Critical Studies Classes

SCA Critical Studies Course Descriptions Fall 2009
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Critical Studies is offering courses this fall that introduce students to Cinema, TV/Video, Documentary, Film Theories.

Historical studies include courses in international cinema, British cinema & television; historical surveys on film censorship, American media, the major directions film and media have taken; historical and theoretical overviews of interactive media, cinematic representation of American and British popular music from the 1950s to the early 1970s and experimental filmmaking.

Critical studies seminars explore issues of film/television/media studies as a professional discipline, the Hollywood Studio System, Gilles Deleuze’s theories of culture and encourage us to think about the social and cultural ramifications of technological development and to counter attitudes of technological determinism.

Practical studies include Film/Television Criticism and Digital Media & Learning,

Other courses critically examine films from Hollywood’s Postwar & Reactionary/Revolutionary Periods, adaptations, gender, sexuality & race, Hip Hop Culture, James Bond, Cinema in the Wild, Steven Spielberg and America's cultural identity,

Symposiums include Leonard Matlin’s Theatrical Film and Howard Rodman’s Television classes.

About Critical Studies

Contact:
Linda Overholt
Critical Studies
213.740.3334