CAMS

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2025-2026

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This course introduces students to the basic terms, concepts and methods used in cinema studies and helps build critical skills for analyzing films, technologies, industries, styles and genres, narrative strategies and ideologies. Students will develop skills in critical viewing and careful writing via assignments such as a short response essay, a plot segmentation, a shot breakdown, and various narrative and stylistic analysis papers. Classroom discussion focuses on applying critical concepts to a wide range of films. Requirements include two screenings per week. Sophomore Priority section is available Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis WR2 Writing Requirement 2 Tags: CAMS Core Courses CL: 100 level Faculty: Jay Beck · Carol Donelan

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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This class introduces students to the full range of production tools and forms, building both the technical and conceptual skills needed to continue at more advanced levels. We will explore the aesthetics and mechanics of shooting digital video, the role of sound and how to record and mix it, field and studio production, lighting, and editing with Adobe Premiere Pro CC. Course work will include individual and group production projects, readings, and writing. This is an essential foundation for anyone interested in moving-image production and learning the specifics of CAMS' studios, cameras, and lighting equipment. Sophomore Priority section is available Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026, Spring 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice Tags: CAMS Core Courses CL: 100 level DGAH Skill Building Faculty: Catherine Licata · Rini Matea · Cecilia Cornejo

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2025-2026

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This course surveys the first half-century of cinema history, focusing on film structure and style as well as transformations in technology, industry and society. Topics include series photography, the nickelodeon boom, local movie-going, Italian super-spectacles, early African American cinema, women film pioneers, abstraction and surrealism, German Expressionism, Soviet silent cinema, Chaplin and Keaton, the advent of sound and color technologies, the Production Code, the American Studio System, Britain and early Hitchcock, Popular Front cinema in France, and early Japanese cinema. Assignments aim to develop skills in close analysis and working with primary sources in researching and writing film history. Offered: Winter 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: IS, International Studies LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis Tags: CAMS 200 Level History CAMS Elective CL: 200 level Faculty: Carol Donelan

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CAMS

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6

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2025-2026

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This course charts the continued rise and development of cinema 1948-1968, focusing on monuments of world cinema and their industrial, cultural, aesthetic and political contexts. Topics include postwar Hollywood, melodrama, authorship, film style, labor strikes, runaway production, censorship, communist paranoia and the blacklist, film noir, Italian neorealism, widescreen aesthetics, the French New Wave, art cinema, Fellini, Bergman, the Polish School, the Czech New Wave, Japanese and Indian cinema, political filmmaking in the Third World, and the New Hollywood Cinema. Requirements include class attendance and participation, readings, evening film screenings, and various written assignments and exams. Offered: Spring 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: IS, International Studies LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis Tags: CAMS 200 Level History CAMS Elective CL: 200 level EUST Transnational

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2025-2026

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This course offers a historical survey of American television from the late 1940s to today, focusing on early television and the classical network era. Taking a cultural approach to the subject, this course examines shifts in television portrayals, genres, narrative structures, and aesthetics in relation to social and cultural trends as well as changing industrial practices. Reading television programs from the past eight decades critically, we interrogate various representations of consumerism, class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, lifestyle, and nation in the smaller screen while also tracing issues surrounding broadcasting policy, censorship, sponsorship, business, and programming. Offered: Fall 2025 Liberal Arts Requirements: IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis Tags: CAMS 200 Level History CAMS Elective CL: 200 level AMST Production

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2025-2026

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American cinema from 1967-1979 saw the reconfiguration of outdated modes of representation in the wake of the Hollywood studio system and an alignment of new aesthetic forms with radical political and social perspectives. This course examines the film industry’s identity crisis through the cultural, stylistic, and technological changes that accompanied the era. The course seeks to demonstrate that these changes in cinematic practices reflected an agenda of revitalizing American cinema as a site for social commentary and cultural change. Offered: Winter 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis Tags: CAMS Elective CL: 200 level AMST Production Consumption of Culture Faculty: Jay Beck

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CAMS

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6

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2025-2026

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After Americans grasped the enormity of the Depression and World War II, the glossy fantasies of 1930s cinema seemed hollow indeed. During the 1940s, the movies, our true national pastime, took a nosedive into pessimism. The result? A collection of exceptional films populated with tough guys and dangerous women lurking in the shadows of nasty urban landscapes. This course focuses on classic American noir

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2025-2026

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Los Angeles is well known as the center of the film and television industry. This course will explore the lesser-know experimental and avant-garde cinematic histories and current practices in Los Angeles through readings and screenings. Site visits will include filmmaker and media artist studios, archives, and film festivals. Students will reflect on their experiences with course materials through short writings and creative projects. Not offered in 2025-26 Liberal Arts Requirements: LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis Tags: CAMS Elective CL: 200 level

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CAMS

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3

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3

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2025-2026

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Acceptance into the Carleton OCS CAMS Production in Los Angeles program.

This course explores the second largest city in the United States through its relationship to cinema history. In its complexities and contradictions, romantic notions of “Tinsel Town” coexist with the realities of a multicultural metropolis. Readings, screenings, and field trips will contextualize Los Angeles as a place where the built environment and natural world collide, as well as the center of the American entertainment industry. Short writings will give students the necessary opportunity to reflect and synthesize their experiences. Not offered in 2025-26 Liberal Arts Requirements: LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis or better AND acceptance into the Carleton OCS CAMS Production – Los Angeles Program. Tags: CAMS Elective CL: 200 level

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CAMS

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3

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3

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2025-2026

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Prerequisite

Student has completed any of the following course(s): CAMS 111 with a grade of C-

In recent decades, Korean cinema has emerged from the shadow of Japanese and Hong Kong cinema to become a globally significant and influential force. In this class students will study the history and aesthetics of Korean cinema, its global circulation, and its place in the imagining, representation and critique of Korean identity. Offered: Spring 2026 Credits: 3 Liberal Arts Requirements: IS, International Studies LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis program. Tags: CAMS Elective CL: 200 level Faculty: Arnab Chakladar

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CAMS

Type

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2025-2026

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The mass appeal of Korean television dramas, or K-Drama, now radiates well beyond the borders of the Korean peninsula. Korean dramas are among the most popular offerings on streaming networks around the world. In this class students will learn about the history, social contexts and major genres of these forms of popular culture and the interplay of their popularity in Korea and beyond. Offered: Spring 2026 Credits: 3 Liberal Arts Requirements: IS, International Studies LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis program.

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CAMS

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300-level Seminar – (6 credits)

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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CAMS

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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This course addresses nonfiction media as both art form and historical practice by exploring the expressive, rhetorical, and political possibilities of nonfiction production. A focus on relationships between form and content and between makers, subjects, and viewers will inform our approach. Throughout the course we will pay special attention to the ethical concerns that arise from making media about others’ lives. We will engage with diverse modes of nonfiction production including essayistic,

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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In this course, students will explore the fundamentals of making narrative films. Areas of focus include visual storytelling and cinematography, working with actors, and story structure. Through readings, screenings, and exercises, we will analyze how mood, tone, and themes are constructed through formal techniques. Course work culminates in individual short narrative film projects. Offered: Spring 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice or better. Tags: CAMS Elective CAMS Production CL: 200 level ENCW Creative Wtg

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CAMS

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6

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6

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2025-2026

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Student has completed any of the following course(s): CAMS 111 with grade of C-

Narrative films are the product of many artists working in concert toward a shared artistic vision. In this course, students will explore the essential crew roles on narrative films and choose an area in which they would like to specialize during the making of a collaborative project in Los Angeles. In addition to a focus on story and directing actors, specialized equipment and craft labs will expand students' technical skills. Through the term, students will learn the ins-and-outs of filmmaking in Los Angeles while moving through production of a narrative short film, with each student taking on a specific crew position in a collaborative project. Not offered in 2025-26 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice Tags: CAMS Elective CAMS Production CL: 200 level

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CAMS

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6

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2025-2026

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Prerequisite

Acceptance into the Carleton OCS CAMS Production in Los Angeles program.

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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In this course, students will explore the art and craft of writing for television as they learn, from writers' room insiders, how TV series are conceived and created. We'll break the writing process into a series of manageable steps, from pilot premise to polishing. Topics will include: story structure, character development, tone, stakes, theme, and more. In-class conversations with working, award-winning television writers, as well as visits to sets and show tapings, will complement the classroom curriculum. Not offered in 2025-26 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice WR2 Writing Requirement 2 or better AND acceptance into the Carleton OCS CAMS Production – Los Angeles Program. Tags: CAMS Elective CAMS Production CL: 200 level ENGL Creative Writing

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CAMS

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6

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6

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2025-2026

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cdn.carleton.edu

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Student has completed any of the following course(s): CAMS 111 with a grade of C-

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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This course explores the fundamentals of screenwriting and the practice of developing stories for narrative films. We will learn the fundamentals of dramatic tools, use these tools to make screen ideas evolve, consider audience reception, and practice giving and receiving constructive critique. Students will draw inspiration from a variety of sources that are personal, cultural, or observational, and in doing so, develop confidence in their own artistic practice and perspective. Weekly assignments include short scenes, character work, dialogue exercises, synopses, and outlines. By the end of term, students will have generated ideas for future production projects that reflect their thematic concerns, and completed two screenplays for short films. Offered: Winter 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice WR2 Writing Requirement 2 Tags: CAMS Elective CAMS Production CL: 200 level ENCW Creative Wtg

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CAMS

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6

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6

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2025-2026

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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Experimental Film & Video Production is a process-based production course focused on the conceptual and technical concerns of experimental film, video and other time-based arts. We will explore the personal, cultural, political, and formal/aesthetic aspects of experimental media through readings,

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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This course offers a broad historical and cultural overview of Chile and Argentina through a study of fiction and documentary films. It examines significant political and cultural developments including New Latin American Cinema, cinematic diasporas, dictatorship and the return of democracy, commercial consolidation of film industries, and recent films targeting international audiences. The goals of the class are to provide cinematic and culture histories from the 1960s through the present, to equip students with critical and cultural approaches for interpreting and analyzing cinematic practices, and to prepare students for the December OCS study trip to Santiago and Buenos Aires. Offered: Fall 2025 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: IS, International Studies LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis CX, Cultural/Literature winter program. Tags: CAMS Elective CL: 200 level LTAM Electives LTAM Pertinent Courses POSI

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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This course is the second part of a two-term sequence and begins with a study trip to Santiago and Buenos Aires in December 2025. The study trip concentrates on cinema while examining other forms of storytelling. Our time abroad is spent visiting filmmakers, scholars, and cultural organizations that shape cinematic practices. Back on campus we unpack the study trip and work on projects proposed in fall term. Paper drafts, rough cuts, and preliminary curatorial work are due at midterm and students present their work to the Carleton community in a gallery exhibition and symposium in weeks nine and ten. Offered: Winter 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice IS, International Studies or better. Tags: CAMS Elective CL: 200 level LTAM Electives LTAM Pertinent Courses POSI

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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This course presents the broader field of Sound Studies, its debates and issues. Drawing on a diverse set of interdisciplinary perspectives, the seminar explores the range of academic work on sound to examine the relationship between sound and listening, sound and perception, sound and memory, and sound and modern thought. Topics addressed include but are not limited to sound technologies and industries, acoustic perception, sound and image relations, sound in media, philosophies of listening, sound semiotics, speech and communication, voice and subject formation, sound art, the social history of noise, and hearing cultures. Offered: Spring 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis or better. Tags: CAMS 300 Level Theory CAMS Elective CL: 300 level Faculty: Jay Beck

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CAMS

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6

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6

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2025-2026

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cdn.carleton.edu

Prerequisite

Student has completed any of the following course(s): CAMS 110 with a grade of C-

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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Elective Courses – Required 24 credits

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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In this course, students will develop a concept and complete pre-production for their CAMS production comps. Students will draw inspiration from a variety of sources that are personal, cultural, and observational, and in doing so, develop confidence in their own artistic practice and perspective. We will refine technical and formal strategies, consider audience reception, and practice giving and receiving constructive critique. Prior to registering for the course, students must submit a project proposal to the instructor. Final enrollment is based on the quality of the proposal. Note: This course is intended to prepare students for a Comps production project in winter term and it is the first in a two part sequence with CAMS 371. If you have any questions about enrolling in this course, please email the instructor. Offered: Fall 2025 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice 270 or CAMS 271 with a grade of C- or better. Tags: CAMS Elective CL: 300 level Faculty: Rini Matea

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CAMS

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6

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6

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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cdn.carleton.edu

Prerequisite

Student has completed any of the following course(s): CAMS 111 AND either CAMS

Advanced Production Workshop II is taken in conjunction with CAMS 400 for students completing production comps. Production projects are inherently collaborative; this course supports collaboration through workshops, crewing, and informed critique. This course is the second in the advanced production workshop sequence with a focus on production and post-production. Please contact instructor for further information. Offered: Winter 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: ARP, Arts Practice or better. Tags: CAMS Elective CL: 300 level

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CAMS

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6

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6

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course

Edition

2025-2026

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cdn.carleton.edu

Prerequisite

Student has completed any of the following course(s): CAMS 370 with a grade of C-

The senior integrative exercise in CAMS is a self-directed individual or group project. Students will produce a work of significant depth that builds on and synthesizes their coursework in the major. Project options include production of a scholarly paper, screenplay/teleplay, or short film. Alternatively, students may take a written long-form essay exam. Students completing one of the project options will present their work at the CAMS comps symposium in the spring term. Offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026 Grading: S/NC Faculty: Catherine Licata · Candace Moore · Jay Beck · Carol Donelan

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CAMS

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2025-2026

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Prerequisite

Student is a Cinema and Media Studies major and has Senior Priority.