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98-99 University Bulletin Entry for:

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Objectives

Film Studies is an interdisciplinaryliberal arts program offering insight into motion picture media.Broadly understood to encompass inquiry into the aesthetics, history,and cultural meanings of the moving image, the Film Studies Programhas two primary goals: to offer an informed background in motionpicture history and to develop a critical appreciation of thecultural meanings of film. It is not a pre-professional programemphasizing technical skills but a humanities-based course ofstudy stressing inquiry into film style and content, film history,and the relationships between film and culture.

The curriculum is designedto provide a broad overview of the history of the moving image,to develop expertise in cinematic style and cultural meaning,to lend theoretical sophistication to an understanding of themoving image, and to ensure some appreciation of the practicaland technical side of motion picture production. A field especiallycongenial to interdisciplinary inquiry, film studies is a practicalcomplement to a range of established concentrations for whichan expertise in visual style and motion picture history is becomingever more important--American studies, English and American literature,fine arts, history, politics, sociology, and theater arts.

How to Become a ProgramMember

The program is open to allBrandeis undergraduates. To enroll in the program, consult witha member of the film studies committee and fill out declarationforms from the Office of Academic Affairs. Students who completethe requirements of the program receive film studies certificatesand notations on their transcripts.

Committee

Thomas Doherty, Chair

(American Studies)

Pamela Allara

(Fine Arts)

Eric Chasalow

(Music)

Sylvia Fishman

(Near Eastern and Judaic Studies)

Eberhard Frey

(Germanic and Slavic Languages)

Erica Harth

(Romance and Comparative Literature)

James Mandrell

(Romance and Comparative Literature)

Robert Szulkin

(Germanic and Slavic Languages)

Requirements for the Program

Students must complete sixcourses:

A.Core course: FILM 100a (Introduction to the Moving Image).

B.An approved film studies seminar or research project usually takenin the senior year. The senior seminar or research project, whichrequires permission of the instructor, is designed to functionas a capstone experience to the Film Studies Program, an occasionto demonstrate a sophisticated mastery of the history, style,and cultural impact of the moving image.

C.Four additional courses from the approved film studies curriculum,which must include one course in a non-American cinema and onecourse in some creative aspect of film production.

Courses of Instruction

(1-99) Primarily for UndergraduateStudents

FILM 92a Internship in FilmStudies

Signature of the instructorrequired.

Usually offered every year.

Staff

FILM 92b Internship in FilmStudies

Signature of the instructorrequired.

Usually offered every year.

Staff

FILM 97a Readings in FilmStudies

Signature of the instructorrequired.

Usually offered every year.

Staff

FILM 97b Readings in FilmStudies

Signature of the instructorrequired.

Usually offered every year.

Staff

(100-199) For Both Undergraduateand Graduate Students

FILM 100a Introduction tothe Moving Image

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An interdisciplinary coursesurveying the history of moving image media from 1895 to the present,from the earliest silent cinema to the age of the 500-channelcable television. Open to all undergraduates as an elective, itis the introductory course for the Film Studies Program. Usuallyoffered every year.

Ms. Allara

Electives

The following courses are approvedfor the program. Not all are given in any one year, so the CourseSchedule for each semester should be consulted.

AMST 111a

Images of the American Westin Film and Culture

AMST 112b

American Film and Culture ofthe 1950s

AMST 113a

American Film and Culture ofthe 1940s

AMST 113b

American Film and Culture ofthe 1930s

AMST 114a