Program Requirements
The Minor Concentration World Cinemas instructs students in film aesthetics, history, and theory by acquainting them with cinematic practices from different national and international traditions. This interdisciplinary program draws on the already existing teaching and research activities in several departments within the Faculty of Arts and will serve as an institutional context for future teaching and research endeavors in film studies.
Required Courses (6 credits)
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ENGL 277 Introduction to Film Studies (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : An introduction to key concepts in film studies. Exemplary works from the history of film will be studied to introduce students to such topics as the aesthetics of film; sound's production of meaning; film as narrative; film and genre; period and national cinemas; film's role in culture.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Schantz, Edward (Fall)
Fall
Restriction: Cultural Studies Major and Honours program students.
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FILM 279 Introduction to Film History (3 credits)
Overview
World Cinemas : An introduction to representative periods, movements and styles in the history of cinema, as well as questions of film historiography.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Lamarre, Thomas (Winter)
Expected enrolment: 175 students. Language of instruction: English.
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
12 credits selected from the course list below with the following specifications:
a minimum of 6 credits in non-U.S. cinemas;
a maximum of 6 credits from any one department.
No more than 6 credits may be taken from the same discipline as the student's other major or minor concentrations.
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CANS 300 Topics in Canadian Studies 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Canadian Studies : An historical explanation of the Canadian experience of nationalism from the Patriotes to the First Nations, with reference to politics, economics, iconography, ideology and multicultural experience.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Dryden, Kenneth Wayne; McDonagh, Erin Shavaughn (Winter)
Prerequisite: CANS 200 or permission of instructor
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EAST 216 Chinese Action Film (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : The study of the Chinese-language action film, with an emphasis on Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan cinemas. Topics will include: the historical development of martial arts film, the relation between traditional Chinese art forms and action film, and the formation of transnational cinemas and audiences.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Note: Course is given in English.
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EAST 353 Approaches to Chinese Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Development of Chinese film in the 20th century, with an emphasis on both critical approaches to film as well as film history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Prerequisite: EAST 211.
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EAST 361 Japanese Animation & New Media (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Animation and new media in Japan, with an emphasis on postwar developments.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EAST 214.
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EAST 362 Japanese Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course will study the development of film in Japan during the 20th century with a particular focus on the analysis of film form, genres and history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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EAST 368 Chinese Cinema Meets Hollywood (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course examines the industrial, stylistic, and sociopolitical interactions between Chinese cinema and Hollywood from 1927 to the present. We study the historical and contemporary negotiations between Chinese and Hollywood studios and independents in areas such as representation, stylistic borrowings, marketing, financing, outsourcing, branding, coproduction, and mutual interference.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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EAST 369 Topics in Gender and Sexuality in Chinese Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : In this course, we examine contesting notions of gender, sexuality, femininity, and masculinity in Chinese cinema. We study how individual films negotiate the social discourses on gender and sexual representation, identities, and performance, and how we may borrow conceptual frameworks from queer theories and histories at large to discuss them.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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EAST 454 Topics: Chinese Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Advanced seminar in selected themes and issues in Chinese film.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Liu, Xiao (Winter)
Prerequisites: EAST 353, a 300-level film studies course, or permission of the instructor.
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EAST 467 Topics: Japanese Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : Topics in the study of Japanese cinema.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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EAST 564 Structures of Modernity: Japan (3 credits)
Overview
Asian Language & Literature : This course explores relations between some of the principal sites which structure the experience of "modernity" in Japan (and elsewhere) - from bodies and cities, to the urban context in general. Along with general approaches (e.g. the idea of everyday life; questions of time), specific topics may include speed, music, architecture, crime, etc.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Lamarre, Thomas (Fall)
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): Any East Asian Studies course above the introductory level, or permission of the instructor
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ENGL 279 Introduction to Film as Art (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : An introduction to film aesthetics, with emphasis on narrative, style and genre throughout the history of cinema.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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ENGL 280 Introduction to Film as Mass Medium (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : An introduction to film's social, historical, and technological contexts, including its relationships to other mass media.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Students will be required to pay a screening fee.
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ENGL 350 Studies in the History of Film 1 (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Developments in proto-cinema and early cinema through the silent era.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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ENGL 351 Studies in the History of Film 2 (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Developments in the Hollywood Studio Era, including rivals, imitators, and alternatives.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Winter
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ENGL 354 Sexuality and Representation (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Topics on representations of sexuality with reference to its cultural contexts.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall
Priority will be given to English Major/Honours students in second year of program
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ENGL 363 Studies in the History of Film 3 (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Developments in post-1958 cinema, from the European New Waves to contemporary global and independent cinemas.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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ENGL 366 Film Genre (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : A discussion of an individual genre of cinema; concept of genre.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Schantz, Edward (Winter)
Winter
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ENGL 374 Film Movement or Period (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Study of a significant movement or period in film history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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ENGL 379 Film Theory (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Topics in film studies. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall
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ENGL 381 A Film-Maker 1 (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Studies in the history of film: the works of a major director. Topic varies each year.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Nystrom, Derek (Winter)
Winter
Restriction: Limited to students in English Major programs
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ENGL 382 International Cinema 1 (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Studies in the history of film by period or nation. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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ENGL 385 Topics in Literature and Film (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : A topic in literature and film. Topics vary by year.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Kaite, Berkeley (Winter)
Winter
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ENGL 391 Special Topics: Cultural Studies 1 (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Current issues in cultural studies. Topics will include contemporary debates on high culture and the literary canon, and the question of aesthetic value and aesthetic judgment.
Terms: Winter 2016, Summer 2016
Instructors: McCormick, Casey (Winter) Barth, Josie (Summer)
Fall
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ENGL 393 Canadian Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : A study of Canadian cinema.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Heaney, Olivia (Fall)
Fall
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ENGL 450 Film Aesthetics (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Theories of the formal, stylistic, and expressive dimensions of film art.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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ENGL 451 A Period in Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : In-depth examination of a significant historical period in cinema's development, early silent era to present.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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ENGL 476 Alternative Approaches to Media 1 (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Study of alternative uses of contemporary media with particular emphasis on the forms of independent video and community television and their relationship to mainstream television and film.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall
Workshop course. Departmental permission required
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ENGL 479 Philosophy of Film (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Philosophical approaches to and topics in the study of cinema.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Winter
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ENGL 480 Studies in History of Film 1 (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Studies in the history of film.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall
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ENGL 481 A Film-Maker 2 (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Studies in the history of film.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Schantz, Edward (Fall)
Fall
Restriction: Permission of instructor required
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ENGL 482 International Cinema 2 (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Intensive study of a particular tradition or movement in international cinema.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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ENGL 483 Seminar in the Film (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : In-depth study of a topic related to film. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Thain, Alanna Michael (Fall)
Winter
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ENGL 484 Seminar in the Film (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : In-depth study of specific topics related to the film, which vary from year to year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Restriction: Permission of instructor required
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ENGL 488 Special Topics / Communications and Mass Media 2 (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : An advanced seminar in varying themes in communications for students in their final year of the Cultural Studies program.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall
Prerequisite: permission of the instructor
Restriction: Limited to students in English Major programs.
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ENGL 492 Image and Text (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Study of the relationship between verbal and visual aspects of a range of cultural artifacts. Topics may include iconography; illuminated manuscripts; book illustrations; cartoons and caricature.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Carney, Sean (Fall)
Winter
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ENGL 585 Cultural Studies: Film (3 credits)
Overview
English (Arts) : Advanced study of a specific topic in film.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Winter
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FILM 499 Internship: World Cinemas (3 credits)
Overview
World Cinemas : Internship with an approved host institution or organization.
Terms: Fall 2015, Winter 2016
Instructors: Thain, Alanna Michael; Nystrom, Derek (Fall) Nystrom, Derek (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): Permission of the World Cinemas Program Chair.
Restriction(s): Open to U2 and U3 B.A. students in World Cinemas after completing 30 credits of a 90 credit program or 45 credits of a 96-120 credit program, a minimum CGPA of 3.2.
This course will normally not fulfill program requirements for seminar or 400-level courses. Students register in the Fall semester for Summer internships.
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FREN 310 Cin茅ma fran莽ais 1 (3 credits)
Overview
French (Arts) : R茅trospective du cin茅ma fran莽ais depuis ses origines jusqu'脿 la Deuxi猫me Guerre mondiale.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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FREN 311 Cin茅ma fran莽ais 2 (3 credits)
Overview
French (Arts) : Le cin茅ma fran莽ais d'apr猫s-guerre.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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FREN 315 Cin茅ma qu茅b茅cois (3 credits)
Overview
French (Arts) : 脡tude th茅matique du cin茅ma qu茅b茅cois 脿 travers ses principaux films.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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GERM 357 German Culture in European Context (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : A comparative examination of selected moments in German literary, artistic and cultural history in relation to broader European movements; focus on influences, exchanges and dialogues across national boundaries.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Holmes, Tove (Winter)
Fall
Course given in English
Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level
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GERM 369 German Cinema from 1895 (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : Historical survey of German film from 1895 to the present. Movements and periods covered include Wilhelmine cinema, expressionism, Nazi cinema, New German Cinema and post-wall film. Filmmakers include Fritz Lang, F.W. Murnau, Leni Riefenstahl, R.W. Fassbinder, Wim Wenders, Tom Tykwer and Fatih Akin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Given in English
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GERM 370 Special Topics in German Film (3 credits)
Overview
German (Arts) : Intensive study of selected topics and periods in German film history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall
Given in English
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HISP 340 Spanish-American Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
Hispanic Studies (Arts) : A study of representative films, directors and movements of the region. Topic specified by instructor.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Holmes, Amanda (Winter)
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HISP 341 Spanish Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
Hispanic Studies (Arts) : A study of representative films, directors and movements of the region. Topic specified by instructor.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Perez-Magallon, Jesus (Fall)
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ITAL 329 Italian Cinematic Tradition (3 credits)
Overview
Italian (Arts) : Italian films in original language. Films are examined from a wide historical and cultural perspective. Introduction to issues and preoccupations central to the Italian cultural tradition.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall
Prerequisite: ITAL250 or above, from amongst courses taught in Italian or permission of Department.
Note: Course taught in Italian
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ITAL 374 Classics of Italian Cinema (3 credits)
Overview
Italian (Arts) : Key works in the history of Italian cinema; an in-depth analysis of a few exceptional works; emphasis on the complex web of relationship connecting each work to a wide range of cultural products and expressions, from literature to popular culture, in Italy and internationally.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Fall
Note: Course taught in English.
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ITAL 375 Cinema and Society in Modern Italy (3 credits)
Overview
Italian (Arts) : A survey of the most important trends in post-war Italian cinema seen in the context of the rapidly and dramatically evolving society of modern Italy.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Bolongaro, Eugenio (Fall)
Fall
Given in English
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ITAL 477 Italian Cinema and Video (3 credits)
Overview
Italian (Arts) : Different Italian film maker or videomaker every year, presenting a selection of his/her significant works. Discussions will include script analysis, interviews, articles and books by the director in focus, in addition to theoretical and critical statements by scholars. Established and new directors will be considered alternately.
Terms: Winter 2016
Instructors: Bolongaro, Eugenio (Winter)
Winter
Given in English
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ITAL 377
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LLCU 200 Topics in Film (3 credits)
Overview
LLCU : This seminar focuses on a special topic in European and/or transatlantic film and visual culture.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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LLCU 300 Cinema and the Visual (3 credits)
Overview
LLCU : This seminar examines topics in European and/or transatlantic cinema and visual culture, including film theory, aesthetics and historiography; media archeology; cinema and the digital; film and philosophy; cultural histories of the cinema; and approaches to moving images.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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MUHL 330 Music and Film (3 credits)
Overview
Music History and Literature : The modern genre of music for films, and its changing styles (symphonic, jazz, pop compilation) from the silent era to today. Includes study of major film composers in North America and other traditions; analysis of the role of music in cinematic narrative, expression and symbolism.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2015-2016 academic year.
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PLAI 500 Advanced Interdisciplinary Humanities Seminar (3 credits)
Overview
PLAI : Co-taught seminar will use and explore a range of theoretical and methodological approaches to interdisciplinary research in the humanities in the study of a selected cultural problem or topic, text, artwork, aesthetic or medium.
Terms: Fall 2015
Instructors: Popescu, Monica; Anastassiadis, Anastassios (Fall)
Prerequisite: Minimum U3 status with a background in humanities scholarship
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