Schedule of Classes

Critical Studies (CTCS)

• http://cinema.usc.edu/criticalstudies
• D class assignments available in SCB105; phone 740-8358.
• D class assignments for undergraduates available; phone (213) 740-8358.
• D class assignments for graduate students available in SCA320; phone 740-3334.
• YOU MUST ATTEND THE FIRST SESSION of each course or you may be replaced by a student on the waiting list, even if you are registered. If you do not register for a class for which you have D-clearance by the registration deadline, your D-clearance will EXPIRE. School of Cinematic Arts "R" courses change to "D" in the third week of classes, and require both instructor and departmental approval.

CTCS 192m: Race, Class, and Gender in American Film (4.0 units)

Analyzes issues of race, class and gender in contemporary American culture as represented in the cinema.

• Diversity: This course satisfies the university's diversity requirement.

Session	Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
051	18000R	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	41 of 50	Todd Boyd	SCA108

CTCS 464: Film and/or Television Genres (4.0 units, max 8)

Rigorous examination of film genres: history, aesthetics, cultural context, social significance, and critical methodologies.

Session	Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
050	18001R	Lecture	1:00-5:30pm	Mon, Wed	35 of 50	Drew Casper	NCT

CTCS 469: Film and/or Television Style Analysis (4.0 units, max 8)

Intensive study of the style of an auteur, studio, film or television making mode in terms of thematic and formal properties and their influences upon the art of film.

Session	Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
050	18002R	Lecture	6:00-10:30pm	Mon, Wed	45 of 51	Drew Casper	NCT

CTCS 502: History of Global Cinema After World War II (2.0 units)

Historical survey of film from a global perspective from the beginning of World War II until the present.

Session	Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
037	18250R	Lecture	6:00-9:50pm	Tue, Thu	21 of 25	Carlos Kase	SCA316

CTCS 511: Seminar: Non-Fiction Film/Video (4.0 units)

Aesthetic, rhetorical, and ideological issues in non-fiction film and video.

Session	Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
037	18003D	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	17 of 25	Michael Renov	SCA216
			1:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu			SCA110

CTCS 587: Seminar in Television Theory (4.0 units, max 8)

Detailed investigation and discussion of various aspects of television, including genre, textual analysis, production and distribution systems and audience studies.

Session	Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
044	18006D	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	13 of 25	Thomas Kemper	SCA216

CTCS 790: Research (1.0-12.0 units)

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.

Session	Section	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
037	18004D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 6	Akira Lippit	OFFICE
044	18008D	Lecture	TBA	TBA	2 of 6	Akira Lippit	OFFICE