FI 111Introduction to Film3
Choose Four (4) Courses FI 200/PC 202 Bollywood and the Making of India 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
Fashion Institute of Technology · Courses
FI
68 courses with the subject FI, 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.
FI 200Bollywood and the Making of India3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Bollywood cinema has played a significant role in managing euphoria, as well as political, social, and religious crises confronting India following partition, independence, and globalization. It captures and reflects anxieties and aspirations about an idea—a unique experiment called India. The class studies Bollywood movies, their history, and global connections.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 201Principles of Costume for Filmmakers3
FI 202/MC 201 Mafia Movies: Crime and Corruption in Italian Popular Culture 3
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 202Mafia Movies: Crime and Corruption in Italian Popular Culture3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course looks at Italian film and television representations of the Mafia. Students view selected films and analyze them within the context of the historical and social development of organized crime in Italy. Texts discussed also include novels, historical studies, film criticism, photography, documentaries, and popular songs.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 203African American Film Culture3
FI 204/EN 230 Martial Arts Cinema and its Global Impact 3
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 204Martial Arts Cinema and its Global Impact3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course introduces representational martial arts films, directors and stars from around the world to investigate the transformation, diversification, ongoing appeal and globalization of this evolving genre. Close attention will be paid to formal and stylistic aspects of films in terms of their historical, transnational, and socio-cultural contexts. Prerequisite(s): EN 131 or equivalent.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 205Producing For Film3
270 Academic Minors
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 206Mexican Cinema: Between The National and The Global3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course is cross-listed with MC 205. Students analyze films produced in Mexico from the 1930s to the present; from the nationalistic underpinnings of earlier productions to contemporary transnational ventures intended to for globalized market. This course considers how Mexico’s history and socioeconomic features inform the aesthetics of Mexican cinema.
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- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
- Alias
- MC 205
FI 207Devouring the Screen: Food in Film3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours An exploration of world cinema through the theme of gastronomy. Students learn how food is depicted across various cinematic genres and cultural contexts. Analysis focuses on the development of the “food film” and how cinematic and televisual representations of food communicate issues of gender, economics, politics, sexuality, and ethnic identity.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 208Film Genres: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of the World3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Since the 1990s, American movies, TV shows, and books have been filled with zombie viruses, bioengineered plagues, and disease-ravaged bands of survivors. Students analyze why outbreak narratives have infected our public discourse and how they have affected the way Americans view the world.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 209History of American Television3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours A critical survey of the history of American television, from the 1940s to the present. While television programs will be surveyed in terms of chronology, this course also examines them as cultural artifacts and industrial products that reflect such issues as class, consumerism, gender, desire, race, and national identity.
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- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 210Film Genres: Cult Cinema3
FI/MC 211 Brazilian Cinema: Inventing Places and Spatial Myths 3
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- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 211Brazilian Cinema: Inventing Places and Spatial Myths3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Students analyze films from diverse periods in Brazilian cinema through a series of places that explore geographic and symbolic spaces in the nation’s cultural imaginary. The City, The Backlands, The Amazons, and the topic of Nomadism are studied considering aspects of Brazilian culture related to race, gender and social class. 364 Courses and Departments
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 212Drag and Cross-Dressing in Cinema3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This lecture/screening class examines the idea of clothing as a cultural performance, as it intersects with gender as masquerade. It will explore the relationships between cross-dressing and theatricality, the way in which clothing constructs (and deconstructs) gender and gender differences, and the performativity of gender.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 213The Films of Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course will investigate the contributions of Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese while also addressing the political and religious themes they present and the challenges they pose. Questions of the representation of masculinities rise to the fore, as well as of race and ethnicity.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 214Introduction to Costume Design for Film3
3 lecture hours This course gives students the chance to develop their costume design skills by practicing costume rendering, research, and collaborative techniques in two extended portfolio projects (period and for an imagined world.) Guest speakers will provide insight into working methods and pathways into the field.
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- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 215Dynamic Perspectives: Contemporary Iranian Cinema and Beyond3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Explore Iranian film, culture, and society, delving into unique narratives that persist despite challenges such as censorship and social upheaval. Gain a deeper understanding of Iranian films, with occasional insights from Turkish and Russian cinemas, reflecting and reshaping their societies.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 216American Independent Cinema4
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- FI
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- 4
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- 4
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 217Hollywood: A History3
3 lecture hours Film is the most collaborative artform. Learn the history of all those people working together —immigrant backgrounds, new occupations, changing technologies, growing corporations, regulation, unionization, palace movie theaters and the challenge from television, VCRs, DVDs and streaming services. Guests from industry share their experiences.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 218The Action Movie3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course will explore the relationship between genre theory and practice through a survey of the action movie from the silent era to the present day. Gain a deeper understanding of a mode of cinematic storytelling that has become pervasive in contemporary Hollywood, exporting an image of American culture to the world.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 219Film Genres: Haunted Homes3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course surveys the history of haunted homes in American horror film and television.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 220The Writers' Room: What Makes Great Television?3
3 lecture hours Writing for television is a collaborative process. Students produce spec television scripts and a polished original pitch, developing the ability to give and receive appropriate feedback early in the creative process. Prerequisite(s): FI 256 or EN 266. 2026-27 Undergraduate Catalog 365
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 221History of Film, Beginnings to 19593
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course presents an overview of cinema history from its beginning to 1959 and provides students with the basic tools for analyzing the art of film. Students view representative films from major movements and study the uses of camera, editing, lighting, and sound. (Formerly EN 255) (G7: Humanities) Pre-requisite(s): EN121 or equivalent.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 222History of Film, 1960-20003
2 lecture and 2 lab hours An overview of global cinema history from 1960-2000, with attention to cultural, political, economic, and technological forces. Trends within the U.S. are studied—changing genres, independent filmmakers, and the dominance of Hollywood blockbusters—along with influential European art cinema and the important cinema waves of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Prerequisite(s): FI 111.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 223Women Make Movies: A History of Women’s Filmmaking3
FI 224/HA 217 Avant-Garde Film 3 FI 225/MC 261 Latin American Cinema and Resistance 3
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- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 224Avant-Garde Film3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course is cross-listed with HA 217 This course is a survey of major moments in avant-garde film from 1895 to the present. Through readings and discussions, students explore theories of avant-gardism, and study how such films are expressions of the historical, cultural, and philosophical contexts of their production. (G7: Humanities) Prerequisite(s): FI 111 or HA 112.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
- Alias
- HA 217
FI 225Latin American Cinema and Resistance3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Students are introduced to Latin American cinema, considering the pivotal role of diverse forms of resistance, focusing on issues crucial to understanding the continent's cinematic creation, including cultural identity, race, ethnicity and gender. They develop a critical understanding of the evolution of Latin American film practices since the 1960s to current trends.
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- FI
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- 3
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- 3
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- Type
- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 228From Stand-Up to Script: Adapting Comedy to TV3
2026-27 Undergraduate Catalog 81
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- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 231History of Documentary Film3
FI 256/EN 266 Screenwriting I 3 FI 356/EN 366 Screenwriting II 3 260 Academic Minors
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- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
- Prerequisite
- EN 121 or equivalent
FI 234Film Genres: Horror3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course is cross-listed with HA 251. This course provides an international historical survey of the horror film from the early 20th century to the present. Through screenings and readings from a range of authors, students analyze formal and thematic elements of the horror genre in relation to historical, social, and aesthetic contexts.
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- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
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- catalog.fitnyc.edu
- Alias
- HA 251
FI 241History of Russian and Soviet Film3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course surveys the history of Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet films with a thorough grounding in the historical systems and events that informed the evolution of the filmmaking industry. Various genres—including historical films, documentary, animation and art film—will be considered.
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- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- Type
- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 243Television Genres3
FI 244/EN 257 Major Movements in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Film 3 FI 245/EN 281 Chinese Cinema 3 FI 246/MC 251 Italian Cinema 3 FI 256/EN 266 Screenwriting I 3
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- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
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- course
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- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 244Major Movements in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Film3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course is cross-listed with EN 257. This course is an introduction to major film directors, movements, and genres from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea. Formal and stylistic aspects of films as well as their historical, transnational, and sociocultural contexts are addressed. Students discuss and write critically about East Asian film. Prerequisite(s): EN 131 or equivalent.
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- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
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- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
- Alias
- EN 257
FI 245Chinese Cinema3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course is cross-listed with EN 281. Students are introduced to major film directors, movements, and genres from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. They discuss and write critically about Chinese film, with close attention paid to the formal and stylistic aspects of film, and their historical, transnational, and sociocultural contexts. Prerequisite(s): EN 131 or equivalent.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
- Alias
- EN 281
FI 246Italian Cinema3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course is cross-listed with MC 251. Students survey the defining elements of Italian cinema from inception to contemporary Italian cinematic practices. Screenings include Neorealist masterpieces, cinema d'autore, commedia all'italiana, spaghetti Westerns, and contemporary Italian films.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
- Alias
- MC 251
FI 253Afrofuturist Art and Visual Culture3
3 lecture hours Study of Afrofuturism through selected historical and contemporary works of art and visual culture. Students will think critically about different definitions and key themes and tropes of Afrofuturism, and explore Afrofuturist works coming from Africa and the African Diaspora.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
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- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 256Screenwriting I3
3 lecture hours This course is cross-listed with EN 266. This course introduces the practice of writing fiction for the screen, focusing on the short film. In a workshop setting, students explore a range of approaches to the short screenplay, from traditional to innovative, and use examples from a variety of genres and geographical origins. Prerequisite(s): EN 131 or equivalent. 2026-27 Undergraduate Catalog 367
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
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- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
- Alias
- EN 266
FI 257Costume in Science Fiction and Fantasy Films3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours A survey of costume design, from circa 1900 to the present, for science fiction and fantasy films, including feature-length films and series, conducted through lectures, screenings and visits to museums with film costume collections.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 263Fashion in Film3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours A survey of film costume design from c. 1900 to the present, focusing on films with contemporary settings and fashionable dress, conducted through lectures, screenings and visits to museums with historic fashion and film costume collections.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 271Fans and Fandom in the Internet Age3
3 lecture hours This course examines fans and fandom within the context of the history and evolution of mass media and participatory culture. Students explore fan communities as subcultures with their own social structures and cultural practices and engage their origins in cults, celebrity culture, and technological change and innovation.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 272Introduction to Television Studies3
3 lecture hours This course analyzes the medium of television in terms of its history, narrative, style, technique, editing, sound, and representation. Students view programs from the 1950s to the present, marking and investigating TV’s transformations as it moves with and creates cultural history. Students acquire and use skills for reading television in terms of its production and signification. Prerequisite(s): EN 131 or equivalent.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 273The Other Hollywood: Film in New York3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course examines New York’s significance in the history of American film. As the birthplace of the industry, the city has been a seedbed for innovation in documentary, avant-garde and independent film, as well as an icon in Hollywood cinema. (Formerly LA 247) Gen Ed: Humanities (G7).
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 274American Independent Cinema3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course analyzes the history, aesthetics, business, and production techniques of American independent cinema through the early 2000s. Students will examine how independent filmmakers worked in opposition to the Hollywood studio system and how those mavericks generated a new cinema and culture inside and outside the studio system.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 275Costume in Period Films3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours A survey of costume design, from circa 1910 to the present, for films set in the historical past, including feature-length films and limited series, conducted through lectures, screenings and visits to museums with film costume collections.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 299Independent Study - Film & Media1-3
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 300Digital Storytelling: Fiction and Nonfiction3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course focuses on serialized storytelling using images, audio, and text to create engaging and compelling stories in the digital realm. Students develop a vocabulary for critical analysis of current practices and learn the production techniques needed to craft their own digital stories. 368 Courses and Departments
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
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- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 301The Film Auteur3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Films of directors are studied through the lens of “authorship,” a critical approach emphasizing the cinematic language and vision of a filmmaker in the body of their work. Each semester the films of one or two different directors will be examined. Prerequisite(s): FI 111.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 302Wong Kar-Wai and Tsai Ming-Liang: New Waves in Hong Kong and Taiwan Cinema3
76 Instructional Programs
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 304Disability and the Moving Image3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Through close examination of films and other media objects, students will learn about the ways that illness and physical disability have been represented across various cultural and historical contexts, as well as about the ways that ill and disabled artists and filmmakers have resisted oppression through their work.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 320Major Directors: Federico Fellini3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Federico Fellini’s highly personal films consistently expand the boundaries of cinematic narratives and visual imagination. This course traces the development of Fellini's work from the 1940s to the 1990s, and examines his many contributions to the craft, art, and to the language of cinema. Prerequisite(s): FI 111.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 321Film Theory and Criticism, An Introduction3
3 lecture hours Students are introduced to the major issues and movements in film theory and criticism. Examining key issues such as the relationship between film representation and reality and the roles of image, narrative, and the industrial infrastructure, students learn to place critical statements about film into a theoretical discussion that has flourished since the early days of silent film. (G7:
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 322Major Directors: Alfred Hitchcock3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course provides an in-depth study of the films of Alfred Hitchcock, which are examined within the context of his life and the Hollywood system. Students learn the concepts of auteur theory by focusing on Hitchcock’s storyboarding method, his stylistic and cinematic technique, and his innovative use of editing and sound. (Formerly LA 443) Gen Ed: Humanities (G7).
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 323Sexuality in Cinema3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This lecture/screening course examines representations of sexuality in cinema, from the silent era to the radical ‘60s to New Queer Cinema and beyond. Students will consider the ways that sexuality and gender are cinematically mediated constructions, and how filmmakers worldwide have explored the complex relationship between gender, sexuality and identity.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 324The Romantic Comedy3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course surveys romantic comedy from the early sound era to the present, considering how cultural anxieties about gender, class, and marriage influenced the representation of sex, love and courtship rituals; interrelations between stardom and authorship; and the changing nature of cinematic sexuality after World War II. (G7: Humanities). 2026-27 Undergraduate Catalog 369
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 325Major Directors: Akira Kurosawa3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course examines selected works by the great Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, tracing the evolution of his personal cinematic style from the end of World War II to the 1970s. Through study of Kurosawa's choices of subject, talent, camera work, music, production design and editing, students learn what made Kurosawa so innovative and significant. Prerequisite(s): FI 111.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 326Major Directors: Charlie Chaplin and Frank Capra3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course examines the work of two seminal directors of classic Hollywood who profoundly influenced American culture: Chaplin's "tramp" persona became an instrument of acute social criticism and broader humanist reflection; Capra's beleaguered "common-man" protagonists brought issues of new deal politics to the pinnacle of box-office popularity. (G7: Humanities) Prerequisite(s): FI 111.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 329Surrealism in the Moving Image3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course looks at dreamlike and surrealist films, artworks, and fashion, from Buñuel to David Lynch to Charlie Kaufman and beyond. It will explore “psychic automatism,” an art without logic, rules, narrative, or reason. We will explore filmmakers/magicians who deliberately defy convention, noticing the alchemical magic that can result.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 331Film Genres: Crime Stories3
FI/HA 329 Surrealism in the Moving Image 3
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 332The Science Fiction Film3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course examines the science fiction film from its beginnings. Students analyze the genre’s merits and flaws, conventional narrative themes and iconography, relevance, and fundamental departures from science fiction literature. They explore how science fiction films mirror the social and political environment of their time. (G7: Humanities).
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 333Film Genres: Animation3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours In this history of animation course, students gain an understanding of animation as an art form and as a series of ideological texts to be read and interpreted within the context of the cultures that produced them. (G6: The Arts; G7: Humanities).
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 334Film Genres: Films of the Supernatural3
FI 335/MC 331 Emotion Pictures: Film and Television Melodrama 3
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 335Emotion Pictures: Film and Television Melodrama3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Students are introduced to the genre of melodrama and its development from the silent era through the present day. Students analyze formal and thematic elements, with a focus on political and social-cultural contexts: Screenings include classical Hollywood pictures, soap operas, telenovelas, and films from Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Prerequisite(s): any FI, HA or MC course. 370 Courses and Departments
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 341French Cinema3
FI 342/HA 237 South Korean Cinema: From Cold War to the Present 3 FI 343/EN 382 Contemporary Chinese Cinema (Honors) 3 2026-27 Undergraduate Catalog 271
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 342South Korean Cinema: From Cold War to the Present3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours Introducing South Korean cinema from the late-1950s to the present, the course explores New Korean Cinema, domestic and global film industries, auteurs, censorship, quota systems, commercial, independent, and blockbusters. Focus will be on the formal and stylistic aspects of films in terms of their historical, aesthetic, transnational, and socio-cultural contexts.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 343Contemporary Chinese Cinema (Honors)3
2 lecture and 2 lab hours This course is cross-listed with EN 382. An introduction to the contemporary cinemas of Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Chinese Diaspora, this course focuses on selected major directors, movements, and genres from the 1990s to the present. Students study the formal and stylistic aspects of films as well as their historical, transnational, and sociocultural contexts. Prerequisite(s): qualification for Presidential Scholars Program, or 3.5 GPA with approval of dean for Liberal Arts.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
- Alias
- EN 382
FI 356Screenwriting II3
3 lecture hours This course is cross-listed with EN 366. This course focuses on elements of screenwriting for feature-length films, including story concept, three-act structure, the world of the story, protagonist and antagonist, conflict, characterization, scene development, and dialogue. Students formulate individual projects, from pitching a story to presenting a synopsis, preparing an outline, and writing a screenplay. The business end of screenwriting is discussed and students meet film industry professionals. Prerequisite(s): EN 266 or FI 256.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
- Alias
- EN 366
FI 400Screenwriting III3
3 lecture hours Building on skills and projects developed in previous screenwriting courses, students successfully complete feature-length scripts. They refine their understanding of story concept, structure, protagonists and antagonists, conflict, characterization, scene development, and dialogue. Prerequisite(s): FI 356 or EN 366.
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 3
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credits
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
FI 499Independent Study in Film and Media1-3
FM: Fashion Business Management
- Subject
- FI
- Credits (min)
- 1
- Credits (max)
- 3
- Credit unit
- credit
- Type
- course
- Edition
- 2026-2027-undergraduate
- Source
- catalog.fitnyc.edu
Source: Fashion Institute of Technology's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61