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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 190g: Introduction to Cinema (4.0 units)

Gateway to majors and minors in cinematic arts. Technique, aesthetics, criticism, and social implications of cinema. Lectures accompanied by screenings of appropriate films.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
18000D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	337 of 350	Drew Casper	NCT	PDF (356773 KB)
18005D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	320 of 326	Drew Casper	NCT	PDF (356773 KB)
18015D	001	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Tuesday	24 of 25		SCA216
18020D	001	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Monday	24 of 25		SCA310
18025D	001	Discussion	8:00-8:50am	Thursday	25 of 25		SCA214
18030D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 25		SCA214
18035D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 25		SCA203
18040D	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Tuesday	24 of 25		SCA316
18045D	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Thursday	25 of 25		SCI108
18050D	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Thursday	24 of 25		RZC111
18055D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	24 of 25		SCA258
18060D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Thursday	23 of 25		RZC111
18065D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Monday	24 of 25		SCI207
18070D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 25		SCI106
18075D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	25 of 25		SCI108
18080D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	23 of 25		SCA214
18085D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	24 of 25		SCI207
18090D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	25 of 25		SCA363
18095D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	24 of 25		SCA258
18100D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	24 of 25		SCA316
18105D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	25 of 25		SCA258
18110D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	25 of 25		SCA214
18115D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Thursday	25 of 25		SCA203
18130D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Thursday	24 of 25		SCA316
18135D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	25 of 25		SCA214
18140D	001	Discussion	2:00-2:50pm	Monday	23 of 25		RZC111
18330D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	25 of 25		SCA258
18340D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Tuesday	23 of 25		SCA258
18345D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Thursday	25 of 25		SCI108

CTCS 191: Introduction to Television and Video (4.0 units)

Exploration of the economic, technological, aesthetic, and ideological characteristics of the televisual medium; study of historical development of television and video including analysis of key works; introduction to TV/Video theory and criticism.

Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
18155D	001	Lecture	11:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	98 of 125	Aniko Imre	NCT	PDF (846310 KB)
18156D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Monday	23 of 25		RZC111
18157D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	23 of 25		RZC111
18158D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	5 of 25		SCA203
18159D	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	24 of 25		SCA214
18161D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Tuesday	23 of 25		SCA259

CTCS 200g: History of the International Cinema I (4.0 units)

The development of international cinema from its beginnings to World War II. Lectures, screenings, and discussions.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
18160D	001	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Monday	194 of 200	Laura Isabel Serna	NCT	PDF (1054763 MB)
18331D	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	25 of 25		SCA203
18332D	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	25 of 25		SCA112
18333D	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Tuesday	23 of 25		SCA258
18334D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	25 of 25		SCI108
18335D	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Thursday	24 of 25		SCA112
18337D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Friday	24 of 25		SCA204
18338D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	24 of 25		SCA204
18339D	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	24 of 25		SCA209

CTCS 367: Global Media (4.0 units)

Studies in the global configurations of television industries and cultures, including new technologies and the textual and sociological analysis of global media events and programming.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18162D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	26 of 50	Nitin Govil	SCB104

CTCS 393: Postwar Hollywood, 1946-1962 (4.0 units)

Cinematic and extra-cinematic determinants of Post-Classical and Modernist Hollywood studio and independent genres, styles, and the star-phenomenon and their relationship to American history and culture.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18165D	001	Lecture	6:00-10:00pm	Tuesday	72 of 200	Drew Casper, Tara McPherson	SCA108	PDF (1566774 MB)

CTCS 400: Non-Fiction Film and Television (4.0 units)

An international survey of documentary, informational, and independent experimental film, video and television.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18170D	001	Lecture	9:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	27 of 100	Michael Renov	SCI108

CTCS 402: Practicum in Film/Television Criticism (4.0 units, max 8)

Exercise in writing film and television criticism using new and classic films and television programs.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18175D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Monday	16 of 20	Howard Rosenberg	SCA316	Word (37847 KB)

CTCS 411: Film, Television and Cultural Studies (4.0 units, max 8)

Detailed examination of film/television from the perspectives and insights of Cultural Studies; focus on the production and reception of cultural texts, practices, and communities.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Adaptation
18190D	001	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tuesday	17 of 20	William Whittington	SCA216	Word (199768 KB)
			11:00-12:50pm	Tuesday			SCA108

CTCS 412: Gender, Sexuality and Media (4.0 units, max 8)

Examines how gender and sexuality are figured in cinema and television with an emphasis on the development of feminist media theory.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Gender and Sexuality Are the Media
18196D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	31 of 31	Aniko Imre	RZC111	PDF (452501 KB)

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
Megacinema
18201D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Monday	28 of 47	J D Connor	RZC119	PDF (317328 KB)
Sports and Film
18206D	001	Lecture	1:00-5:50pm	Thursday	27 of 200	Todd Boyd	SCA108	PDF (117018 KB)

CTCS 466: Theatrical Film Symposium (4.0 units, max 8)

Lectures and readings on creative problems in the motion picture industry; current films; interviews with visiting producers, directors, writers, performers.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18215D	001	Lecture	6:00-10:00pm	Thursday	220 of 355	Leonard Maltin	NCT	PDF (873335 KB)

CTCS 467: Television Symposium (4.0 units, max 8)

Lectures and readings on creative problems in the television industry; study of current and historical trends, interviews with producers, directors, writers and performers.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18210D	001	Lecture	7:00-11:00pm	Monday	63 of 190	Mary McNamara	SCA108	PDF (670730 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
Accolades: Award Shows, Film Festivals, and Rotten Tomatoes
18226D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Thursday	9 of 20	Laura Isabel Serna	SCA216	PDF (274687 KB)
Hitchcock
18227D	001	Lecture	6:00-10:00pm	Wednesday	179 of 365	Drew Casper	NCT	PDF (513507 KB)
Accolades: Award Shows, Film Festivals, and Rotten Tomatoes
18228D	815	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 1	Laura Isabel Serna	OFFICE

CTCS 473: Film and Media Theory (4.0 units)

Influential ideas and theoretical approaches that have shaped the making and study of film. Students are encouraged to take this course in their junior year.

Prerequisite: CTCS 190

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18230D	001	Lecture	6:00-9:50pm	Monday	68 of 72	Thomas Kemper	NCT

CTCS 494: Advanced Cinema and Media Studies Seminar (4.0 units, max 8)

Rotating topics involving detailed study of the historical, cultural and aesthetic analysis of film, television, and new media technologies.

Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Radical Machines: Experiments in 20th Century Media
18235D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	Canceled	Zachary Furste		PDF (381859 KB)
Selfies and Digital Culture
18236D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	16 of 20	Anirban Baishya	SCA216	PDF (518671 KB)

CTCS 500: Seminar in Film Theory (4.0 units)

Introduction to classical and contemporary film theory; exploration of their relationship to filmic experimentation.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18245D	037	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Thursday	22 of 30	Ellen Seiter	SCA112

CTCS 502: World Cinema After 1945 (2.0 units)

Historical survey of film from a global perspective from 1945 until the present.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18250R	037	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	36 of 70	Priya Jaikumar	SCA110

CTCS 504: Survey of Television History (2.0 units)

An exploration of the historical, cultural, business, creative, and technological aspects of television.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18256R	037	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	20 of 30	Christine Acham	SCA316	PDF (351422 KB)

CTCS 505: Survey of Interactive Media (2.0 units)

A survey course exploring the historical, cultural, business, creative, and technological aspects of the new interactive media.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18255R	037	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Monday	21 of 24	Kiki Benzon	SCA216

CTCS 506: Critical Studies Colloquium/Professional Seminar (2.0 units)

Provides orientation to the profession, opportunities for academic and professional growth and development. Recommended for entering students.

Note: The Friday classes will meet five times, on 8/24, 9/21, 10/19, 11/16, and 11/30.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18260D	037	Lecture	11:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	22 of 35	J D Connor	SCA110
			2:00-4:50pm	Friday			SCA108

CTCS 510: Case Studies in National and/or Regional Media (4.0 units, max 12)

Seminar on media's impact in defining nation and/or region in specific cultural contexts. Also addresses issues of exile, diaspora, transnationalism and globalism. Departmental approval required.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Indian Cinema
18266D	037	Lecture	10:00-2:50pm	Friday	5 of 20	Priya Jaikumar	SCA216

CTCS 520: Film History Through the Archives and Special Collections (4.0 units)

A historical exploration of film and television through the artifacts, images and writings used in their creation.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18268D	037	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	5 of 15	Sandra Garcia-Myers	SCA216

CTCS 564: Seminar in Film and Television Genres (4.0 units, max 8)

Advanced study of a selected genre of film and/or television its relationship to history, society, and culture, as well as to genre theory.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Political Cinema
18270D	037	Lecture	1:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	7 of 20	Todd Boyd	SCA216	PDF (134455 KB)
			4:00-6:50pm	Wednesday			SCA112

CTCS 673: Topics in Theory (4.0 units, max 8)

Contemporary theoretical frameworks and their relationship to film and television studies. Topics differ from semester to semester.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Media and Cultural Industries
18278D	037	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	4 of 20	Nitin Govil	SCS107

CTCS 678: Seminar in Film Theory and Medium Specificity (4.0 units, max 8)

Explores the way film has been theorized in relationship to traditional media that preceded it and electronic media that followed.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Brain and Screen
18290D	037	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Friday	8 of 20	Ellen Seiter	SCA310

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
18295D	037	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 20	Tara McPherson	OFFICE