UndergraduateCourse ListPlease note that as of Spring 2008 Film Studies courses in English now have a new designation (ENGFLM). Previous designations for these courses (ENGLIT) continue to count for the major. Core Required Courses for Film Studies Majors
One Production Course:
Core Requirements for Film Studies Minor
Other Film Courses OfferedFilm studies courses are offered through a variety of departments. All listed courses can be used to fulfill the requirements for the major or the minor. Courses are divided into three categories relating to distributional requirements.
**As of Fall 2008, EngCmp 0205 Seminar in Composition: Film will not count as part of the major or minor for any students newly declaring a Film Studies major or minor at that time.
Category I: National Cinemas and FilmmakersCHIN 1065 Sources on East Asia: Chinese New Wave Cinema CHIN 1085 and JPNSE 1085 Introduction to East Asian Cinema CHIN 1089 The World of China: Chinese National Cinema ENGFLM 1190 British Film ENGFLM 1290 History of American Film I ENGFLM 1291 History of American Film II ENGFLM 1390 Contemporary Film ENGFLM 1410 Bollywood and Indian Cinema ENGFLM 1470 and HA&A 1840 Film Directors (May be taken more than once if topic and course title change.) ENGFLM 1471 Orson Welles ENGFLM 1472 Hitchcock's Films ENGFLM 1476 The Films of Stanley Kubrick FR 0085 French Film: 1930–1960 GER 1380 New German Cinema HA&A 1805 Early French Film HA&A 1806 American Independent Film ITAL 0086 Italian Cinema RUSS 0870 History of Russian Film I: Beginnings to Stalin RUSS 0871 History of Russian Film II: Stalin to Present RUSS 1771 History of Soviet Cinema SPAN 1407 Latin American Film SPAN 1602 Peninsular Film SPAN 1700 Comparative Hispanic Topics SPAN 1707 Hispanic Film SLAV 1220 The Holocaust in E. European Film and Literature SLOVAK 0890 Slovak, Czech and Central European Film Category II: Themes, Genres, and TheoryAFRCNA 0088 Contemporary Africana Films ENGFLM 0532 Introduction to Film Genre ENGFLM 0520 and HA&A 1157 Film Theory ENGFLM 1293 Race and Class in American Photography ENGFLM 1480 Topics in Film (Students may enroll for courses under this number more than once, as topic changes.) ENGFLM 1482 The Star System ENGFLM 1485 Film and Politics ENGFLM 1486 Photography & Its Social and Political Context ENGFLM 1613 Topics in Film Genre and Theme ENGFLM 1615 The War Film ENGFLM 1681 Film Comedy ENGFLM 1683 & HA&A 1820 Documentary Film ENGFLM 1685 Film Musical ENGFLM 1688 Film Western ENGFLM 1692 Film Melodrama ENGFLM 1695 Horror Film ENGFLM 1699 Science Fiction Film ENGFLM 1703 Gender and Film (previously Women and Film) ENGFLM 1752 Television Analysis ENGFLM 1790 Film and Literature ENGWRT 0560 Screenwriting and the Narrative GER 1384 Fascism and Film HA&A 0470 Photography and Art HA&A 0810 Experimental Cinema HA&A 1810 Experimental Video HA&A 1830 Silent Cinema JPNSE 1057 Japanese Film as Literature JPNSE 1058 Westerns and Samurai Films JPNSE 1059 Japanese Society and Culture through Cinema THEA 1373 Design for Film Category III: Film/Photo/Video ProductionNote: With the exception of A&S 1900 (Internship), all Category III courses are offered by special arrangement through Pittsburgh Filmmakers. Enrollment in these classes will be limited to those whose course tuition is covered by A&S. Enrollment in these classes will be granted first to film studies majors, then to certificate students, and then to other full-time A&S students, on a first-come, first-served basis, all of whom must be in good academic standing. To apply for a seat in a Pittsburgh Filmmakers course, students must preregister with the film studies office (624 Cathedral of Learning) two weeks before the first day of A&S registration. Be forewarned that failure to attend the first class of the term will mean automatic loss of the seat. Students will not be permitted to take more than one production course per term. CAS 1900 Internship FILMST 0001 Motion Picture Fundamentals (previously Photographic & Motion Principles) FILMST 0500 Film Production I FILMST 1500 Film Production II FILMST 1112 Film 4 FILMST 0121 Animation Basics FILMST 0200 Black and White Photography 1 FILMST 0201 B & W Photo 2 FILMST 1200 B & W Photo 3 FILMST 0220 Color Photography FILMST 1210 Color Photography 2 FILMST 0225 Studio Lighting Techniques FILMST 0230 Non-Silver Printing 1 FILMST 0235 Documentary Photo FILMST 0245 Photoshop for Photographers FILMST 0275 History of Photography 1 FILMST 0276 History of Photography 2 FILMST 1580 Electronic Cinematography FILMST 0601 Video Production I FILMST 1600 Video Production II FILMST 1100 Advanced Super-8 Workshop FILMST 1130 Technical Directing FILMST 1132 Intro to Screenwriting FILMST 1133 Developing the Feature Script FILMST 1140 Acting for the Camera FILMST 1141 Acting for the Camera: Advanced Techniques FILMST 1145 Sound for Film FILMST 1156 Cinematography FILMST 1157 Lighting for Film and Video FILMST 1160 Crew Production Workshop FILMST 1550 Film Thesis I FILMST 1575 Film Thesis II FILMST 1650 Video Thesis I FILMST 1675 Video Thesis II FILMST 1170 Digital Non-Linear Editing FILMST 1201 View Camera Techniques FILMST 1220 The Zone System FILMST 1230 Experimental Darkroom FILMST 1235 Experimental Camera FILMST 1900 Internship in Film FILMST 1901 Independent Study in Film FILMST 1910 Internship in Photography FILMST 1911 Independent Study in Photography FILMST 1920 Internship in Video FILMST 1921 Independent Study in Video |
Film in PittsburghMichael Douglas on set of Wonder Boys (2000), shot in Pittsburgh 
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