Courses
Undergraduate
FAMST-01Download the Spring 2019 Schedule
Instructor: TBD
FAMST-46Introduction to Cinema
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-46Introduction to Cinema
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-46HIntroduction to Cinema - Honors
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 1
FAMST-46MSMajor Seminar
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 2
FAMST-54Hollywood: Anatomy of an Industry
Instructor: Cheri Steinkellner
FAMST-54Hollywood: Anatomy of an Industry
Instructor: Wesley Jacks
FAMST-54Hollywood Anatomy of an Industry
Instructor: Cheri Steinkellner
Units: 2
FAMST-55QMQueen: Music, Media, History
Instructor: Ross Melnick
Units: 4
FAMST-95Internship
Instructor: Joseph Palladino
Units: 2
FAMST-96Advanced Film Analysis
Instructor: Cristina Venegas
Units: 5
FAMST-96Advanced Film Analysis -S21
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 5
FAMST-99Independent Studies
Instructor: Staff
Units: 1-4
FAMST-101CHistory of New Waves and Beyond
Instructor: Peter Bloom
Units: 5
FAMST-101CHistory of New Waves Films and Beyond
Instructor: Ross Melnick
Units: 5
FAMST-101CHistory of Cinema: New Waves and Beyond
Instructor: Cristina Venegas
Units: 5
FAMST-101CHHistory of New Waves Films and Beyond - Honors
Instructor: Ross Melnick
Units: 1
FAMST-101EHistory of Electronic Media: From Network to Digital Television
Instructor: Jennifer Holt
Research Interests:
FAMST-101EEarly Network TV to the Digital Era
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 5
FAMST-101EEarly Network TV to the Digital Era
Instructor: Jennifer Holt
Units: 5
FAMST-104Production Technology
Instructor: Sara Caldwell
Units: 4
FAMST-108Short Project Production
Instructor: Sara Caldwell
Units: 4
FAMST-109EAImpact Media
Instructor: Ian Kellett
Units: 4
FAMST-109IDInteraction Design
Instructor: Laila Shereen Sakr
Units: 4
FAMST-109IWImprov Workshop
Instructor: Bill Steinkellner
Units: 4
FAMST-113SWComedy Writing Short Format
Instructor: Cheri Steinkellner
Units: 4
FAMST-113SWComedy Writing
Instructor: Cheri Steinkellner
Units: 4
FAMST-113SWSketch Writing
Instructor: Cheri Steinkellner
Units: 4
FAMST-118GreenScreen - Environmental Media Production
Instructor: Chris Jenkins
Units: 4
Research Interests:
FAMST-118Sponsored Projects: Green Screen
Instructor: Chris Jenkins
Units: 4
FAMST-118GSGreen Screen
Instructor: Chris Jenkins
Units: 4
FAMST-118LPLaunch Pad
Instructor: Chris Jenkins
Units: 4
FAMST-119MLMagic Lantern
Instructor: Bhaskar Sarkar
Units: 4
FAMST-119MLMagic Lantern
Instructor: Bhaskar Sarkar
Units: 4
FAMST-119MLMagic Lantern
Instructor: Peter Bloom
Units: 4
FAMST-122ITItalian Cinema
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-124Indian Cinema: Theory, History, Hagiography
Instructor: Bhaskar Sarkar
Units: 4.0
Research Interests:
FAMST-143Sci Fi
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
FAMST-144The Horror Film
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 4
FAMST-154PGPornography
Instructor: Constance Penley
Units: 4
FAMST-154PGPornography
Instructor: Constance Penley
Units: 4
FAMST-155CNChristopher Nolan
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-155RWCinema of R.W. Fassbinder
Instructor: Naoki Yamamoto
FAMST-155SWStar Wars
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 4
FAMST-165MSMedia and Stardom
Instructor: Anna Everett
Units: 4
FAMST-183Films and Media of the Natural and Human Environment
Instructor: Janet Walker
FAMST-184Film Music
Instructor: J. Hadja
Units: 4
FAMST-184Film Music
Instructor: J. Hajda
Units: 4
FAMST-187ANAmerican Film and Culture of the 90's
Instructor: Ross Melnick
Units: 4
FAMST-187CCGlobal Chaplin
Instructor: Charles Wolfe
Units: 4
FAMST-187OCOil Culture
Instructor: Mona Damluji
Units: 4
FAMST-187RZReinventing Zoom
Instructor: Lisa Parks
Units: 4
FAMST-187SMSound, Media, Society
Instructor: Greg Siegel
Units: 4
FAMST-187SSScreening Shakespear
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 4
FAMST-189ACAlgorithms and Culture
Instructor: Laila Shereen Sakr
Units: 4
FAMST-192CTContemporary Cultural Theory
Instructor: Bhaskar Sarkar
Units: 5
FAMST-192CTContemporary Cultural Theory ONLINE
Instructor: Bhaskar Sarkar
Units: 5
FAMST-195PIPollock Theater Internship
Instructor: Matt Ryan
Graduate
FAMST-192CTCultural Theory: Media and Globalization
Instructor: Bhaskar Sarkar
Units: 5
Research Interests:
FAMST-230Philosophy of History/Histories of Cinema
Instructor: Charles Wolfe
Units: 4
FAMST-230Philosophy of History
Instructor: Charles Wolfe
FAMST-232MFMarxist Film Theory
Instructor: Naoki Yamamoto
Units: 4
FAMST-240Film Theory
Instructor: Patrice Petro
Units: 4
FAMST-250Cultural Theory - S21
Instructor: Dick Hebdige
FAMST-252MDMedia Datification - S21
Instructor: Lisa Parks
FAMST-252OMOil Modernity - S21
Instructor: Mona Damluji
FAMST-252PGCultural Study - S21
Instructor: Constance Penley
FAMST-593Programming and Curation
Instructor: Patrice Petro
Units: 1-2
FAMST-598Prospectus Prep - S21
Instructor: TBD
Undergraduate
-Download the Summer 2019 Schedule
Instructor: (see schedule)
FAMST-46Introduction to Cinema (Session A)
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 4
FAMST-46Introduction to Cinema (Session B)
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-46Introduction to Cinema
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 4
FAMST-46Introduction to Cinema
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-46Introduction to Cinema - M21 A
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 5
FAMST-46Introduction to Cinema - M21 B
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 5
FAMST-55CYCyborgs to Robots- M21 B
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-56ZMGen Z Media- M21 B
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 4
FAMST-70Media Criticism (Session A)
Instructor: Jennifer Holt
Units: 4
FAMST-70Media Criticism
Instructor: Greg Siegel
Units: 4
FAMST-70Media Criticism- M21 A
Instructor: TBA
Units: 4
FAMST-96Advanced Film Analysis (Session B)
Instructor: Sarah Lerner
Units: 5
FAMST-96Advanced Film Analysis
Instructor: TBD
Units: 5
FAMST-96Advanced Film Analysis- M21 B
Instructor: TBD
Units: 5
FAMST-104Production Technology- M21 B
Instructor: Chris Jenkins
Units: 4
FAMST-110Professional Development
Instructor: Ross Melnick
Units: 4
FAMST-110Professional Development -M21 A
Instructor: Ross Melnick
Units: 4
FAMST-110Professional Development- M21 A
Instructor: Ross Melnick
Units: 4
FAMST-151FAAmerican Film History: The Silent Film West of Hollywood- M21 B
Instructor: Dana Driskel
Units: 4
FAMST-155SWDirectors: Star Wars
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 4
FAMST-166EGExperimental Games- M21 A
Instructor: Miguel Penabella
Units: 4
FAMST-187CNTopics in Film and Television Analysis
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-187MIMedical Imagination (Session B)
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-187YCYouth Culture (Session A)
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 4
FAMST-188ABasic Screenwriting (Session A)
Instructor: Jarrett Golding
Units: 4
FAMST-188ABasic Screenwriting (Session B)
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 4
FAMST-188ABasic Screenwriting
Instructor: Wendy Eley Jackson
Units: 4
FAMST-188ABasic Screenwriting
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 4
FAMST-188ABasic Screenwriting- M21 A
Instructor: Wendy Eley Jackson
Units: 4
FAMST-188ABasic Screenwriting- M21 B
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 4
FAMST-188SSStorytelling for the Screen
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 4
FAMST-188SSStorytelling for the Screen- M21 F
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 4
FAMST-188WSWorkshop for the Screen
Instructor: Wendy Eley Jackson
Units: 4
FAMST-188WSWorkshop for the Screen- M21 G
Instructor: Wendy Eley Jackson
Units: 4
FAMST-192CTCultural Theory (Session B)
Instructor: Nicole Strobel
Units: 5
FAMST-192CTTopics in Film and Media Theory
Instructor: TBA
Units: 5
FAMST-192CTContemporary Cultural Theory- M21 B
Instructor: TBD
Units: 5
FAMST-192DTTopics in Film and Media Theory: Digital Theory
Instructor: TBA
Units: 5
FAMST-192DTDigital Theory- M21 A
Instructor: TBD
Units: 5
FAMST-192FTClassical Film Theory (Session A)
Instructor: Allan Langdale
Units: 5
Graduate
Coming soon...Undergraduate
-Download the Fall 2019 Schedule
Instructor: (see schedule)
FAMST-46Introduction to Cinema
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-46Introduction to Cinema
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-46HMajor Seminar
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 1
FAMST-46MSMajor Seminar
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 2
FAMST-54Hollywood: Anatomy of an Industry
Instructor: Cheri Steinkellner
Units: 2
FAMST-55BEThe Beatles
Instructor: Allison Anders
Units: 4
FAMST-96Advanced Film Analysis -F20
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 5
FAMST-101AHistory of Silent Films
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 5
FAMST-101AHistory of Silent Film
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 5
FAMST-101DHistory of Electronic Media: From Telegraphy to Early Television
Instructor: Michael Curtin
Units: 5
FAMST-104Introduction to Production Technology
Instructor: Sara Caldwell
Units: 4
FAMST-108Short Production
Instructor: Chris Jenkins
Units: 4
FAMST-109EAEnvironmental Activism
Instructor: Ian Kellet
Units: 4
FAMST-110Professional Development
Instructor: Ross Melnick
Units: 4
FAMST-119MLMagic Lantern
Instructor: Bhaskar Sarkar
Units: 4
FAMST-119MLFilm Programming: Magic Lantern
Instructor: Peter Bloom
Units: 4
FAMST-126Cuban Cinema
Instructor: Cristina Venegas
Units: 4
FAMST-127Latin American Cinema
Instructor: Cristina Venegas
Units: 4
FAMST-150ADAdaptations
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 4
FAMST-155NHNew Hollywood
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 4
FAMST-169Film Noir
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-169Film Noir
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-175History of the Avant-Garde/Experimental Film
Instructor: TBD
Units: 4
FAMST-175Experimental Film
Instructor: Constance Penley
Units: 4
FAMST-187ARArchiving
Instructor: Dana Driskel
Units: 4
FAMST-187ARTopics in Film and Television Analysis: Archiving
Instructor: Dana Driskel
Units: 4
FAMST-187BKBuster Keaton
Instructor: Charles Wolfe
Units: 4
FAMST-187JCTopics in Film and Television Analysis: Japanese Cinema
Instructor: Naoki Yamamoto
Units: 4
FAMST-187NSNews on Screen
Instructor: Ross Melnick
FAMST-188ABasic Screenwriting
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 4
FAMST-188ABasic Screenwriting
Instructor: Wendy Eley Jackson
Units: 4
FAMST-188ABasic Screenwriting
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 4
FAMST-188ABasic Screenwriting
Instructor: Wendy Eley Jackson
Units: 4
FAMST-190PCPopular Culture
Instructor: Constance Penley
Units: 4
FAMST-192FTClassic Film Theory
Instructor: Patrice Petro
Units: 5
FAMST-192FTFilm and Media Theory
Instructor: Naoki Yamamoto
Units: 5
FAMST-195PIPollock Internship
Instructor: Matt Ryan
Units: 2
FAMST-195PIPollock Theater Event and Production Internship
Instructor: Matt Ryan
Units: 2
FAMST-252CJFAMST 252CJ Media and Environment: Climate Justice
Instructor: TBD
Units: 4
Research Interests:
INT-36 IAInventing Attention
Instructor: Peter Bloom
Units: 4
Graduate
FAMST-213Autobiographical Screenwriting
Instructor: TBD
FAMST-220Critical Analysis: Semiotic Approaches to Media and the Event
Instructor: Peter Bloom
Units: 4
FAMST-241TV New Media Theory
Instructor: Alenda Y. Chang
FAMST-242LAFilm Theory and Practice in Latin America
Instructor: Cristina Venegas
Units: 4
FAMST-252CJClimate Justice
Instructor: Janet Walker
FAMST-252EJEnergy Justice in Global Perspective
Instructor: Mona Damluji
Units: 4
Research Interests:
FAMST-252PMPolitical Media: Social Media Activism and Platforms
Instructor: Anna Everett
Units: 4
FAMST-593Programming and Curation
Instructor: Patrice Petro
Units: 2
FAMST-593Curation
Instructor: Patrice Petro
FAMST-595DDDissertation Development
Instructor: Ross Melnick
Units: 4
FAMST-595DDDissertation Development
Instructor: Janet Walker
Undergraduate
FAMST- Download the Winter 2020 Schedule
Instructor: see schedule
FAMST-70Media Criticism
Instructor: Greg Siegel
Units: 4
FAMST-70Media Criticism
Instructor: Jennifer Holt
Units: 4
FAMST-70Media Criticism - W21
Instructor: Greg Siegel
Units: 4
FAMST-95Internship
Instructor: Joe Palladino
Units: 2
FAMST-96ADVANCED FILM ANALYSIS
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 5
FAMST-101BHistory of Cinema: The Rise of International Sound Film
Instructor: Charles Wolfe
Units: 5
Research Interests:
FAMST-101BHISTORY OF SOUND FILM
Instructor: Charles Wolfe
Units: 5
FAMST-101BHistory of Cinema: The Development of Sound Film - W21
Instructor: Charles Wolfe
Units: 5
FAMST-101BHHISTORY OF SOUND FILM - HONORS SEMINAR
Instructor: Charles Wolfe
Units: 1
FAMST-101DHistory of Electronic Media: Telegraphy to Early Television - W21
Instructor: Michael Curtin
Units: 5
FAMST-104Introduction to Production Technology - W21
Instructor: Sara Caldwell
Units: 4
FAMST-106BCrew Production - W21
Instructor: Chris Jenkins
Units: 5
FAMST-106BCrew Production - W21
Instructor: Wendy Eley Jackson
Units: 5
FAMST-109GAGlitch Art - W21
Instructor: Laila Shereen Sakr
Units: 4
FAMST-110Professional Development - W21
Instructor: Ross Melnick
Units: 4
FAMST-113PWPilot Writing
Instructor: Cheri Steinkellner
Units: 4
FAMST-113PWPILOT WRITING
Instructor: Cheri Steinkellner
Units: 4
FAMST-113PWPilot Writing -W21
Instructor: Cheri Steinkellner
Units: 4
FAMST-115Sound Production - W21
Instructor: Sven Holcomb
Units: 4
FAMST-119MLMagic Lantern
Instructor: Bhaskar Sarkar
Units: 4
FAMST-119MLMAGIC LANTERN
Instructor: Bhaskar Sarkar
Units: 4
FAMST-119MLFilm Programming: Magic Lantern - W21
Instructor: Peter Bloom
Units: 4
FAMST-122JAJAPANESE ANIME
Instructor: Naoki Yamamoto
Units: 4
FAMST-122METopics in National and Transnational Media: Middle East Media - W21
Instructor: Laila Shereen Sakr
Units: 4
FAMST-151AEAmerican Film and Culture of the 1980s
Instructor: Ross Melnick
FAMST-155CNCHRISTOPHER NOLAN
Instructor: Anna Brusutti
Units: 4
FAMST-163Women and Film: Feminist Perspectives - W21
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 4
FAMST-165BABlack Auteurs
Instructor: Anna Everett
Units: 4
FAMST-165BABlack Auteurs
Instructor: Anna Everett
Units: 4
FAMST-165DKDON'T KNOCK THE ROCK
Instructor: Allison Anders
Units: 4
FAMST-165MVMedia and Violence
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 4
FAMST-166DAAMERICAN DEMOCRACY ON SCREEN
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 4
FAMST-166EMBeyond the Spill: Energy, Media & Culture
Instructor: Mona Damluji
Units: 4
Research Interests:
FAMST-166SVScientific Visions
Instructor: Alenda Y. Chang
Units: 4
FAMST-175Experimental Film - W21
Instructor: Constance Penley
Units: 4
FAMST-183ENVIRONMENTAL FILM
Instructor: Janet Walker
Units: 4
FAMST-187ARArchiving
Instructor: Dana Driskel
Units: 4
FAMST-187ARTopics in Film and Television Analysis: Archiving - W21
Instructor: Dana Driskel
Units: 4
FAMST-187CMTopics in Film and Television Analysis: Conspiracy Media - W21
Instructor: Miguel Penabella
Units: 4
FAMST-187FTFilm and TV of the 60s
Instructor: Anna Everett
Units: 4
FAMST-187ISTopics in Film and Television Analysis: Mediating Islam - W21
Instructor: Mona Damluji
Units: 4
FAMST-187SHShort Format
Instructor: Cynthia Felando
Units: 4
FAMST-187WWTopics in Film and Television Analysis: Cinema and World War II - W21
Instructor: Kajsa Niehusen
Units: 4
FAMST-188ABasic Screenwriting
Instructor: Michael Miner
Units: 4
FAMST-188ABasic Screenwriting - W21
Instructor: Michael Miner
Units: 4
FAMST-188BAdvanced Screenwriting
Instructor: TBD
Units: 4
FAMST-188BAdvanced Screenwriting - W21
Instructor: Michael Miner
Units: 4
FAMST-188BAdvanced Screenwriting -JM21
Instructor: James McNamara
Units: 4
FAMST-189TTTaps and Traps: Surveillance, Observation, Capture
Instructor: Lisa Han
Units: 4
FAMST-192DTTopics in Film and Media Theory: Digital Theory - W21
Instructor: Alenda Y. Chang
Units: 5
FAMST-195IInternships
Instructor: Joe Palladino
Units: 2
FAMST-195PIPollock Theater Internship
Instructor: Matt Ryan
Units: 2
FAMST-195PIPollock Theater Event and Production Internship - W21
Instructor: Matt Ryan
Units: 2
Graduate
FAMST-232FELocal Film Exhibition - W21
Instructor: Ross Melnick
FAMST-232GEGlobal Film Exhibition
Instructor: Ross Melnick
FAMST-240Film Theory - W21
Instructor: Naoki Yamamoto
FAMST-250Cultural Theory
Instructor: Greg Siegel
Units: 4
FAMST-262EIEnergy Justice in Global Perspective; Infrastructures
Instructor: Janet Walker
Units: 4
FAMST-262GMGlobal Media: Culture, Labor, Capital
Instructor: Michael Curtin
Units: 4
Research Interests:
FAMST-267Media Industries
Instructor: Michael Curtin
Units: 4
FAMST-593Curation - W21
Instructor: Patrice Petro
FAMST-595DDDissertation Development - W21
Instructor: Janet Walker