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 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 Contemporary International Thriller
18004R	050	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Mon, Wed	20 of 150	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.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Fists of Fury: The World of Bruce Lee
18013R	050	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Tue, Thu	20 of 45	Nitin Govil	SCA112

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	Info
Streaming
18005D	044	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Tue, Thu	18 of 22	Ellen Seiter	SCA316

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 Cinema
18015D	947	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	MTuW	26 of 26	Christine Acham	SCA316
Gender, Sexuality and the Media
18016D	037	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Mon, Wed	17 of 30	Aniko Imre	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
18007D	037	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 6	Tara McPherson	OFFICE
18008D	044	Lecture	TBA	TBA	0 of 6	Tara McPherson	OFFICE