USC Schedule of Classes

Critical Studies (CTCS)

• http://cinema.usc.edu/criticalstudies
• D class assignments available in SCB105.
• D class assignments for graduate students available in SCA320; phone (213) 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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18000R	051	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	28 of 40	Todd Boyd	SCA108

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
The Gangster Film
18001R	191	Lecture	10:00-2:20pm	MWF	36 of 45	Drew Casper	SCA108	PDF (247620 KB)

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
The Style of Billy Wilder
18002R	191	Lecture	3:00-7:20pm	MWF	35 of 45	Drew Casper	SCA108	PDF (207861 KB)

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

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18003D	037	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Tue, Thu	21 of 24	Michael Renov	SCA203
			1:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu			SCA110

CTCS 569: Seminar in Film and Television Authors (4.0 units)

Seminar in the style of an auteur, studio, filmmaking, ortelevisual mode in terms of thematic and formal properties andtheir influences upon the art of film and/or television.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Shondaland: The Television Auteur?
18005D	775	Lecture	10:00-12:50pm	MTuW	23 of 25	Christine Acham	SCA316	PDF (182914 KB)

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18006D	044	Lecture	11:00-2:50pm	Mon, Wed	22 of 22	Ellen Seiter	SCA316

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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18004D	037	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 6	Aniko Imre	OFFICE
18008D	044	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 6	Aniko Imre	OFFICE