2001-2002 Undergraduate Calendar  Programs
	2001-2002 UNDERGRADUATE CALENDAR
	Carleton University

School for Studies in Art and Culture

Film Studies

(Arts and Social Sciences)

423 St. Patrick's Building

Telephone: 520-5606

Academic Administration

Director, Bryan Gillingham

Assistant Director, André Loiselle

Supervisor of Graduate Studies, George McKnight

Supervisor of Undergraduate Studies, André Loiselle

Supervisor of Practica, Zuzana Pick

Teaching Staff

Professors

Christopher G. Faulkner, B.A. (Sir George Williams), M.A. (Western Ontario) • Zuzana M. Pick, B.A. (Montréal), L. ès L., M.A. (Paris), D. 3e. cycle (Paris)

Associate Professors

Mark J. Langer, B.A. (Western Ontario), M.F.A., M.Phil. (Columbia) • George McKnight, B.A. (British Columbia), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)

Assistant Professors

André Loiselle, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (British Columbia) • Laura U. Marks, B.A. (Swarthmore), M.A., Ph.D. (Rochester) • Charles O'Brien B.A. (Nebraska), Ph.D. (Iowa)

Adjunct Research Professors

Blaine Allen, Queen's University • Peter Baxter, Queen's University • Peter Harcourt • Deborah Knight, Queen’s University • Susan Lord, Queen’s University

Sessional Lecturer

Tom McSorley • José Mosquera Sanchez • Charles Tepperman

 

General Information

Film Studies is an academic discipline concerned with the history, criticism, theory and practice of the cinema both as an art form and as a documentary record of our time. The cinema is a source of pleasure and knowledge, and its study should form a part of one's cultural education. The program will enable the student to develop a critical faculty appropriate to intelligent understanding of the cinema by approaching its study as a scholarly activity that rewards systematic research, analysis and exposition.

In designing the curriculum, the Discipline has sought both integration and progressive development. A careful curricular development will ensure intellectual growth through either a B.A. (Honours) or B.A. program devoted to the study of film. While the courses have been articulated together, they remain distinct enough to permit a number of related intellectual approaches to the study of film, and to enable those approaches to be related to work in other disciplines.

Graduation Regulations

In order to graduate, students must fulfill all University graduation regulations, all Faculty regulations including those relating to First-Year Seminars and Breadth requirements, in addition to all discipline regulations and requirements as set out below.

Honours Program

All students who meet the general University Honours requirements, and who have a GPA of 6.0 or better in Film Studies, will be admitted to, and permitted to continue in, the Honours program. Other applicants will be given individual consideration on application to the Discipline. Honours students must have their program approved by a discipline adviser.

Honours in Film Studies consists of a minimum of 9.0 credits in Film Studies as follows:

1. Film Studies 19.100;

2. Film Studies 19.200;

3. Film Studies 19.301* and 19.351*, and 1.0 additional credit in Film Studies at the 300-level;

4. 2.0 credits in Film Studies at the 400-level;

. 3.0 additional credits in Film Studies beyond the 100-level.

Combined Honours Programs

Combined Honours programs may be arranged through the Assistant Director. Both departments or disciplines must approve a Combined Honours program. A Combined Honours program in Film Studies and another subject includes at least 7.0 credits in Film Studies, as follows:

1. 19.100;

2. 19.200;

3. 19.301* and 19.351*;

4. 1.0 credit in Film Studies at the 400-level;

5. 3.0 additional credits in Film Studies beyond the First year, 1.0 of which must be at the 300-level or above.

B.A. Program

All students who elect a B.A. program in Film Studies must have their program approved by a member of the Discipline of Film Studies. The B.A. program in Film Studies consists of a minimum of 6.0 credits in Film Studies, as follows:

1. 19.100;

2. 19.200;

3. 2.0 credits at the 300-level;

4. 2.0 additional credits in Film Studies beyond the 100-level.

Minor in Film Studies

A Minor in Film Studies consists of 4.0 credits as follows:

1. 1.0 credit from the following: 19.100, or 19.229, or 19.268;

2. 2.0 credits at the 200-level from the following courses: 19.200, 19.211*, 19.216*, 19.221*, 19.229, 19.241*, 19.261*, 19.268;

3. 1.0 credit in Film Studies at the 300-level from the following courses: 19.301*, 19.315*, 19.325, 19.331*, 19.333, 19.351*, 19.371*, 19.329*

Where 19.229 or 19.268 is used to meet requirement #1, it cannot also be used to meet requirement #2.

Graduate Study

A Master of Arts program in Film Studies is offered through the Film Studies program of the School for Studies in Art and Culture. For further details see the current Calendar of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research.

Requirement for Breadth, for students in B.A. or B.A.(Honours) degrees

Courses

Not all of the following courses are offered in a given year. For an up-to-date statement of course offerings for 2001-2002, please consult the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published in the summer.

Film Studies 19.100

Introduction to Film Studies

Introduction to the study of film that considers the nature of the medium, audience perception, historical and technical development of the cinema, and problems of theory and critical method. Focus on style and techniques; a period of film history; the film maker; and film genres.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, discussion one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.200

Film Theory, Historiography and Criticism

This course examines basic questions of film theory, historiography and criticism. Emphasis is given to developing critical skills through a close analysis of films, theoretical and historiographical writings.

Prerequisites: Film Studies 19.100 and Second-year standing; or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.211*

The Film Industry

The organization of the production, distribution and exhibition practices of various film industries. May include an examination of the relationship between a national film industry and its television industry.

Prerequisite: Film Studies 19.100 or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.216*

The Documentary

An examination of the work of individual film makers, of documentary styles and of organizations and institutions in the context of the history of documentary film making, including documentaries made for television. Non-fiction films other than documentaries may be considered. (Also listed as Journalism 28.216*.)

Precludes additional credit for Film Studies 19.215 (Journalism 28.215).

Prerequisite: Film Studies 19.100 or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.221*

National Cinema

This course examines the film production of specific countries in order to determine the themes, the styles, and the character of a national cinema.

Prerequisite: Film Studies 19.100.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.229

The Canadian Cinema

A critical examination of Canadian cinema. The course relates the Canadian cinema to other aspects of Canadian culture, including television, and examines the conditions that have affected filmmaking in this country.

Precludes additional credit for Film Studies 19.328.

Prerequisite: Second-year standing, or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.241*

The Film Maker

A detailed study of the themes, the characteristic style, development and influence of one or more directors.

Prerequisite: Film Studies 19.100.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.261*

Film Genres

This course examines questions of generic form, drawing examples from world cinema.

Prerequisite: Film Studies 19.100.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.268

Forms and Conventions of the Cinema

A history of cinema that will examine the forms, structures and stylistic conventions of world cinema. Attention is given to the development of a critical idiom suited to the description, analysis, and evaluation of film. (Also listed as English 18.268.)

Prerequisite: Film Studies 19.100 or a 100-level course in English.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.301*

Aspects of Film History

A study of major histories of film. Special attention is paid to historiographical assumptions, the critical judgements and the cultural values that have affected past and present evaluations of the cinema.

Precludes additional credit for Film Studies 19.300.

Prerequisites: Film Studies 19.200 and Third-year standing, or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, seminar two hours a week.

Film Studies 19.315*

Questions of Documentary Practice

This course examines the theoretical implications of documentary film and documentary television practice. (Also listed as Journalism 28.315*.)

Prerequisite: At least 1.0 credit in Film Studies at the 200-level and Third-year standing, or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.325

Studies in American Cinema

Focus on features such as the major production companies, the star system, genres, film style, and the role of the individual film maker. The course may also examine the relationship between cinema and television.

Precludes additional credit for Film Studies 19.228.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in Film Studies at the 200-level, or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.329*

Topics in Canadian Cinema

Studies in various aspects of Canadian cinema. Topics may vary from year to year.

Precludes additional credit for Film Studies 19.328.

Prerequisite: At least 1.0 credit in Film Studies at the 200-level and Third-year standing, or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.331*

Topics in Cinema and Gender

A study of selected topics in gender and cinema with emphasis on critical and historical questions.

Prerequisite: At least 1.0 credit in Film Studies at the 200-level and Third-year standing, or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.333

Film and Society

An examination of film in relation to social and intellectual developments of the twentieth century. The ways in which the cinema has both shaped and been shaped by some of these developments are considered. (Also listed as Journalism 28.333.)

Prerequisite: At least 1.0 credit in Film Studies and Third-year standing, or permission of the Discipline or the School.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film History 19.342*

Film Music

The use of music in film, from the silent era to the present day. Techniques, styles and theory of film music through the examination of selected films. (Also listed as Music 30.342*.)

Lectures three hours a week, screening two hours a week.

Film Studies 19.351*

Film Theory

A detailed study of major film theories and their relationship to critical practice.

Precludes additional credit for Film Studies 19.350 and 19.368.

Prerequisites: Film Studies 19.200 and Third-year standing, or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, seminar two hours a week.

Film Studies 19.371*

Topics in Animation, Video, and Experimental Film

A study of selected topics in animation, video or experimental film.

Prerequisite: 1.0 credit in Film Studies at the 200-level or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, lecture one hour a week.

Film Studies 19.381*

Audiovisual Practice

An examination of practical and conceptual approaches to film studies from the point of view of production using models of audiovisual practice.

Prerequisite: Film Studies 19.200.

Lecture/workshops four hours a week.

Film Studies 19.400

Modes of Historical Research

This course develops the critical and archival skills necessary for individual research in the field of film history, and includes practical research related to the course material.

Prerequisite: Film Studies 19.301* or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, seminar two hours a week.

Film Studies 19.402*

Topics in Audio-Visual Culture

This seminar will examine selected aspects of the audio-visual cultures of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. (Also listed as Art and Culture 08.402*.)

Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in Film Studies, or permission of the Discipline.

Seminar three hours a week.

Film Studies 19.421*

Selected Topics in National Cinemas

A study of a selected topic in national cinema.

Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing in Film Studies or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, seminar two hours a week.

Film Studies 19.422*

Film Music Analysis

An examination through selected films/programs of approaches to understanding music as an integral dimension of film and television. Emphasis will be placed on theories of signification in both film/television and music, and how they can be understood to relate. (Also listed as Music 30.442*.)

Prerequisite: Film Studies 19.342* or Music 30.342*, or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, seminar one and one-half hours a week.

Film Studies 19.429*

Selected Topics in Canadian Cinema

A study of selected topics in Canadian cinema.

Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing in Film Studies or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, seminar two hours a week.

Film Studies 19.441*

Selected Topics in Film Authorship

A study of questions of authorship in the cinema, concentrating on one or more film makers.

Prerequisite: Fourth-year Honours standing in Film Studies or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, seminar two hours a week.

Film Studies 19.451*

Selected Topics in Film Theory

A study of a selected topic in film theory.

Prerequisite: Film Studies 19.351* or permission of the Discipline.

Lecture and screening three hours a week, seminar two hours a week.

Film Studies 19.480*

Seminar in Film/Video Archival or Curatorial Practice

Selected topics in film/video archival or curatorial practice, including questions related to cultural policy, exhibition, conservation, and interrelationship of media. Students are expected to bear all travel and other costs arising from required visits to local facilities.

Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in Film Studies or permission of the Discipline.

Seminar three hours a week.

Film Studies 19.485*

Practicum in Film and Film Studies

Practical experience through working on specific projects under the supervision of staff at a museum, gallery, archive, or production company in the Ottawa area. A maximum of 0.5 credit may be offered in fulfillment of Film Studies requirements.

Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in Film Studies and permission of the Discipline.

Film Studies 19.486*

Practicum in Film and Film Studies

Practical experience through working on specific projects under the supervision of staff at a museum, gallery, archive, or production company in the Ottawa area. A maximum of 0.5 credit may be offered in fulfillment of Film Studies requirements.

Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in Film Studies and permission of the Discipline.

Film Studies 19.487*

Practicum in Film and Film Studies

Practical experience through working on specific projects under the supervision of staff at a museum, gallery, archive, or production company in the Ottawa area. A maximum of 0.5 credit may be offered in fulfillment of Film Studies requirements.

Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in Film Studies and permission of the Discipline.

Film Studies 19.491*

Special Topic

This course offers selected topics in film studies not ordinarily available in the regular course program. The choice of topic or topics will vary at least every two years and will be announced well in advance of the registration period.

Prerequisite: Fourth-year standing in Film Studies or permission of the Discipline.

Screening three hours a week, seminar two hours a week.

Film Studies 19.495

Independent Study

For students who wish to study a specific topic. Proposed projects must be approved by the Program Committee. Written request outlining the project must be submitted by the first day of Fall term. An essay is the usual assignment.

Prerequisites: Fourth-year Honours standing in Film Studies, a GPA of 10.0 or better in Film Studies courses, and permission of the Discipline.

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