All courses are arranged by level: Introductory, Fundamental, Intermediate, and Advanced. Some courses may not be offered in a given academic year. Please consult each semester’s schedule for specific information.
A special note on History & Criticism courses for UGFTV students: Consult the current semester list of classes for offerings from the Cinema Studies Department (courses beginning in the prefix H72.) on Albert. If you would like to take one of the Cinema Studies courses offerings, please note the following: REQUIRED OF ALL FRESHMAN The Language of Film ANIMATION HISTORY
History of Animation CINEMATOGRAPHY Cinematography and Mise-en-Scene History of Editing
The Documentary Tradition I/II EXPERIMENTAL FILM HISTORY FILM AESTHETICS-varies, examples of topics previously offered Film Analysis
FILM GENRES-varies, examples of topics previously offered Film Genres: Children and Other Talking Animals HISTORY & CRITICISM OR GENERAL EDUCATION These two courses will be automatically credited toward your History & Criticism requirement when you register for them. If you decide to use them as Gen Ed courses instead of History & Criticism courses, you must request this in writing to the Film & TV Registration Office. INDIVIDUAL TOPICS-varies, examples of topics previously offered Expanding Cinema: New Media, The Movies, and Beyond Offered as part of the TSOA Special Programs Producing minor: Media Moguls of the 20th Century (H95.0562.001)
In order to receive an access code for registration, all students must present a Registration Worksheet (signed by their Film & TV advisor) at the Cinema Studies department
History of Cinematography
Comparative Directors: Douglas Sirk/ Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Comparative Directors: Andy Warhol, Gus Van Sant, Todd Haynes
Comparative Directors: Altman, Coppola, Spielberg
Comparative Directors: Hitchcock and Lang
Comparative Directors: The Writer/Director
Comparative Directors: Spielberg/Stone
Comparative Directors: David Lynch and Atom Egoyan
Comparative Directors: NYU Directs
CRAFT HISTORIES
Music for Film and Television
The Art of Sound
DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Images of the 1930's
Documentary Films Go To the Movies
Documentary Fictions
Media Mavericks
Film Aesthetics: Acting
Film Aesthetics: Animation
Film Aesthetics: Editing
Film Aesthetics: Studio Art Design
Film Aesthetics: Special Effects and New Media
Film Aesthetics: Cinema Sound
Film Aesthetics: Color
Film Genres: Animation
Film Genres: The Vampire Film
Film Genres: Film Noir
Film Genres: The Blockbuster
Film Genres: Experimental, Underground & the Avant-Garde
Film Genres: Spaghetti Western and Italian Horror
Film Genres: Teen Films and Youth Culture
Images of the 1930's
Traditions in Narrative
Hollywood Auteurs
Hollywood and Its Alternatives
Issues in Contemporary African American Cinema
Italian Cinema
Silent Screen
Stars!
Women in the Director's Chair
TELEVISION
Children's Television
Evolution of Television Programming
Television Programming and Concepts
