Current version - Indiana University South Bend

2943 IU SOUTH BEND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
CMLT-C 290
CMLT-C 293
CMLT-C 294
CMLT-C 297
CMLT-C 310
CMLT-C 390
CMLT-C 393
CMLT-C 394
survey of film history (3 cr.)
This survey of United States film history
begins with the origins of cinema. In this
course, students develop interpretive skills
relevant to the study of film by examining
the history of major film developments
in the United States. Lectures, readings,
and writing assignments address critical
positions on cinema and strategies for
understanding and interpreting film
form.
HISTORY OF THE MOTION PICTURE I (3 cr.)
This course studies the evolution of
cinema as an institution and art form,
moving from the origins of cinema in the
late nineteenth century through World
War II. Credit not given for both CMLT-C
293 and CMLT-C 393.
HISTORY OF THE MOTION PICTURE II (3 cr.)
This course studies major national cinemas
and film movements from post-World War
II to the present. Credit not given for both
CMLT-C 294 and CMLT-C 394.
FILM GENRES (3 cr.)
This course investigates the nature,
particularly the political nature of genre
films. Topics covered may include genre
cycles, and gender and genre. Genres
covered may include melodrama, comedy,
action, science fiction, the western and
the thriller, as well as others.
Film adaptations (3 cr.)
This course focuses on both literary
analysis and formal film analysis. Study
the relationship between the literary and
the cinematic version of several texts,
and consider the strategies, agendas,
and pleasures of each version, and of the
process of adaptation itself.
Film and Society (3 cr.)
Film in relation to politics, ideology, and
social history.
History of European and American
Films 1 (3 cr.)
Survey of the development of cinema
from its earliest beginnings, stressing film
form, the silent era, emergence of genres
such as westerns and musicals, the rise of
the star system and big studios, issues of
censorship, the transition to sound, and
the dominance of Hollywood.
History of European and American
Films 2 (3 cr.)
Survey of European and American films
since World War II, stressing wartime
CMLT-C 395
CMLT-C 491
CMLT-C 603
CMLT-T 190
CMLT-T 390
films, Neorealism, Film Noir, the New
Wave, modern genres, impact of television,
major developments of national industries,
and industrial and artistic changes.
Directors covered may include Bergman,
Hitchcock, Allen, Bunuel, Fellini, Truffaut,
Eisenstein, Renoir, Welles, Fassbinder, De
Sica, and Antonioni.
The Documentary film (3 cr.)
Although some of the earliest films ever
made were documentaries, the end of
the twentieth century witnessed a rise
in reality-based filmmaking. This course
studies the history of the documentary
film and its efforts to represent reality
and truth.
Authorship in the Cinema (3 cr.)
Topic varies: in-depth analysis of individual
film makers, viewed as authors. May be
repeated once, with a different topic.
TOPICS in comparative literature
(4 cr.)
Explores specific problems between two
literatures or between literature and
another area in the humanities. Variable
topics course; may be repeated once for
credit.
literary and intellectual traditions
(3 cr.)
Explores, in an interdisciplinary way,
one of the great humanistic traditions of
inquiry regarding one of the following
themes: ideas of self, truth, beauty,
community, nature, or conflict. Writingintensive,
discussion-focused.
literary and intellectual traditions
(3 cr.)
Interdisciplinary exploration of a
humanistic tradition of inquiry regarding
one of the following themes: ideas of self;
of truth; of beauty; of community; of
nature; or of conflict. Writing intensive,
discussion-focused. Attention to primary
texts and research materials.
COAS: College of Arts and Sciences
COAS-Q 110
Introduction to information
literacy (1 cr.)
This course examines information
structure and organization, as well
as teaching techniques and skills for
effectively identifying, acquiring,
evaluating, using, and communicating
information in various formats.
P = Prerequisite, R = Recommended, C = Concomitant, VT = Variable Title
I = fall semester, II = spring semester, S = summer session(s)