Course Listing
*Courses marked with an asterisk (*) are not counted toward the requirement of no fewer than 18 credits in advanced courses for majors in this department.
§Independent work means not less than three additional hours each week of conference, research, independent reading, and writing assigned by the instructor.The student's grade is determined in part by the successful completion of this independent work.
In 2010, the college transitioned to a new course numbering system in preparation for the migration to the CUNYfirst platform. Old course numbers - if available - are provided in the parenthesis after the "/" symbol.
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Film studies
- Language of Film I (FILM *1101 / FILM 1)
- Literature and Film (FILM 2112 / FILM 12)
- Introduction to Film Genres (FILM 2114 / FILM 14)
- History of Film I (FILM 2115 / FILM 15)
- History of Film II (FILM 2116 / FILM 16)
- Cultural Perspectives in Film (FILM 2117 / FILM 17)
- Current Cinema and Criticism (FILM 2118 / FILM 18)
- The Nonfiction Film (FILM 2120 / FILM 20)
- Italian Literature and Italian Cinema (FILM 2121 / FILM 21.2)
- American Film Comedy (FILM 2124 / FILM 24)
- The Director's Cinema (FILM 2126 / FILM 26)
- Film Technology and Aesthetics (FILM 2127 / FILM 27)
- National Cinema (FILM 2128 / FILM 28)
- Film Genres (FILM 2129 / FILM 29)
- Global Cinema (FILM 2131 / FILM 31)
- History of Animation (FILM 2140)
- Contemporary Animation (FILM 2141)
- Language of Film II (FILM 3101W / FILM 10W)
- Women in Film (FILM 3122 / FILM 22)
- Experimental, Underground, and Avant-garde Films (FILM 3125 / FILM 25)
- Theory, Aesthetics, and Criticism (FILM 3130 / FILM 30)
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General production
- Introduction to Production (FILM 1201 / FILM 40.1)
- Documentary Production I (FILM 2201 / FILM 49)
- The Thesis Film: Production (FILM 3200 / FILM 46.1)
- Documentary Production II (FILM 3201 / FILM 49.3)
- International Documentary Production (FILM 3202 / FILM 49.2)
- Advanced Film Production (FILM 4201 / FILM 64)
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Screenwriting
- Screenwriting I (FILM 1301 / FILM 61)
- Screenwriting II (FILM 2301 / FILM 62.1)
- The Thesis Film: Screenplay (FILM 3300W / FILM 46W)
- Screenwriting III (FILM 3301 / FILM 62.2)
- Advanced Screenwriting: Adaptation (FILM 4300 / FILM 63.1)
- Screenwriting IV (FILM 4301 / FILM 70)
- Advanced Screenwriting: Writing the Genre Film (FILM 4304 / FILM 63.2)
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Directing
- Film Directing Workshop I (FILM 2401 / FILM 43)
- Film Directing Workshop II (FILM 3401 / FILM 44)
- Acting for the Camera (FILM 3402 / FILM 45.1)
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Cinematography
- Cinematography Workshop (FILM 2501 / FILM 40.2)
- Advanced Cinematography (FILM 3501 / FILM 50.1)
- Advanced Cinematography: Digital Formats (FILM 3502 / FILM 50.2)
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Editing/postproduction
- Film Editing (FILM 2701 / FILM 55.1)
- The Thesis Film: Postproduction (FILM 3700 / FILM 46.2)
- Documentary Production III (FILM 3701 / FILM 49.4)
- Advanced Editing (FILM 3702 / FILM 67)
- Music for Film (FILM 3703 / FILM 65)
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Producing
- Film Producing (FILM 2801 / FILM 56.1)
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Industry studies
- The Business of Film (FILM 2901 / FILM 32)
- History of the Motion Picture Industry (FILM 2902 / FILM 32.1)
- Master Class: Film Artists (FILM 2923 / FILM 23.1)
- Master Class: Film Producers (FILM 2924 / FILM 23.2)
- Intensive Film Workshop I (FILM 4901 / FILM 85.1)
- Intensive Film Workshop II (FILM 4902 / FILM 85.2)
- Intensive Film Workshop III (FILM 4903 / FILM 85.3)
- Intensive Film Workshop IV (FILM 4904 / FILM 85.4)
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Special topics
- Special Topics Mini-course (FILM 2191 / FILM 60.3)
- Special Topics Short Course (FILM 2192 / FILM 60.2)
- Special Topics in Film (FILM 2193 / FILM 60.1)
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Seminars
- Seminars in Genres (FILM 4188 / FILM 88.1)
- Seminars in Genres (FILM 4189 / FILM 88.2)
- Seminars in Directors (FILM 4190 / FILM 89.1)
- Seminars in Directors (FILM 4191 / FILM 89.2)
- Seminars in Directors (FILM 4192 / FILM 89.3)
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Independent studies
- Independent Research (FILM 5081 / FILM 81.1)
- Independent Research (FILM 5082 / FILM 81.2)
- Independent Research (FILM 5083 / FILM 81.3)
- Independent Research (FILM 5084 / FILM 82.1)
- Independent Research (FILM 5085 / FILM 82.2)
- Independent Research (FILM 5086 / FILM 82.3)
- Independent Research I (FILM 5187 / FILM 83.1)
- Independent Research II (FILM 5188 / FILM 83.2)
- Independent Research III (FILM 5189 / FILM 83.3)