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Cinema and Media Studies, Faculty of Arts

CMST_V: Cinema and Media Studies

  1. CMST_V 500 (3) Research Methods

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

  2. CMST_V 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. Equivalency: FIST 510. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  3. CMST_V 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. Equivalency: FIST 520 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

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

    Studies in styles or film genres such as narrative, documentary, ethnographic, experimental, etc. Topics will vary from year to year. A maximum of 6 credits will be granted for FIST_V 531 or CMST_V 531. Equivalency: FIST _V 531 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  5. CMST_V 532 (3-6) 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. A maximum of 6 credits will be granted for FIST_V 532 or CMST_V 532. Equivalency: FIST_V 532. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  6. CMST_V 534 (3-6) Seminar in Cinema Studies

    Topics to be arranged. A maximum of 6 credits will be granted for FIST_V 534 or CMST_V 534. Equivalency: FIST_V 534 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

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

    A maximum of 6 credits will be granted for FIST_V 547 or CMST_V 547. Equivalency: FIST_V 547 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  8. CMST_V 549 (6-18) Thesis

    A maximum of 18 credits will be granted for FIST_V 549 or CMST_V 549. Equivalency: FIST_V 549 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading.

  9. CMST_V 649 (0) Doctoral Dissertation

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

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