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Cinema and Media Studies, Faculty of Arts

CMST: Cinema and Media Studies

  1. CMST 500 (3) Research Methods

    Credit will be granted for only one of FIST 500 or CMST 500. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  2. CMST 510 (3) Advanced Theory, Film and Media

    Current trends and topics in scholarship, based on an intensive look at a few key theorists and theories. Credit will be granted for only one of FIST 510 or CMST 510. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  3. CMST 520 (3) Advanced Cinema and Media Criticism

    Film and media criticism, with detailed interrogation of conceptual foundations and contemporary case-studies. Credit will be granted for only one of FIST 520 or CMST 520. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  4. CMST 531 (3-6) d Seminar: Styles in Film

    Studies in styles or film genres such as narrative, documentary, ethnographic, experimental, etc. Topics will vary from year to year. Credit will be granted for only one of FIST 531 or CMST 531. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  5. CMST 532 (3-6) d Seminar: Study of Major Film Artists

    Investigations into the biographical, social, and national backgrounds of two or three major artists, with attention to the specific nature of their work in its historical, psychological, and cultural contexts. Topics will vary from year to year. Credit will be granted for only one of FIST 532 or CMST 532. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  6. CMST 534 (3-6) d Seminar in Cinema Studies

    Topics to be arranged. Credit will be granted for only one of FIST 534 or CMST 534. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  7. CMST 547 (3-6) d Directed Studies in Cinema and Media

    Credit will be granted for only one of FIST 547 or CMST 547. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  8. CMST 549 (6-18) d Thesis

    Credit will be granted for only one of FIST 549 or CMST 549. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  9. CMST 649 (0) Doctoral Dissertation

    This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

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