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23 courses with the subject FILM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.

FILM 175Film and Culture []3

Movies as art, market products, and cultural artifacts. Visual and auditory design of movies, audience appeal of movie-going, and reciprocal influence of movies and society. Lab.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 260The Art of Film []3

Critical analysis of film style and technique with particular attention to cinematography, editing, narrative structure, mise-en-scene, and sound. Lab.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 264Studies in Film []3

Selected course topics include screen censorship in the U.S., gay and 187

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 270Digital Filmmaking []4

Introduction and application of the different production styles of experimental, narrative, and documentary films through all phases of production.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 294International Cinema []4

Films from diverse cultures and nations; aesthetics and ethics of crucial filmmakers in their cultural, historical context.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 299Independent Study []1.00-16.00

Credit for independent work by a single student arranged and supervised by a faculty member.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
16
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 360Screenwriting []4

Principles and practices of screenwriting: may include short and feature narratives, experimentals and documentaries.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 370Digital Filmmaking II []4

Film-making techniques analyzed and applied as students create short films Allows students to focus on cinematography, sound, editing, etc.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 394National Cinemas []3

One nation's or culture's cinema, specific periods or aesthetic movements. Lab.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 395Topics Course []1.00-4.00

Experimental, temporary or trial course for groups of students all engaged in the same topic. Topic varies from semester to semester or section to section. A specific content offering may be offered under a topics course number up to three times, after which departments must file for a permanent course number.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 396Great Directors []3

Career, style, and technique of one to three major directors.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 399Independent Study []1.00-16.00

Credit for independent work by a single student arranged and supervised by a faculty member.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
16
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 401Special Topics in Film Studies []1.00-3.00

Variable credit advanced film topics course.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 444Internship: Undergraduate []1.00-16.00

Credit for off-campus professional experience with industry partners, non-profit organizations or government agencies.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
16
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 451Film History I []3

First few decades of the motion picture from its 19th century origins to its development into a worldwide cultural force by the end of the 1930s. Lab.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 452Film History II []3

Evolution of the motion picture from 1940 to 1970 with emphasis on seminal aesthetic movements. Lab.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 464Advanced Studies in Film []3

Selected topics such as film criticism, genres, censorship, politics, teen films, melodrama, and women in cinema. Lab.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 470Filmmaking III []4

Students will work in groups to write, produce, shoot, edit and distribute a short film.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 474Topics in Film Making []4

Diverse approaches to the art of film making. Lab.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 490Writing with Image and Poetry I []3

Analysis and practice of text as image and image as text.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 491Writing with Image & Poetry II []3

Analysis, practice and performance of text as image and image as text. Pre-Requisite(s): FS490

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 496Film Theory []3

Major theories of cinema. The chief schools of thought from early formalism to contemporary post modernism. Successful completion of this course will fulfill the Upper Division Writing Requirement for Film Majors.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu
FILM 499Independent Study []1.00-16.00

Credit for independent work by a single student arranged and supervised by a faculty member.

Subject
FILM
Credits (min)
1
Credits (max)
16
Credit unit
Credits
Type
course
Edition
2025-2026
Source
www.stcloudstate.edu

Source: Saint Cloud State University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61