12 courses with the subject FS, 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.
The usual first course in a film studies minor, introducing students to analysis of film through style and form. Includes basic elements of the development of film conventions as well as an introduction to connections between style and ideology. Intended primarily for freshmen and sophomores. Three hours lecture and a two-hour screening per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
A study of an area in the history of film production, distribution, and exhibition. Representative topics include Silent Film, Classical Hollywood Cinema, European Film Movements, Documentary Film, or New Hollywood Cinema. This course may be taken more than once for credit. Three hours lecture and a two-hour screening per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
An overview of a national or regional cinema other than the United States. Three hours lecture and a two-hour screening per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
A study of the production and consumption of films within a familiar form such as the musical, Western, or detective film. Three hours lecture and a two-hour screening per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
Representations in American cinema of groups as categorized by gender, race, or ethnicity. Three hours lecture and a two-hour screening per week. Four semester hours. (DN., H.)
Focus on a specific topic within film studies not covered in other courses in the curriculum. Three hours lecture and a two-hour screening per week. Four semester hours (H.)
Documentary films purport to represent the real world, but they are also stories told for a purpose. This course will examine documentary film from early film actualities to contemporary reflexive nonfiction films in their historical contexts in order to consider the kinds of ethical questions their directors and producers must ask. The course is divided into three parts, each of which asks a question central to ideas about how we should live together: 1. What is the filmmaker’s responsibility to the subject? 2. What is the filmmaker’s responsibility to the truth? and 3. What is the filmmaker’s responsibility to t
Theoretical approaches to the analysis of film. Prerequisite: FS-101Usually offered every other year. Three hours lecture and a two-hour screening per week. Four semester hours. (H.)
An experience under the supervision of a faculty advisor and an on-site supervisor. Students must document their experience according to the requirements delineated in the College catalogue section on Internships. Includes periodic meetings with the faculty advisor and completion of an approved research project. Open to juniors and seniors. The term during which the internship work is performed will be noted by one of the following letters, to be added immediately after the internship course number: A (fall), B (winter), C (spring), or D (summer). Internships undertaken abroad will be so indicated by the letter I.
An experience under the supervision of a faculty advisor and an on-site supervisor. Students must document their experience according to the requirements delineated in the College catalogue section on Internships. Includes periodic meetings with the faculty advisor and completion of an approved research project. Open to juniors and seniors. The term during which the internship work is performed will be noted by one of the following letters, to be added immediately after the internship course number: A (fall), B (winter), C (spring), or D (summer). Internships undertaken abroad will be so indicated by the letter I.
Readings and independent research under the supervision of a faculty advisor. A final product on a specific topic in film studies is required. Prerequisite: three courses in film studies, demonstrated competence in the specific area of study, a written project proposal, and permission of a program faculty member who will serve as project advisor. Four semester hours. (XLP.)
In this course, students analyze a variety of African films through the theoretical lenses of Memory Studies, Postcolonial Studies, and Decolonial Studies to reflect on the relationship between cinema and reality. By investigating how cinema participates in constructing imagined communities, geographies, and histories, students will question how the specificity of the film medium can shape reflection on the four open questions that frame the Ursinus Core. Three hours lecture and a two-hour screening per week. Four semester hours. (CCAP, GN, H.)
Source: Ursinus College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
