Film History/Theory and Method

Catalog description

Intensive study of philosophical, rhetorical, and methodological issues in film history research. Examines a series of selected historical problems in the areas of social, aesthetic, industrial, and technological film history up to 1948 and reviews existing historiography on these problems. Focus is on original student research. Students must complete two 500 level CA courses (excluding CA 501 ), at least one of which has CMN 455 as a prerequisite, prior to taking this course, unless granted instructor permission.