USC Schedule of Classes

Cinema and Media Studies (CTCS)

• http://cinema.usc.edu/mediastudies
• D class assignments available in SCA320; phone (213) 740-3334.
• D class assignments for undergraduates available; phone (213) 740-2911.
• 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. Non-majors may only request d-clearance via email, instructions are available here: cinema.usc.edu/studentaffairs/nonMajor.cfm. A one-time $50 CNTV Resource Access fee is charged to all students taking one or more undergraduate Cinematic Arts courses in a given semester.

CTCS 192mg: 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.

• General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
• Diversity: This course satisfies the university's diversity requirement.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18000R	051	Lecture	2:00-6:10pm	Tue, Thu	25 of 150	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
Film Noir
18001R	191	Lecture	10:00-2:20pm	MWF	Canceled	Drew Casper
Silent Comedy - Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd
18004R	051	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	14 of 30	Laura Isabel Serna	SCA316

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
Lights, Crime, Action! The Films of Michael Mann and Kathryn Bigelow
18010R	050	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	37 of 45	Nitin Govil	SCA112

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	28 of 28	Michael Renov	SCA203
			1:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu			SCA110

CTCS 569: Seminar in Film and Television Authors (4.0 units, max 8)

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

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
African American Television
18015D	775	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	MTuW	9 of 26	Christine Acham	SCA316

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	2:00-3:50pm	Tue, Thu	14 of 20	Ellen Seiter	SCA216
			4:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu			SCA110

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
18007D	037	Lecture	TBA	TBA	2 of 6	Aniko Imre	OFFICE
18008D	044	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 6	Aniko Imre	OFFICE