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Subject: English (UG) (ENGL)
CRN: 42169
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 307
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Film Studies Major Approved
Film Studies Minor Approved
Film Studies History&Analysis
Writing Intensive
Many fans, critics, and creators agree that we are living in a Golden Age of Horror. From new fiction by Carmen Maria Machado and Stephen Graham Jones to films such as TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID (Lopez 2017) and MIDSOMMAR (Astor 2019), the genre is proving to be finely crafted and character driven. In other words, horror in the twenty-first century is much more than slasher films, body gore, and jump scares (though there is still plenty of room for those!). The horror genre explores the human condition through the emotion of fear—fear of pain, disease, isolation, of being lost, consumed, or prey to supernatural forces. Horror also teaches us how to handle those fears. According to writer Ruthanna Emrys, “Horror as a genre is built around one truth: that the world is full of fearful things. But the best horror tells us more. It tells us how to live with being afraid.” This course explores horror from fairy tales like Bluebeard, to Gothic classics by Poe, to American cinema’s Universal monster films, to contemporary works by Jennifer Kent, Brian Evenson, and more. This course satisfies the WAC Writing Intensive requirement and an Integration in the Humanities requirement. It also satisfies a Film Studies History and Analysis major and minor requirement. Please note that ENGL 202 is non-repeatable; students wishing to take a second 200-level Texts in Conversation course will need to register for ENGL 201, 203, or 204. Prerequisite: ENGL 106, 121, or 190.
4 Credits
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1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41469
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 308
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.
4 Credits
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9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41470
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 319
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.
4 Credits
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3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41471
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL03
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.
4 Credits
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1:30 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41465
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL19
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.
4 Credits
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3:25 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41466
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL19
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.
4 Credits
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41472
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.
4 Credits
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3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41467
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 110
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Instructor: TBD
FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.
4 Credits
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41468
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.
4 Credits
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41473
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
OR
[Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
FILM 200 introduces students to film analysis, providing the basic tools to understand, appreciate, and analyze the technical and aesthetic dimensions of film and to understand how these elements come together to create meaning. The course will focus on specific filmmaking techniques, provide a brief overview of film history, and introduce students to the concepts of genre, ideology and style. In addition to attending class sessions, students will be required to dedicate approximately two hours per week to viewing films in lab or outside of class.
4 Credits
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9:55 am |
9:55 am |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41474
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Diversity/Soc Just AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Amer Culture & Diff Minor Appr
Writing Intensive
WGSS Major Approved
WGSS Minor Approved
Women and Gender in Film explores the diverse roles women have taken in film from an intersectional perspective that includes analysis of gender along with considerations of race, class, migrant status, disability status, religious/spiritual identity, or other dimensions of diversity. Through readings, lectures and film analysis students will be able to consider how gender constructions have influenced the roles women and non-gender conforming individuals could take in film as an industry and in film as an art, focusing primarily in film production in the United States. Through a social justice lens, this course will lead students to become aware of how gender constructions are circulated, recast, and reinforced through film, which can also be a space for resistance, change and imagination of a more egalitarian future.
4 Credits
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9:35 am |
9:35 am |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41475
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: O'Shaughnessy Education Center 307
Online
Requirements Met:
FYE CommGood/Learning Comm
Film Studies Major Approved
Film Studies Minor Approved
Film Studies History&Analysis
Writing Intensive
The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in Classfinder, View Searchable Class Schedule
4 Credits
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N/A |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41476
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
The subject matter of these courses will vary from year to year, but will not duplicate existing courses. Descriptions of these courses are available in Classfinder, View Searchable Class Schedule
4 Credits
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41485
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.
4 Credits
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41486
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing Intensive
In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.
4 Credits
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1:30 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41477
Blended Online & In-Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL30A
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.
4 Credits
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41481
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing in the Discipline
In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.
4 Credits
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41482
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing in the Discipline
In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.
4 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41483
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.
4 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41478
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 110
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Instructor: TBD
In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.
4 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
1:30 pm |
1:30 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41484
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: In Person
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.
4 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41479
Online: Asynchronous | Lecture
Online
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.
4 Credits
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| M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41480
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center LL07
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Global Perspective AND [Core] Integ/Humanities
In this course, students will view, discuss, and read and write about feature-length films from Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe, and possibly India and/or the Middle East. Following critical viewing of films both in and outside of class, students will engage in critical reflection, discussion, and analytical writing as a way of practicing the art of film analysis. This course asks students to think critically about the ways in which cinema engages the world as a form of entertainment, as art, as historical document, and as an instrument of social change. The course addresses issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and geopolitical status.
4 Credits
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1:35 pm |
1:35 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41487
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Murray-Herrick Campus Center 308
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Other Requirements Met:
Writing in the Discipline
The purpose of this course is to learn how to write effective narrative screenplays, with an emphasis on the creation of short scripts. In order to explore and identify basic dramatic principles of story, character, and structure, we will analyze numerous short scripts and films made from them. We will look at how the dramatic principles of short scripts have been expanded and turned into feature screenplays by exploring the work of various successful contemporary writers and filmmakers. Once we establish the basics of effective screenplays, students will apply these concepts to the development of their own original short scripts. By the end of the semester, students will have written several complete short scripts that are ready to be shot on their own, produced as part of a St. Thomas filmmaking course, or that could be developed further into feature length screenplays. This course counts as a production/practice course for students pursuing the Film Studies major or minor and as an elective course for English majors and minors. Finally, this course also satisfies a WAC Writing in the Discipline requirement. Please note that this course does not count towards the core literature and writing requirement.
4 Credits
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5:30 pm |
5:30 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41488
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 110
Core Requirements Met:
[Core] Fine Arts
Other Requirements Met:
Writing to learn
This course is designed to introduce students to the filmmaking process, from script to screen. We will concentrate our attention on two main elements - understanding the technical concerns of narrative filmmaking (the apparatuses, learning camera functions and techniques, and using editing software), AND developing students' artistic voice through storytelling and film analysis. The course aims to strengthen students' ability to conceive and flesh out ideas that will lead to compelling, authentic, personally meaningful short films and give them the critical foundation of film study and production tools to execute their ideas. Students will begin to develop their own artistic vision and style through filmmaking. Prerequisite DIMA 240 Digital Imagery and Sound.
4 Credits
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3:25 pm |
3:25 pm |
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Subject: Film Studies (FILM)
CRN: 41489
In Person | Lecture
St Paul: Brady Educational Center 106
Requirements Met:
[Core] Signature Work
Contemporary Issues in Film surveys a topic of particular relevance for students near the culmination of their coursework in Film Studies. The course focuses on issues of diversity, creative expression, and unique perspectives in Film Studies and how these unique voices contribute to our understanding of The Common Good. Students will expand their knowledge of Film Studies and they will incorporate disciplinary tools from Film Studies and at least one other academic. discipline, which they will apply to the study of creative production in film. Students will apply knowledge from coursework in multiple disciplines, they will expand their analytical abilities by learning about new films and writing about them, and they will create a portfolio of work that is representative of their learning. Contemporary Issues that will serve as the focus of each course offering may include American Independent Cinema; Masters of Style: Great Directors; and Diverse Perspectives in Film. Prerequisites: FILM 200 or permission of instructor.
4 Credits