Film Studies
Department of English & Film Studies
The Film Studies program at Laurier places an emphasis on international film history, the distinctive character of the film as a medium, and individual films as texts. Our courses explore questions of film genre, film aesthetics, film theory, and gender in film—placing film in the context of the liberal arts and in relation to a wide variety of cultural concerns. Through regular screenings, discussion, and assignments, our courses provide opportunities for students to write and think critically about film. In the wide range of courses offered, students perform close textual analyses of film texts, exploring issues of aesthetics and representation. Students also investigate the commercial, historical, political, and economic contexts that affect and govern the production of film. These skills promote intellectual growth, interdisciplinary thinking, and successful careers after university. Honours BA in combination and Minor:
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Department of English & Film Studies
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Film Studies courses typically consist of 3
lecture/tutorial hours and 2 film-viewing hours. Films are in
English or with English subtitles. Senior Film Studies courses are not available to Year 1 students.
- Prerequisites: 300-level courses are open to students who have completed 1.0 credit in FS courses.
The 400 level seminar courses given below, are available to Year
4 Honours Film Studies students only. Other students may be admitted by
permission of the department.
Course Offerings
| Course # | Title | Credits |
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| FS101 |
Film and Narrative |
0.5 |
| FS102 |
Film and the Image |
0.5 |
| FS103 |
Film and Genre |
0.5 |
| FS240 |
Film History 1895-1939 |
0.5 |
| FS242 |
Film History 1939-1969 |
0.5 |
| FS243 |
The Film-Director as Artist |
0.5 |
| FS244 |
Canadian Film |
0.5 |
| FS245 |
Documentary Film |
0.5 |
| FS246 |
German Film |
0.5 |
| FS247 |
Film History since 1969 [1] |
0.5 |
| FS248 |
British Film |
0.5 |
| FS249 |
The Detective Film |
0.5 |
| FS251 |
Film Comedy |
0.5 |
| FS252 |
Film Noir |
0.5 |
| FS253 |
The Gangster |
0.5 |
| FS254 |
Science Fiction Film |
0.5 |
| FS255 |
The Medieval Era in Film |
0.5 |
| FS256 |
Hitchcock and Modernity |
0.5 |
| FS257 |
The Western |
0.5 |
| FS260 |
Youth Culture in Film |
0.5 |
| FS263 |
Film and Theatre |
0.5 |
| FS264 |
American Film, 1929-1969 |
0.5 |
| FS300 |
Themes in European Cinema |
0.5 |
| FS331 |
Script Reading and Writing |
0.5 |
| FS333 |
East Asian Cinema |
0.5 |
| FS335 |
Aesthetic Practices of Spanish and Latin American Filmmakers |
0.5 |
| FS337 |
Italian Film |
0.5 |
| FS341 |
Classical Film Theory |
0.5 |
| FS342 |
Contemporary Film Theory |
0.5 |
| FS343 |
Special Topics in Film Studies |
0.5 |
| FS344 |
American Film since 1969 |
0.5 |
| FS345 |
Film Theory and Mass Media |
0.5 |
| FS348 |
Innovations in French Cinema [2] |
0.5 |
| FS349 |
Film Theory and Melodrama |
0.5 |
| FS350 |
Film Musical/Musical Film |
0.5 |
| FS354 |
Film Sound |
0.5 |
| FS355 |
Indigenous Cinema: International Perspectives |
0.5 |
| FS360 |
World Cinemas [3] |
0.5 |
| FS361 |
Horror and Gothic Film |
0.5 |
| FS362 |
Gender and Film |
0.5 |
| FS366 |
The Cinematic City: Visuality, Identity, Postmodernity |
0.5 |
| FS440 |
Topics in Contemporary Film Theory |
0.5 |
| FS441 |
Topics in Film and Cultural Studies |
0.5 |
| FS442 |
Topics in Authorship and Film |
0.5 |
| FS443 |
Topics in Gender, Genre and Narrative |
0.5 |
| FS444 |
Topics in Film and the Other Arts |
0.5 |
| FS445 |
Topics in Film Spectatorship |
0.5 |
| FS489 |
Directed Studies |
0.5 |
Senate/Editorial Changes
Editorial Revision January 30, 2009: FS342 exclusion deleted from 2006-07 to 2009-10 versions. Senate Revision April 14, 2009: FR480 deleted and replaced by FR385; effective Sept 1, 2009. Senate Revision January 20, 2009: FS360 Title and description revised; effective Sept 1, 2009.
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Academic & Related Dates 2009/2010
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