing of films and film excerpts. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444B - New Hollywood Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors have enrollment priority. Focuses on the rise of the New Hollywood, covering the influence of European directors on the ‘movie brats,’ the emergence of the contemporary blockbuster, the role of advertising and film reviews in promoting films, the significance of box office figures, and the economics of packaging and deal-making. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444C - Queer Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , junior standing and FS 244 or FS 245 . This course examines the relationship among film, gender and sexuality. Topics covered may include cinematic representations of gender and sexuality, LGBTQ issues in film, feminist film theory, censorship, transgression, screening the body, psychoanalysis and cinema. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444D - Hollywood Auteurs
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors have enrollment priority. A study of the concept of the film “auteur” and the way it has been applied to Hollywood filmmakers from the classical period (1917-1960) through the evolution of this concept into a marketing category in contemporary Hollywood. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444E - Independent American Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors have enrollment priority. Examines independent film movements in North American cinema with an emphasis on the ‘independent revival’ from the 1980s onwards. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444F - Women in Film
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors have enrollment priority. A survey of the on- and off-screen roles women have played in film and television, and an examination of how these roles have changed to reflect the changing status of women in society. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444G - Films about the Holocaust
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors have enrollment priority. Traces the history of the Holocaust on film focusing on the cinematic art’s contribution to our understanding of the greatest tragedy of the 20th century. The course will cover both non-fiction and fiction films and will attempt to survey all styles of filmmaking as they pertain to the Holocaust. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444H - Film Censorship
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors will have enrollment priority. This course investigates the cultural, industrial, and social factors that provided the genesis of Hollywood self-industry censorship during what has been coined its “Pre-Code” era. We begin in the 1920s by studying the formation of the Motion Picture Producers and Directors Association (MPPDA), to the Studio Relations Committee’s monitoring of early sound films in the early 1930s, until the strict enforcement of the film industry’s “Production Code” in 1934, and then analyze its effects/aftermath. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444I - The History and Aesthetics of Stereoscopic Cinema
Prerequisite, DCFMA major. This course will explore the history and aesthetics of stereoscopic 3-D cinema through readings, screenings, lectures, classroom discussions and written assignments. Though stereoscopic imagery can be found in a variety of media, including photography, comic books, theme parks and video games, this course engages specifically with stereoscopic cinema within the tradition of the Hollywood narrative feature film. The course follows a largely chronological trajectory from the pre-cinema era before 1895 to the digital present, tracing the technological, industrial and aesthetic issues that have shaped the production, exhibition and reception of stereoscopic cinema at various points along the way. In many ways, the history of stereoscopic cinema represents a parallel, shadow history to mainstream cinema, one that can help throw the embedded assumptions and naturalized practices of monocular film culture into relief, as it were. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444J - Screened Violence
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Film studies majors and minors will have enrollment priority. Violent images have often been blamed for violent actions. This course examines the consequence of violence on screen (film, tv, gaming) in both in its explicit and implicit forms. Screen examples will include themes of vengeance, transgression and cruelty, as much as it includes latent violence on gender, sexuality, racial identity and ability. The examples will be drawn from a range of cinemas and sources to expand the inquiry of what constitutes violence and how violence can result from ill-considered representation. Some sections of this course may be taught with FS 544. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444K - The Hollywood Studio System
Prerequisites, FTV 140 and FS 244 or FS 245 . This course provides a survey of American cinema using the Hollywood studio system as its case study during its zenith in the 1930s and 40s, when cinema was the “mass medium” of the Twentieth Century and the majority of film production took place in Los Angeles (better known as “Hollywood”). The goal of this course is to historically contextualize the key studios of what has been called “The Golden Age” of “classical Hollywood” in terms of their aesthetic, cultural, industrial, social, and technological significances. In sum, students will identify and scrutinize the varying “house styles” of the major studios through studying the production choices, management style, and talent at each studio. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444M - Italian American Cinema
(Same as ITAL 387 .) 3 credits
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FS 444N - Postwar U.S. Cinema
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , and FS 244 , or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors will have enrollment priority. This course provides a survey of American cinema focused on the decade of the 1950s, which witnessed tremendous economic and social changes that in turn impacted the style of Hollywood films. In doing so, we will historically contextualize this decade in terms of its aesthetic, cultural, industrial, social, and technological attributes, including the rise of television in Hollywood and in response, the emergence of new film technologies like 3-D, Cinemascope, and stereoscopic sound in film; the major stars and genres of the decade that reflected dominant gender ideologies of the period (the “office company man,” “blonde bombshell,” domestic homemaker, the teen rebel, etc); the rise of “teenagers” as a social (and marketable!) demographic; the Cold war political climate (McCarthyism and the ensuing Blacklist in Hollywood; and the end of the “studio system” that caused changes in production (Hollywood productions abroad, freelancing). We will also consider historical revisionism of the decade through select contemporary Hollywood films and television and consider how the present frames the past. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444O - Film, Gender and Sexuality
Prerequisites, FTV 140 and FS 244 or FS 245 . DCFMA film studies majors and minors have enrollment priority. This course examines the relationships among film, gender, and sexuality. Topics covered may include cinematic representations of gender and sexuality, LGBTQ issues in film, feminist film theory, censorship, transgression, screening the body, psychoanalysis and cinema. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444P - Emerging Digital Media
Prerequisites, FTV 140 and FS 244 or FS 245 . Priority enrollment for film studies majors and minors. Following the widespread digitization of visual technologies in the 1990s and the increased use of mobile and interactive communication technologies in the 2000s, contemporary culture is currently riding a wave of emerging media technologies. Without a single unifying definition, what is called “emerging media” determines not only the way people communicate but also implies a cultural practice - a “participatory culture” characterizing the definitions of “digital” and “always on” lifestyle. Profoundly immersed in the communication practices and digital aesthetics informed by the emerging media, individuals are not only reconfiguring their own identities, sensory and cognitive references, but also restructuring the infrastructures of socio-economic, cultural, and political institutions. This course examines emerging media technologies and their effects on identities and subjectivities, senses and perception, as well as cultures and environment in the broadest sense. Students will explore how aesthetics and practices of interactivity and immersion figure in different emerging media platforms. And last, but not least, the course considers how do emerging media require society to redefine the way people create, tell, and produce stories will therefore engage emerging media both theoretically and practically. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 444Q - Screen Decades
Prerequisites, FTV 140 and FS 244 or FS 245 . Dodge College film studies majors and minors have enrollment priority. This course examines American and/or a sampling of International cinema by specific decade (corresponding to the selection by the course instructor), with attention paid to both developments within popular filmmaking and film’s relation to historical context. Screenings and discussion will address Hollywood’s engagement with the popular culture of the period, regulations and politics, stardom, publicity, and the various film genre cycles or styles that emerged during the era. In addition to Hollywood production, the course may also consider documentary filmmaking, Art cinema, race and gender, spectatorship, and/or experimental film. Letter grade. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FS 445 - Film Theory and Criticism, Lecture and Laboratory
Prerequisites, FS 241 , FS 245 and film studies major, or minor. This course analyzes film through classical theories developed by such formalists as Sergei Eisenstein and Rudolf Arnheim, and realists such as Andre Bazin and Siegfried Kracauer. It also explores modern film theories informed by structuralism, semiotics, psychoanalysis, narratology, et.al. in order to help students gain an understanding of individual films, widespread filmmaking practices, important film movements, and the cultural impact of cinema. This course includes a lecture and required laboratory component held at different times. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FS 455 - The Practices of Writing about Film
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , FS 244 , FS 245 and film studies major or minor. This course explores the different professional applications of film studies, from the practice of film reviewing to the preparation and planning of film festivals and public programming. Students learn writing techniques specific to film criticism and study the various film histories and critical approaches of film critics past and present, as well as considering the social and cultural issues involved in professional film journalism. Letter grade. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FS 491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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FS 498 - Film and Media Studies Capstone Seminar
Prerequisites, FTV 140 , FS 244 , FS 245 , FS 445 , senior standing, film studies major and FS 443 or FS 444 . This course is designed for advance study for film studies majors in their senior year that emulates a small, graduate seminar experience so that the students can write a longer term paper with detailed feedback and guidance from their professor. This class culminates the film studies degree, drawing upon their critical analysis and primary research skills in their semester long research project. The course subject will revolve each year depending on which faculty member teaches the class, who will bring their unique research expertise to design the class. Letter grade. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FS 499 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Individual research and projects. Students must have an overall grade point average of at least 3.0 to enroll. Designed to meet specific interests which are not provided for by regular curriculum offerings. May be repeated for credit. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) ½-3 credits
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FTV 317 - Unsung Stories and New Expressions
(Same as HUM 317 .) 3 credits
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FIN 207 - Personal Finance
Prerequisite, quantitative inquiry course. This course addresses the major personal financial planning issues that individuals and households face. Topics include establishing savings goals, using banking, credit, and other financial services, tax and estate planning, making good investment decisions, and comparing insurance products. Cannot be used to fulfill major requirements. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FIN 307 - The Financial System
Prerequisites, ECON 200 , ECON 201 and MGSC 209 or MATH 203 . Financial intermediation and institutions, central banking, financial markets, and monetary economics. The impact of fiscal and monetary policy on interest rates. Provides a background for understanding financial structure and capital markets for business majors. Letter grade. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FIN 312 - Financial Reporting and Statement Analysis
(Same as ACTG 312 .) 3 credits
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FIN 317 - Financial Management
Prerequisites, ACTG 210 , ECON 200 , ECON 201 and MGSC 209 or MATH 203 and MATH 109 or MATH 110 . Principles governing the financial management of corporations with emphasis on the role of the financial manager; current asset management; financial structure; analysis of financial statements; evaluation of short-term and long-term funding sources; cost of capital and capital budgeting; evaluation of dividend policy; and financial forecasting. Letter grade. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FIN 327 - Intermediate Financial Management
Prerequisite, FIN 317 . Financial ratio analysis; breakeven analysis; management of cash, marketable securities, inventory and accounts receivable; portfolio theory; dividend policy; mergers and acquisitions; capital budgeting, and international finance. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FIN 400 - A Walk Down Wall Street
Prerequisites, FIN 317 , consent of instructor. An examination of the practical operation of financial markets and the functions of the major players within the markets. The class will visit New York City for one week and will seek to tour the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Marketsite, and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Meetings will be scheduled with a variety of firms selected from investment banks, money managers, and financial information providers. Fee: TBD (Offered interterm.) 3 credits
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FIN 410 - International Financial Management
Prerequisite, FIN 317 . Application of principles of international financial management. Topics include foreign exchange markets, risk management, problems unique to international operations, international sources and uses of funds, long-term assets and liability management, capital budgeting and corporate financial strategy in an international context. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FIN 421 - Investments
Prerequisite, FIN 317 . Investment principles and practices with emphasis on the individual investor. The evaluation, selection, and management of securities; investment principles; trading methods and valuation; different types of investments and savings; portfolio theory; sources of investment information, and interpretation of financial statements. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FIN 431 - Portfolio Management and Analysis
Prerequisite, FIN 421 , with minimum grade of B, or consent of instructor. The course will focus on the application of financial theory to the issues and problems of security analysis and portfolio management. Topics will include the selection of equity securities and portfolios to meet investment objectives and the measurement of portfolio performance. The course will build upon the analytical skills developed in FIN 421 . Students in this course oversee the student managed investment fund. (Offered every year.) 3 credits
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FIN 435 - Financing Entrepreneurial Enterprises
Prerequisite, FIN 317 . In-depth examination of financial issues of particular importance to entrepreneurs. Topics include estimating capital requirements and risk, identifying and evaluating sources of capital, and liquidity events. Issues associated with structuring partnership arrangements and other alliances will also be discussed. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FIN 442 - Fixed Income and Derivative Securities
Prerequisite, FIN 421 with a grade of “B” or higher. This course focuses on pricing, risk management and institutional issues in the fixed income and derivative markets. Topics include bond sectors, yield spreads, swaps, arbitrage-free valuation, forward rate and term structure theories, futures pricing, option payoffs and strategies, option pricing models, option sensitivities and hedging. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FIN 496 - Special Topics in Finance
Prerequisite, FIN 317 . In-depth study of a specific area, content of course changes every semester. May be repeated once. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FIN 499 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, approval of petition. For students who wish to pursue a special area of study not included in the curriculum. Maximum of 6 credits. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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First-Year Foundations |
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FFC 100A - First Year Foundations
Prerequisite, first-year students in Argyros School or Attallah College or Crean College or Dodge College (except creative producing or film production or screenwriting major) or College of Performing Arts or School of Communication or undeclared majors. This course engages students in interdisciplinary, university-level critical inquiry and reflection. The FFC course focuses more on critical engagement, exploration, and communication related to complex issues than on mastering a body of material. The section topics vary, and students select a topic according to their academic and personal interests. Some sections of this course may allow students with more than 30 credits earned to enroll. Letter grade. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FFC 100B - First Year Foundations: Grand Challenges in Science and Engineering
Prerequisite, first-year students in Fowler School of Engineering or Schmid College have priority enrollment. Some seats may be available to students from other schools and colleges. This course engages students in interdisciplinary, university-level critical inquiry and reflection. The FFC course focuses more on critical engagement, exploration, and communication related to complex issues than on mastering a body of material. This course serves as the first part of the Grand Challenges Initiative, a program designed to engage students in team-based activities focused on solving the most pressing problems facing society. Interested students from outside of Schmid College of Science and Technology, and the Fowler School of Engineering are encouraged to enroll, as all projects will engage in interdisciplinary approaches in order to find new and compelling solutions. Some sections of this course may allow students with more than 30 credits earned to enroll. Letter grade. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FFC 100C - First Year Foundations: Story
Prerequisite, first-year students in the Dodge College creative producing or film production or screenwriting major have priority. Some seats may be available to students from other schools and colleges. This course engages students in interdisciplinary, university-level critical inquiry and reflection. The FFC course focuses more on critical engagement, exploration, and communication related to complex issues than on mastering a body of material. Students in this FFC will engage critically, analytically, creatively and emotionally with one of humanity’s most fundamental forms of communication and social bonding: Story. Some sections of this course may allow students with more than 30 credits earned to enroll. Letter grade. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FFC 100D - First Year Foundations: Topics in Conversations on Engaging the World
Prerequisite, first-year students in Wilkinson College have priority. Some seats may be available to students from other schools and colleges. This course engages students in interdisciplinary, university-level critical inquiry and reflection. The FFC course focuses more on critical engagement, exploration, and communication related to complex issues than on mastering a body of material. The section topics vary, and students select a topic according to their academic and personal interests. Engaging the World combines course-work and extra-curricular programming to promote mindful reflection and thoughtful dialogue around critical social issues of contemporary times. The program encourages students to envision the previously unimaginable and bring disparate ideas together in new configurations to cultivate nuanced and informed responses to current social challenges. Other elements of the program help students successfully navigate the transition from high school to college. Some sections of this course may allow students with more than 30 credits earned to enroll. Letter grade. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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Food Science and Nutrition |
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FSN 120 - Introduction to Food Science
An overview of the interactions among basic disciplines of science and technology which are integrated into the development of more wholesome, stable, and nutritious food products. General principles are stressed using examples which demonstrate the progression of raw agricultural commodities through the integrated technologies which result in commercial food products. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FSN 170 - Nutrition and Human Physiology
This course will review the structure and function of the major organ systems. Content will focus on communication between organs and hormonal influences on appetite and satiety, and ultimately how nutrition supports homeostasis. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FSN 200 - Nutrition for Life
Make better dietary choices and dispel misconceptions by exploring the science of nutrition. Discussions will center on facts and fictions about nutrients and diets, health foods, and processed foods. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FSN 201 - International Nutrition: World Food Crisis
Contemporary nutritional issues affecting the world. Social, cultural, political, economic, and scientific aspects of world food problems are examined. Nutritional deficiencies affecting various world regions and the role of international agencies are covered. Students learn about food production and food supplementation programs, and examine possible solutions and the future. Lecture. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FSN 303 - Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism
Prerequisites, FSN 200 and CHEM 103 or CHEM 140 and FSN 170 or HSCI 112 or BIOL 366 or HSCI 366 . An in-depth look at the digestion, absorption, metabolism, storage, excretion, and interrelationships of nutrients. Nutritional biochemistry and metabolism as it relates to establishment of nutrient requirements, markers of nutritional deficiency or excess, gene expression and chronic diseases. Advances the investigative approach to scientific concepts in nutrient metabolism. Letter grade. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FSN 309 - Topics in Food, Diet and Culture
An international study tour to explore the food systems, diet, and culture in another country. Travel location may change each time the class is offered. Some section of FSN 309 may travel with FSN 509. Letter grade. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FSN 319 - Travel Course to Crete and Athens: Exploring the Mediterranean Diet
A study tour to explore the food systems, diet, and culture in Crete and Athens, Greece. Some sections of FSN 319 will travel with FSN 519. Fee: TBD. (Offered as needed.) 3 credits
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FSN 322 - Community Nutrition
Prerequisite, FSN 303 . Study of the roles and resources of community/public health nutrition professionals promoting wellness in the community. Assessment of community nutritional needs, and planning, implementing and evaluating nutrition education programs for various age groups under different socio-economic conditions. The legislative process, health care insurance industry, and domestic food assistance programs will also be covered. A community service project is an essential component of this class. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FSN 338 - Nutrition and Human Performance
Prerequisite, FSN 303 . Designed to provide an in-depth view of nutrition, metabolism, and human performance. Ergogenic aids, blood doping, nutritional needs of the athlete are emphasized. The methodologies and current topics in nutrition and human performance are evaluated. Mechanisms of nutrition are presented to better understand the cause-and-effect relationships of human nutrition. Lecture. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FSN 339 - Lifecycle Nutrition
Prerequisite, FSN 303 . The human body has different nutrient requirements at different times during the life cycle and when in a disease state. Students explore the physiological changes, adaptations, and stresses that affect nutritional status and explain the influence of dietary practices in maximum growth, maintenance, and health. Nutrition counseling and diet analyses are included. Lecture. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits
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FSN 429 - Experimental Course
Prerequisite, junior standing. Experimental courses are designed to offer additional opportunities to explore areas and subjects of special interest. Course titles, Prerequisites, and credits may vary. Some courses require student lab fees. May be repeated for credit, if course topic is different. (Offered as needed.) 1-4 credits
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FSN 443 - Medical Nutrition Therapy
Prerequisite, FSN 303 . This course is designed to increase the students’ knowledge of the pathophysiology of various disease states. Principles of dietary management as a preventative and therapeutic tool in health care will be emphasized during various physiologic changes such as disease, metabolic alterations and stress. Students will learn how to modify the normal diet for the prevention and treatment of diseases. (Offered spring semester.) 3 credits
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FSN 490 - Independent Internship
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Chapman University allows students to receive academic credit for both paid and unpaid internships. P/NP. Appropriate work experience, may be repeatable for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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FSN 491 - Student-Faculty Research/Creative Activity
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Students engage in independent, faculty-mentored scholarly research/creative activity in their discipline which develops fundamentally novel knowledge, content, and/or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. P/NP or letter grade option with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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FSN 499 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. Selected undergraduate research projects involving either literature studies or laboratory research which develop new information, correlations, concepts or data. Topics or projects are chosen after discussions between student and instructor who agree upon objective and scope. May be repeated for credit. (Offered every semester.) 1-3 credits
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Foreign Language |
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FL 101 - Foreign Language 1st Semester
3 credits
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FL 102 - Foreign Language 2nd Semester
3 credits
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FL 199 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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FL 299 - Individual Study
Prerequisites, freshman or sophomore standing only and consent of instructor. For students who wish to pursue a special area of study not included in the curriculum. To enroll in individual study and research, students must complete the individual study and research form (available from the Office of the University Registrar) and obtain the signatures of the department chair of the course and course instructor. Students should spend 40 to 50 hours in instruction and research for each credit of individual study. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-3 credits
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FL 499 - Individual Study
Prerequisite, consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit. (Offered as needed.) 1-6 credits
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French |
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FREN 101 - Elementary French I
Students gain mastery of a basic vocabulary, structural patterns, pronunciation, an overview of French geography, and social customs. Two hours of lab per week are required. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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FREN 102 - Elementary French II
Prerequisite, FREN 101 . Students gain mastery of a basic vocabulary, structural patterns, pronunciation, an overview of French geography, and social customs. Two hours of lab per week are required. (Offered every semester.) 3 credits
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