Cinema Studies

The M.A. program in Cinema Studies highlights important developments and movements in filmmaking. Special attention is given to social, cultural and political influences on cinema. Students become familiar with the language of cinema to support their understanding of various genres, alternative modes, and national and ethnic thematic motivations. In addition to courses dedicated to cinema history and theory, students may explore animation and film production, and take electives in literature and art history. Graduate seminar topics have included Cinema of the Middle East, Literary Films, “Primitivism” in Cinema, Ethnographic Cinema, Romanticism, Cinema of the 1950s, and others.

Curriculum: 45 credit hours

• CINE 703, Research Methodologies in Cinema Studies
• CINE 705, History of Cinema
• CINE 710, Critical Concepts in Cinema Studies
• CINE 715, American Cinema
• CINE 725, World Cinema
• CINE 737, Graduate Seminar in Cinema Studies
  or CINE 740, The New Hollywood
• CINE 747, Issues in Cinema Theory
• CINE 788, Cinema Studies M.A. Thesis
• – 500-700 level elective