FLM&MDA Course Descriptions for 2026-2027

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CourseTitleInstructorDescription
FLM&MDA H80RACE SPORT MEDIAPERLMAN, A.
FLM&MDA H80RACE SPORT MEDIAPERLMAN, A.
FLM&MDA 85INTRO FILM ANALYSISHATCH, K.In this course you will develop the tools for analyzing film and other moving-image media. We will focus on understanding how filmmakers use narrative, mise-en-scène, cinematography, sound, and editing to produce meaning and elicit emotional responses. Popular narrative films often encourage audiences to become absorbed in the world of the film and to forget that we are watching a movie. In this course, you will learn to recognize the techniques that filmmakers have developed to make the film apparatus (the camera, the microphones, the technology) disappear, and we will consider the ways in which filmmakers have departed from and embellished this "invisible" style. In the process, we will also discuss some of the debates that animate scholarship on film aesthetics and the poetics of cinema.

Students who successfully complete the course will
• Develop the vocabulary and analytical skills to interpret and evaluate films;
• Understand how film and other moving image arts use narrative, image, and/or sound to convey meaning and create emotional effects;
• Engage in critical formal analysis of film form and narrative;
• Understand some of the key debates within the discipline of Film & Media Studies.
FLM&MDA 101DRADIO TV HISTORYGUTIERREZ, A.
FLM&MDA 110FILM & MEDIA THEORYEKANAYAKE, A.
FLM&MDA 110FILM & MEDIA THEORYCRANO, R.
FLM&MDA 110FILM & MEDIA THEORYHAGGINS, B.
FLM&MDA 112THE WESTERNMIMURA, G.
FLM&MDA 112FILM & TV COMEDYHAGGINS, B.
FLM&MDA 112FILM & TV COMEDYHAGGINS, B.
FLM&MDA 115BRUCE LEEMIMURA, G.
FLM&MDA 117AINTRO SCREENWRITINGKAMALAKANTHAN, P.
FLM&MDA 118AWRITING TV ISTAFF
FLM&MDA 120ABASIC PRODUCTIONCANE, E.
FLM&MDA 120ABASIC PRODUCTIONKAMALAKANTHAN, P.
FLM&MDA 130SOLIDARITY CINEMADAULATZAI, S.
FLM&MDA 139WWRITING ON FILM&MDAHAGGINS, B.
FLM&MDA 139WWRITING ON FILM&MDACRANO, R.
FLM&MDA 139WWRITING ON FILM&MDAKRAPP, P.
FLM&MDA 144GAME NARRATIVESSODERMAN, A.
FLM&MDA 144DISINFORMATIONKRAPP, P.
FLM&MDA 144PLAYFUL MEDIASODERMAN, A.
FLM&MDA 145KOREAN POP CULTUREKIM, K.
FLM&MDA 160BRAZILAN CINE & RACKUNIGAMI, A.
FLM&MDA 192SOUNDSTAFF
FLM&MDA 194HISTRY OF COMPUTINGSTAFF
FLM&MDA 194MEDIA & US ELECTIONPERLMAN, A.