Fall 2022 Course Offerings, Cross-Departmental List
Fall 2022 Course Offerings, Cross-Departmental List
Any course on this list (except for the First Year Seminars) may count as an elective for the Global Cinema Minor or the Film Studies concentration in English and Comparative Literature. Some of these courses, however, may not automatically count, and in those cases you will need to request a Tar Heel Tracker adjustment from the program advisor.
Keep in mind that some restrictions may apply to film/media production courses. Be sure to check Connect Carolina for specifications by the department offering the course.
We recommend that you take courses from a wide range of faculty members. If you have already had the same professor for as many as four or five courses, you should branch out and take full advantage of the variety our curriculum offers.
Note to grad students: you may receive credit for any 400-level CMPL course and any 600-level ENGL course listed here. If you are PhD student in English and Comparative Literature, you can fulfill seminar paper requirements in these courses if your instructor makes allowances for you to write and revise a long research paper.
First Year Seminars
ASIA 72 – 001 First-Year Seminar: Transnational Korea: Literature, Film, and Popular Culture
TuTh 3:30PM – 4:45PM
I Jonathan Kief
This first-year seminar introduces students to the history of transnational imaginations in modern Korea. Using literature, film, and television, it explores the ways in which Korean cultural producers have used narratives of transnational travel and exchange to rethink Korea’s place in the world and refashion the bounds of Korean identity.
General Course List
AAAD 389 – 001 The Caribbean Anticolonial: Caribbean Literature, Film, Aesthetics, and Politics
TuTh 12:30PM – 1:45PM
Petal Samuel
This course will examine literature, film, art, and music from the Caribbean that illustrates and critiques the past and present impacts of colonial rule in the region. What role has anticolonial Caribbean literature and art played in shaping the region’s present and future, and in shaping global anticolonial politics?
AMST 371 – 001 LGTBQ Film and Fiction from 1950 to the Present
MoWe 2:30PM – 3:45PM
Michelle Robinson
An interdisciplinary seminar that explores stylistic choices and representational modes available to LGTBQ artists in the United States since 1950. We will relate shifts in cinematic and literary representations and aesthetic strategies to developments in political, social, and economic life.
ARAB 453 – 001 Film, Nation, and Identity in the Arab World
Tu 5:00PM – 8:00PM
Nadia Yaqub
Introduction to history of Arab cinema from 1920s to present. Covers film industries in various regions of the Arab world and transnational Arab film. All materials and discussion in English.
ARTS 209 – 001 2D Animation
MoWe 11:15AM – 2:00PM
Sabine Gruffat
Prerequisite, ARTS 104.
Studio Art course enrollment is temporarily restricted to declared Studio Art majors and/or minors. For a full enrollment calendar, please visit: https://art.unc.edu/courses-and-degrees/studio-art-courses/
ARTH 490 – 001 Special Topics: Seen, Unseen and Suggested: Representation and Hollywood Film Censorship
MoWeFr 11:15AM – 12:05PM
JJ Bauer
This course will look at the history of film censorship in the United States from the perspective of how such things as the Production Code (Hays Code), wartime restrictions, Anti-communist blacklisting, regional and local censorship boards, late 1960s movements for social change, and culturally and socially-determined moral and ethical standards restricted what could and could not be seen on movie screens in American theaters. We will watch and then analyze approximately 30 films from a cross-section of the 120-year history of cinema in the US, paying special attention to issues of gender, sexuality, race, class, and political persuasion as they affect on-screen representation. The goal of the course will be to cover the myriad ways in which censorship determined/determines what audiences saw/see on film and how that created a seemingly culturally-unified image of ¿America¿ that was/is, for many Americans, restrictive and exclusionary of their life experiences, if not outright hostile to their participation in American cultural life.
COMM 130 – 001-LEC Introduction to Media Production
Tu 11:00AM – 12:50PM
TBD
This course has major restrictions; no seniors.
Permission of the instructor for nonmajors.
This course has classification (class year) restrictions.
This class is not open to seniors.
This course requires a lab section.
Class meetings may also be held in the following alternative locations: Swain Hall 01A and Swain Hall 101A.
Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Prerequisite for all production courses. Introduces students to basic tools, techniques, and conventions of production in audio, video, and film.
Please choose one of the following lab sections:
COMM 130 – 401-LAB Introduction to Media Production
Th 11:00AM – 12:50PM
Kristin Hondros
COMM 130 – 402-LAB Introduction to Media Production
Fr 9:05AM – 10:55AM
TBD
COMM 130 – 403-LAB Introduction to Media Production
Fr 11:15AM – 1:05PM
TBD
COMM 140 – 001-LEC Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism
MoWe 9:05AM – 9:55AM
David Monje
An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences.
COMM 140 – 01F-LEC Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism
MoWeFr 11:15AM – 12:05PM
David Monje
An introduction to the critical analysis of film, television, advertising, video, and new media texts, contexts, and audiences.
COMM 140 – 601-SEC Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism
Th 9:05AM – 9:55AM
TBD
COMM 140 – 602-SEC Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism
Th 9:05AM – 9:55AM
TBD
COMM 140 – 603-SEC Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism
Th 9:05AM – 9:55AM
TBD
COMM 140 – 604-SEC Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism
Th 8:00AM – 8:50AM
TBD
COMM 140 – 606-SEC Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism
Fr 10:10AM – 11:00AM
TBD
COMM 140 – 607-SEC Introduction to Media History, Theory, and Criticism
Fr 10:10AM – 11:00AM
TBD
COMM 230 – 001 Audio/Video/Film Production and Writing
MoWe 12:20PM – 2:15PM
Edward Rankus
Prerequisites, COMM 130 and 140; Grade of C or better in COMM 130; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. The material, processes, and procedures of audio, video, and film production; emphasis on the control of those elements of convention that define form in the appropriate medium. Lecture and laboratory hours.
COMM 230 – 002 Audio/Video/Film Production and Writing
TuTh 2:00PM – 3:50PM
Kristin Hondros
Prerequisites, COMM 130 and 140; Grade of C or better in COMM 130; permission of the instructor for students lacking the prerequisites. The material, processes, and procedures of audio, video, and film production; emphasis on the control of those elements of convention that define form in the appropriate medium. Lecture and laboratory hours.
COMM 330 – 001 Introduction to Writing for Film and Television
TuTh 3:30PM – 4:30PM
Nizar Wattad
An introduction to screenwriting for film and television.
COMM 330 – 002 Introduction to Writing for Film and Television
TuTh 2:00PM – 3:15PM
Nizar Wattad
An introduction to screenwriting for film and television.
COMM 331 – 001 Writing the Short Film
TuTh 11:00AM – 12:15PM
Dana Coen
This course is reserved for COMM majors for the first two weeks of registration. Non-majors can enroll after April 18th.
Students practice and learn the craft of narrative, short film writing by conceptualizing, outlining, writing, and rewriting three short film scripts. They include one three-minute silent, one five-minute script with dialogue, and one 15-minute script with dialogue.
COMM 335 – 001 Film Story Analysis
Th 5:00PM – 8:00PM
Dana Coen
This course is reserved for COMM majors for the first two weeks of registration. Non-majors can enroll after April 18th.
A variety of feature films (both domestic and foreign) are screened in class and analyzed from a storytelling perspective. Emphasis is on the range of possibilities the screenwriter and film director face in the process of managing the audience’s emotional involvement in a story.
COMM 345 – 001/ WGST 345 Gender and Film
TuTh 3:30PM – 4:45PM
Sarah Bloesch
This course examines the representations of women in contemporary American film and also considers women as producers of film.
COMM 450 – 001 Media and Popular Culture
MoWeFr 10:10AM – 11:10AM
TBD
Prerequisite, COMM 140. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Examination of communication processes and cultural significance of film, television, and other electronic media.
COMM 450 – 002 Media and Popular Culture
TuTh 12:30PM – 1:45PM
TBD
Prerequisite, COMM 140. Permission of the instructor for nonmajors. Examination of communication processes and cultural significance of film, television, and other electronic media.
COMM 534 – 001 Aesthetic and Technical Considerations in Making Short Videos
MoWe 9:05AM – 11:00AM
William Brown
This course has major restrictions.
Permission of the instructor for non-majors.
This course has prerequisite requirements.
Prerequisites, COMM 130 (C or better), COMM 230
Class meetings may also be held in the following alternative locations: Swain Hall 106A, Swain Hall 108A, and Swain Hall 200A.
Prerequisite, COMM 230. The course examines the aesthetic and technical elements at work and play in cinematic storytelling. The student is required to complete three projects and will gain hands-on experience in narrative filmmaking.
COMM 635 – 001 Documentary Production
TuTh 11:00AM – 12:15PM
Julia Haslett
For more information or for assistance enrolling in this course, contact Jona Hodge (email jchodge@unc.edu or call (919) 962-4985.
This course is reserved for COMM majors for the first two weeks of registration. Non-majors can begin enrolling after June 15th.
A workshop in the production of video and/or film nonfiction or documentary projects. The course will focus on narrative, representational and aesthetic strategies of documentary production.
Class meetings may also be held in the Media Arts Space @108 East Franklin Street.
Prerequisite, COMM 230. A workshop in the production of video and/or film nonfiction or documentary projects. The course will focus on narrative, representational, and aesthetic strategies of documentary production.
CMPL 220 – 001 Global Authors: Jane Austen
TuTh 12:30PM – 1:45PM
Inger Brodey
Fulfills a major core requirement. This course examines the fiction of Jane Austen and her literary and cultural influence across the globe. We will see echoes of Austen in novels and films from around the world and explore how her work transcends generational, cultural, and geographical boundaries. What is the secret of her global appeal?
CMPL 230 – 001 Global Crusoe: The Desert-Island Idea in Film and Fiction
MoWeFr 2:30PM – 3:20PM
David Baker
The desert-island scenario involves a sophisticated and culturally central thought experiment in which the constraints of history and society are suspended and human nature is exposed in its essence. This course considers the permutations of this scenario in film and fiction from around the world.
CMPL 262 – 001 Film and Politics
TuTh 3:30PM – 4:45PM
Danielle Christmas
This course investigates the complex relations between cinema and politics in particular national and/or global contexts. Examining not merely films with narratives about politically charged themes but also the political and ideological nature of filmic representation itself, this course focuses on questions that link politics and aesthetics.
CMPL 388 – 001/ FREN 388-001 History of French Cinema I: 1895-1950
TuTh 3:30PM – 4:45PM
Hassan Melehy
Study of French cinema from 1895 through 1950, including early French film, silent cinema, surrealism, poetic realism, and postwar cinema. Concepts and vocabulary for film criticism. Conducted in English. Recommended preparation: FREN 260 or CMPL 143 or the equivalent.
CMPL 527 – 001/ ASIA 427/ PWAD 427 Cold War Culture in East Asia: Transnational and Intermedial Connections
TuTh 12:30PM – 1:45PM
I Jonathan Kief
This course introduces students to the specific contours that the Cold War accrued in East Asia. Focusing on literature and film, it explores what the fall of the Japanese Empire and the emergence of the post-1945 world meant across the region.
ENGL 142 – 001-LEC Film Analysis
MoWe 2:30PM – 3:20PM
Gregory Flaxman
This course offers an introduction to the technical, formal, and narrative elements of the cinema.
Choose one of the following sections:
ENGL 142 – 601-SEC Film Analysis
Fr 9:05AM – 9:55AM
Rose Steptoe
ENGL 142 – 602-SEC Film Analysis
Fr 10:10AM – 11:00AM
Rose Steptoe
ENGL 142 – 603-SEC Film Analysis
Fr 11:15AM – 12:05PM
Nicole Berland
ENGL 142 – 604-SEC Film Analysis
Fr 12:20PM – 1:10PM
Nicole Berland
ENGL 142 – 605-SEC Film Analysis
Fr 1:25PM – 2:15PM
Jonathan Albrite
ENGL 142 – 606-SEC Film Analysis
Fr 2:30PM – 3:20PM
Jonathan Albrite
ENGL 378 – 001 Film Criticism
TuTh 12:30PM – 1:45PM
Martin Johnson
An introduction to the history and practice of film criticism.
ENGL 381 – 001 Literature and Cinema
MoWeFr 11:15AM – 12:05PM
Jennifer Larson
The course introduces students to the complex narrative, aesthetic, and rhetorical relationship between literature and cinema.
ENGL 681 – 001 Topics in Contemporary Film and Media
Mo 6:00PM – 9:00PM
Gregory Flaxman
This course examines aesthetic and social aspects of contemporary cinema, television, and/or other media. Previously offered as ENGL 580.
FREN 388-001 History of French Cinema I: 1895-1950 (see CMPL 388)
TuTh 3:30PM – 4:45PM
Hassan Melehy
FREN 379 – 001 Special Topics in French and Francophone Studies
MoWeFr 12:20PM – 1:10PM
Sean Matharoo
Possible topics include cinema, transnational francophone literatures, gender studies. In English.
ITAL 333 – 001 Italian Film and Culture
TuTh 2:00PM – 3:15PM
TBD
Analysis of films from World War II to the present. Lectures and discussion in English. Films in Italian with English subtitles. Readings in Italian for majors, in translation for nonmajors.