These are not requirements, but recommended collections of courses around particular areas of study or skillsets for students who want to develop more focused expertise within film and media. Course descriptions for these courses are available on the Arts & Science Academic Calendar and specific course offerings for the upcoming 2022-23 academic cycle will be posted on our FILM & MEDIA website by May 6th.
Animation
ANIM 200: Introduction to Animation
FILM 222: Animated Feature Films from Disney to Ghibli
FILM 200: Introduction to Video Game Studies
FILM 316: Video Games and Culture
FILM 356: Introduction to Animation Production
FILM 369: Advanced Animation Production
FILM 377: Animation for AR and VR
FILM 378: Computational Cinema
FILM 394: Post Production
FILM 316: Video Games and Culture
FILM 368: Animation Theory and Criticism
ANIM 400: Special Topics in Animation
FILM 401: Special Effects
Sound
FILM 250: Fundamentals of Media Production
MAPP 200: Media and Performance 1
FILM 216: The Rockumentary
MAPP 493: Visual Music
MAPP 311: Sound Production
FILM 389: The Music Video
FILM 451: Production: Special Topic (when the topic is Sound & Synthesis)
Media
FILM 250: Fundamentals of Media Production
MAPP 200: Media and Performance 1
FILM 214: Mobile Communications
MAPP 300: Media and Performance 2
FILM 390: Open Media
FILM 391: Advanced Open Media
FILM 377: Animation for AR and VR
FILM 316: Video Games and Culture
FILM 317: Art as Technology
FILM 330: Gender and Media
FILM 320: Media and the Arts
FILM 335: Culture and Technology
FILM 339: Media and Culture at the End of the 2Oth Century
FILM 342: Studies in Alternative Media
FILM 389: The Music Video
FILM 416: Material Media Studies: Things, Ecologies, Affects
MAPP 400: Media and Performance Major Project
FILM 455: Cross Platform Storytelling
MAPP 493: Visual Music
FILM 394: Post Production
FILM 240: Media and Popular Culture
FILM 260: Digital Media Theory
Cinema
FILM 215: Science Fiction Cinema
FILM 250: Fundamentals of Production
FILM 257: Film and Media Concept Development
FILM 300: Hollywood: The Dream Factory
FILM 301: Cinemas of the Americas
FILM 325: Cinemas in Canada: Anglo-Canadian, Québécois, Indigenous
FILM 331: Women and Film
FILM 332: Queer Cinemas
FILM 336: Film and Politics
FILM 388: Indigenous Film and Media
FILM 312: Screenwriting
FILM 351: Documentary Production
FILM 353: Narrative Film Production
FILM 387: Cinematography
FILM 392: Video Production
FILM 393: Advanced Video Production
FILM 394: Post Production
FILM 303: World Cinemas
FILM 305: European Narrative
FILM 422: Canadian Cinema: Special Topic
Power and Society
FILM 301: Cinemas of the Americas
FILM 325: Cinemas in Canada: Anglo-Canadian, Québécois, Indigenous
FILM 330: Gender and Media
FILM 331: Women and Film
FILM 332: Queer Cinemas
FILM 336: Film and Politics
FILM 303: World Cinemas
FILM 342: Studies in Alternative Media
FILM 388: lndigenous Film and Media
Film 435: Culture and Representation: Special Topic
FILM 430: Bodies on Fire: Exploring the Archive of Canadian Lesbian Filmmaking
DEVS 305: Cuban Culture & Society
DEVS 306: Cuban Culture and Society l
DEVS 307: Cuban Culture and Society ll Havana
Curation and Archives
FILM 318: Screen Curatorial Practices
FILM 350: Moving Image Archives: The Politics of Preservation and Circulation
FILM 477: Festival Spaces: Local Markets, Global Circulation
FILM 420: Advanced Approaches to Media Studies: Media Archaeologies
FILM 430: Bodies on Fire: Exploring the Archive of Canadian Lesbian Filmmaking
Writing
FILM 226: Critical Inquiry
FILM 206: Research, Writing, and Presentation Methods
FILM 207: Writing Foundations for Film and Media
FILM 312: Screenwriting
FILM 456: The Video Essay
FILM 257: Concept Development
CWRI 295: Introduction to Creative Writing in Short Fiction & Poetry
CWRI 397: The Literary Screenplay