Brock University Undergraduate Calendar

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Film Studies Courses
FILM 0N01 Co-op Work Placement I First co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer. Restriction: open to FILM Co-op students. FILM 0N02 Co-op Work Placement II Second co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer. Restriction: open to FILM Co-op students. FILM 0N03 Co-op Work Placement III Third co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer. Restriction: open to FILM Co-op students. FILM 0N04 Co-op Work Placement IV Optional co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer. Restriction: open to FILM Co-op students. FILM 0N05 Co-op Work Placement V Optional co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer. Restriction: open to FILM Co-op students. FILM 0N90 Co-op Training and Development Provides a framework for the development of learning objectives by students for individual work terms. Includes orientation to the co-op experience, goal setting, career planning, résumé preparation and interview skills preparation. Lectures, presentations, site visits, 2 hours per week. Restriction: open to FILM Co-op students. FILM 1F94 Introduction to Film Studies Critical and historical approaches to world cinema. Close analysis of selected films in relation to their cultural contexts. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly lab. FILM 2F90 Film History and Research Methods Approaches to film history emphasizing classical Hollywood cinema, European art cinema and the avant-garde. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly lab. Prerequisite: FILM 1F94. #FILM 2P20 Theories of Popular Culture (also offered as COMM 2P20 and PCUL 2P20) Historical, theoretical and critical approaches to various forms of popular culture (film, music, television, literature, periodicals and advertising). Lectures, seminar, lab, 4 hours per week. Restriction: open to FILM (single or combined), COMM and PCUL majors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite: one of FILM 1F94, CANA 1F91, COMM 1F90, PCUL 1F92 or permission of the instructor. #FILM 2P21 Canadian Popular Culture (also offered as COMM 2P21 and PCUL 2P21) Survey of the media in Canada. Studies in the popular arts, with special reference to the ways that institutions (CBC, NFB) and selected artists identify and express a Canadian cultural imagination. Lectures, seminar, lab, 4 hours per week. Restriction: open to FILM (single or combined), COMM and PCUL majors until date specified in Registration guide. Prerequisite: FILM 2P20 or permission of the instructor. *FILM 2P54 Documentary Film (also offered as COMM 2P54 and SOCI 2P54) History, theory, aesthetics and cultural implications of documentary film and other visual media. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly film lab. Prerequisite: one of FILM 1F94, COMM 1F90, SOCI 1F90 or permission of the instructor. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FILM (COMM/SOCI) 2F54. *FILM 2P56 Canadian Cinema (also offered as COMM 2P56 and PCUL 2P56) Critical and historical study of Canadian cinema. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly film lab. Prerequisite: one of FILM 1F94, COMM 1F90, PCUL 1F92 or permission of the instructor. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FILM (COMM) 2F97. #FILM 2P80 Italian Cinema (also offered as ITAL 2P80) Major film directors and cultural trends in Italian cinema. Films studied include those by De Sica, Rossellini, Fellini, Antonioni, Bertolucci, Wertmüller, Amelio and Moretti. Lectures, 3 hours per week; plus film lab. Note: given in English. Knowledge of Italian not necessary. #FILM 2P81 Ethics in Film (also offered as PHIL 2P81) Critical examination of the development and resolution of moral problems and ethical dilemmas arising in selected (mostly recent) films. Lectures, seminar, lab, 4 hours per week. Prerequisite: FILM 1F94, one credit in PHIL or permission of the instructor. #FILM 2P82 Latin American and Iberian Film (also offered as PORT 2P82 and SPAN 2P82) Spanish and Latin American representations of identity crises involving issues of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion and politics. Pastiche, parody and camp aesthetics, and the envisioning of new possibilities of solidarity leading to social transformations. Lectures, 3 hours per week; plus weekly film lab. Note: Spanish and Portuguese language films with English subtitles. Given in English. Knowledge of Spanish not necessary. Spanish majors complete written assignments and exams in Spanish. FILM 2P91 Early Film Theory Major early film theories including realism, formalism, and surrealism. Application of the theories to selected films. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly lab. Prerequisite: FILM 1F94 or permission of the Department. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FILM 2P95. *FILM 2P94 Popular Cinema (also offered as COMM 2P94 and PCUL 2P94) Popular cinema as art and institution emphasizing film genres and cultural contexts. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly lab. Prerequisite: FILM 1F94 or PCUL 1F92. *FILM 3F28 Basic Production: Video (also offered as COMM 3F28) Introduction to the theory and practice of video techniques: critique of videos and production work. Workshops, seminar, 3 hours per week; additional production time as required. Restriction: permission of the Department. Prerequisite: two FILM credits. Note: enrolment limited to 15 students. Materials fee required. #FILM 3P18 Audience Studies (also offered as COMM 3P18 and PCUL 3P18) Theoretical and methodological approaches to the understanding of audiences for media and cultural products, including print, sound, film, broadcasting, and digital media. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: FILM 2F90 or COMM 2P15 and FILM 2P20. *FILM 3P20 Television Studies (also offered as COMM 3P20 and PCUL 3P20) Historical, theoretical and critical approaches to television. Lectures, seminar, lab, 4 hours per week. Restriction: open to FILM (single or combined), COMM, PCUL and STAC majors with a minimum of 9.0 overall credits. Prerequisite: one of FILM 2P20 and 2P21, 2F90 or permission of the instructor. *FILM 3P21 Canadian Television (also offered as COMM 3P21 and PCUL 3P21) Historical, theoretical and critical approaches to Canadian television. Lectures, seminar, lab, 4 hours per week. Restriction: open to FILM (single or combined), COMM, PCUL and STAC majors with a minimum of 9.0 overall credits. Prerequisite: FILM 3P20 or permission of the instructor. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FILM 3F50. *FILM 3P54 Issues in Documentary Film (also offered as COMM 3P54 and SOCI 3P54) Advanced studies in selected aspects of documentary film and other visual media. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly film lab. Prerequisite: FILM 2P54 Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FILM (COMM/SOCI) 2F54. *FILM 3P56 Issues in Canadian Cinema (also offered as COMM 3P56) Advanced studies in selected aspects of Canadian cinema. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly film lab. Prerequisite: FILM 2P56 Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FILM (COMM) 2F97.
FILM 3P91 Contemporary Film Theory Current film theories including semiotics, psychoanalysis and postmodernism. Application of the theories to selected films. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly lab. Prerequisite: FILM 2P91 Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FILM 2P95. FILM 3P93 Authorship in the Cinema Issues of personal and collaborative creativity in film through the study of the style, themes and development of selected film makers. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly lab. Prerequisite: FILM 2F90 or permission of the instructor. *FILM 3P94 Film Genre (also offered as COMM 3P94 and PCUL 3P94) Genre theory and its application to popular film. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly lab. Prerequisite: FILM 2F90, 2P20 and 2P21 or permission of the instructor. FILM 3P95 National Cinema Study of selected national cinemas emphasizing their relationship to national cultural traditions. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly lab. Prerequisite: FILM 2F90 or permission of the instructor. #FILM 3P96 Issues in Popular Culture (also offered as COMM 3P96 and PCUL 3P96) Specialized studies in popular culture and its role in specific social, historical or theoretical contexts. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly lab. Prerequisite: FILM 2F90 or FILM 2P20 and 2P21. *FILM 3P97 Gender, Race and Class in Cinema to the 1960s (also offered as COMM 3P97 and WISE 3P97) Representation of gender, sexuality, race and class, and implications of spectatorship and ideology. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly film lab. Prerequisite: one of FILM 2F90, FILM 2P20 and 2P21, WISE 2P91, or permission of the instructor. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FILM 3F97. *FILM 3P98 Race and Class in Contemporary Cinema (also offered as COMM 3P98 and WISE 3P98) Representation of gender, sexuality, race and class via ideology, feminism, queer theory and spectatorship in film and video texts since the 1960s. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly film lab. Prerequisite: one of FILM 2F90, FILM 2P20 and 2P21, WISE 2P91 or permission of the instructor. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in FILM 3F97. *FILM 3Q94 Television Genres (also offered as COMM 3Q94 and PCUL 3Q94) Genre theory and its application to popular television. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week; plus weekly lab. Prerequisite: FILM 2F90, FILM 2P20 and 2P21 or permission of the instructor. FILM 3V50-3V59 Special Topics in Film Studies Lectures, lab, seminar, 4 hours per week. Prerequisites: FILM 2F90 and 2P91 or permission of the instructor. FILM 4F80 Directed Reading Directed individual or group reading in an area of Film Studies. Restriction: open to FILM (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits, a minimum 80 percent major average, approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Undergraduate Program Adviser. Note: students are responsible for arranging their course with a faculty member, in consultation with the Undergraduate Program Adviser and must submit a written proposal before registration. The reading may not be on the topic of the student's FILM 4F99 thesis. FILM 4F99 Honours Thesis Thesis on a topic of mutual interest to the student and the instructor, with a critical, historical or contemporary focus. Restriction: open to FILM (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits, a minimum 80 percent major average, approval to year 4 (honours) and permission of the Undergraduate Program Adviser. Prerequisites: FILM 4P30 and 4P31(may be taken concurrently). Note: to register in the Honours thesis, the student must consult the Undergraduate Program Adviser about topics, department regulations and the selection of an adviser. #FILM 4P30 Theories of Mass Culture (also offered as COMM 4P30 and PCUL 4P30) Studies in cultural theory and its application to mass media texts, with special reference to the work of the Frankfurt School, French Structuralism and British Cultural Studies. Lectures, lab, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to FILM (single or combined), COMM and PCUL majors with approval to year 4 (honours) or permission of the instructor. *FILM 4P31 Theories of the Visible (also offered as COMM 4P31 and PCUL 4P31) Central 20th-century developments in the theories of visibility and their relevance to the field of media studies. Lectures, seminar, 4 hours per week. Restriction: open to FILM (single or combined), COMM and PCUL majors with approval to year 4 (honours) or permission of the instructor. #FILM 4P34 Taste and Cultural Politics (also offered as COMM 4P34 and PCUL 4P34) Application of cultural theories to the analysis of taste, distinction, class, cultural standards and moral panics, transgression and trash culture. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to FILM (single or combined), COMM and PCUL majors with approval to year 4 (honours) or permission of the instructor. FILM 4V50-4V59 Special Topics in Film Studies Seminar, 3 hours per week. #FILM 4V58 2006-2007: Television Research (also offered as COMM 4V58 and PCUL 4V58) Television research methods. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to FILM (single or combined), COMM and PCUL majors with approval to year 4 (honours) or permission of the instructor. Note: supervised research project requiring data collection on a television related topic. *FILM 4V60 2006-2007: American Film and Television in the 1950s (also offered as PCUL 4V60) Social, ideological and aesthetic concerns surrounding the Cold War and its impact on American film and television in the 1950s, including film noir, screwball comedy and law and order television. Lecture, lab, seminar, 4 hours per week. Restriction: open to FILM (single or combined) and PCUL majors with approval to year 4(honours) or permission of the instructor. FILM 4V60-4V69 Issues in Film History Specialized studies in Film History addressing issues such as aesthetics, ideological and theoretical concerns across a range of periods and cultures. *FILM 4V70 2006-2007: International Youth Cinema (also offered as PCUL 4V70) Representation of youth within a range of international cinemas. Selected films in the contexts of national cinema traditions, social and historical developments and the dominant images of youth culture. Lecture, lab, seminar, 4 hours per week. Restriction: open to FILM (single or combined) and PCUL majors with acceptance to year 4(honours) or permission of the instructor. FILM 4V70-4V79 Issues in International Cinema Specialized studies of the historical and social contexts influencing trends and developments in international cinema.