Intensive course in a broad disciplinary area (humanities, social sciences, arts, or natural sciences). Part of an integrated first-year experience in which students take 2-4 classes exploring aesthetic, humanistic, social, linguistic, environmental, or scientific issues. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Co-requisite: Enrollment in the appropriate Liberal Arts Scholars Program.
Foundational instruction in how to analyze the aesthetic, social and political significance of a television series. Representative topics: Breaking Bad and Masculinity, Twin Peaks and Desire, Wire and Ethics. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years.
Introduction to basic television history, theory and analysis. An historical overview of television from its invention to the present.
Introduction to basic film history, theory, and analytical skills. An historical overview of contemporary international cinema.
Investigations of nation and identity in film and/or television approached in their specific cultural, historical, and theoretical terms. May be repeated for credit. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: FTS 1400, FTS 1420, or FTS 1430.
Investigations of nation and identity in film and/or television approached in their specific cultural, historical, and theoretical terms. Emphasis on themes appropriate to the Developing Global Citizens requirement. May be repeated for credit. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: FTS 1400, FTS 1420, or FTS 1430.
Topics in film and video production. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: FTS 1400, FTS 1420, or FTS 1430.
An introduction to techniques and theories of video production. Credit not awarded for both FTS 2655 and FTS 2650. Prerequisite: FTS 1400, FTS 1420, or FTS 1430.
Undergraduate student service as a teaching assistant, usually in an introductory level course in the discipline, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
Topics in film and video production. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: FTS 2650 or FTS 2655.
On-site supervised work experience combined with a structured academic learning plan directed by a faculty member or a faculty-staff team in which a faculty member is the instructor of record, for which academic credit is awarded. Departmental permission required. Offered at department discretion.
A course which is tailored to fit the interests of a specific student, which occurs outside the traditional classroom/laboratory setting under the supervision of a faculty member, for which credit is awarded. Departmental permission required. Offered at department discretion.
Advanced level investigations into the critical study of film and/or television. May be repeated for credit. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: FTS 1400, FTS 1420, or FTS 1430; FTS 2050.
Capstone experience for majors culminating in a comprehensive exam. Readings and films will be available throughout the major, and in many cases, will draw from materials encountered in previous classes. Prerequisite: FTS 2050.
College honors thesis or other department/program honors, under the supervision of a faculty member. Offered at department discretion.