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Cinema and Media Studies (CTCS)

http://cinema.usc.edu/mediastudies
D class assignments for undergraduates available; Phone: (213) 740-8358.
D-clearances for Cinema and Media Studies Majors (for courses like CTCS 473) available via their academic advisor. D-clearances for Non-Majors via studentaffairs@cinema.usc.edu School of Cinematic Arts "R" section courses change to "D" in the third week of classes, and require instructor approval for clearance. For Cinema and Media Studies, that approval can be sent to mediastudies@cinema.usc.edu for d-clearance in the third week. Instructions are available here for all SCA Non-Major clearances: cinema.usc.edu/studentaffairs/dclearance.cfm D-clearances for all Graduate Students (for 500+ level courses) via mediastudies@cinema.usc.edu

CTCS 150gw: Visions of Diversity in the Cinematic Arts (4.0 units)

Representations of marginalized groups in digital media, and how they have shaped conversations, altered public discourse and policy, and impacted the lives of underrepresented people.

Restriction: Registration open to the following school(s): School of Cinematic Arts
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
18002D	001	Lecture	9:00-11:50am	Thursday	200 of 200	Gordon Bellamy	SCA108
18006D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	25 of 25		RZC111
18007D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	25 of 25		SCA209
18008D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	25 of 25		SCA204
18009D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	25 of 25		SCA214
18011D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	25 of 25		SCA310
18013D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	26 of 26		SCI106
18014D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	24 of 25		SCA203
18016D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	25 of 25		SCA316

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	307 of 325	George Carstocea	NCT	PDF (535002 KB)
18010D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 25		SCA316
18012D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	24 of 25		SCA310
18015D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Thursday	24 of 25		SCA110
18020D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	20 of 25	Dineo Maine	SCA310
18022D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	22 of 25		SCA214
18025D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	23 of 25		SCA112
18027D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	23 of 25		SCA110
18030D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Thursday	24 of 25		SCA110
18035D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	24 of 25		SCA209
18045D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	24 of 25		SCA204
18047D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Thursday	24 of 25		SCA316
18060D	001	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Tuesday	25 of 25		SCA310
18130D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	25 of 25		SCA214

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
18061D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	96 of 150	Nitin Govil	NCT
18062D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	21 of 25		SCA214
18063D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Tuesday	6 of 25		RZC111
18064D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Thursday	10 of 25		RZC111
18065D	001	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Wednesday	21 of 25		SCA214
18066D	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Thursday	14 of 25		SCA203
18068D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	24 of 25		SCA209

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.
Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
18070D	001	Lecture	1:00-3:50pm	Thursday	137 of 150	Manouchka Labouba	SCA108	PDF (184877 KB)
18252D	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	24 of 25		SCA108
18254D	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	25 of 25		SCA112
18256D	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	24 of 25		SCA203
18258D	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	23 of 25		SCI108
18260D	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	21 of 25		SCB101
18262D	001	Discussion	4:00-4:50pm	Thursday	20 of 25		SCA255

CTCS 201: History of the International Cinema II (4.0 units)

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

Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
18075D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Monday	191 of 200	Lan Duong	NCT	PDF (70505 KB)
18076D	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	25 of 25		SCA203
18077D	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Monday	24 of 25		SCA214
18078D	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Tuesday	25 of 25		SCB104
18079D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	23 of 25		SCI108
18081D	001	Discussion	9:00-9:50am	Thursday	23 of 25		SCA110
18082D	001	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Monday	25 of 25		SCA214
18083D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	22 of 25		SCA310
18084D	001	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Monday	24 of 25		SCA203

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
18116D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Monday	15 of 25	Slava Greenberg	SCA316

CTCS 392: History of the American Film, 1925-1950 (4.0 units)

Screenings of American film classics and their relationship to society. Lectures and discussions.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18085D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Thursday	20 of 200	Courtney White	NCT	PDF (316960 KB)

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
18090D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	19 of 20	Ella Taylor	SCA216	Word (102400 KB)

CTCS 403: Studies in National and Regional Media (4.0 units)

Detailed investigation of traditions, achievements, and trends of film and/or electronic media in a particular country or region.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Cuir/Queer and Transfeminist Theories and Medias Across the Americas
18098D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Thursday	6 of 20	Giancarlo Cornejo	SCA216

CTCS 409: Censorship in Cinema (4.0 units)

An inquiry into the practice and patterns of censorship in cinema.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18105D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	31 of 60	Courtney White	SCI106	PDF (45197 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
Film and Buddhism
18106D	001	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tuesday	15 of 20	William Whittington	SCA216	PDF (45047 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
18107D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Monday	20 of 20	Janani Subramanian	SCA216	PDF (93219 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
Memory and Cinema
18120D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Friday	48 of 60	Priya Jaikumar	SCI108	PDF (36923 KB)
Science Fiction Film
18160D	001	Lecture	6:00-10:00pm	Wednesday	143 of 365	George Carstocea	NCT	PDF (975634 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
18125R	001	Lecture	6:00-10:00pm	Thursday	250 of 340	Leonard Maltin	NCT

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
18126R	001	Lecture	7:00-10:00pm	Monday	103 of 190	Mary Mcnamara	SCA108

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
Diasporic Cinema
18138D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	50 of 90	Simran Bhalla	SCA108	PDF (452097 KB)

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
18140D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	52 of 60	Aniko Imre	SCI106	PDF (42191 KB)

CTCS 482: Transmedia Entertainment (4.0 units)

An examination of transmedia, or cross-platform, entertainment: commercial and grassroots texts, theoretical framework, historical context, and commercial projects. Developing transmedia strategies for existing media properties.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18143D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Friday	15 of 25	Thomas Pringle	SCA316

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	Info
Sick Cinemas: Disability, Disease, and the Screen
18145D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	11 of 20	Emma Benayoun	SCA216

CTCS 501: World Cinema Before 1945 (2.0 units)

Historical survey of global cinema from its beginnings until 1945.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18161D	037	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Thursday	13 of 25	Vicki Callahan	SCA112	PDF (1044571 MB)

CTCS 503: Survey History of the United States Sound Film (2.0 units)

Survey history of the United States film from 1927 to the present, with emphasis upon film as art form, economic institution, technology, and cultural product.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Hollywood's Global Century
18165R	037	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	27 of 60	Thomas Pringle	NCT	PDF (61044 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
18173D	037	Lecture	6:00-10:00pm	Tuesday	36 of 36	Kiki Benzon	RZC111

CTCS 517: Topics in Cultural Studies (4.0 units, max 12)

Introduction to central concepts, key theories and leading figures in cultural studies, particularly as they relate to issues of popular culture and visual media.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18176D	037	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	18 of 20	Nitin Govil	SCA316

CTCS 518: Seminar: Avant-garde Film/Video (4.0 units)

Aesthetic, historical and ideological issues in avant-garde film and video.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18183D	037	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	20 of 20	Jennifer Wild	SCA110	PDF (460487 KB)

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
Travesti Aesthetics, Imaginaries and Memories
18182D	037	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Monday	6 of 20	Giancarlo Cornejo	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
18180D	037	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Friday	23 of 23	Tara Mcpherson	SCA214

CTCS 677: Cultural Theory (4.0 units)

Seminar in theoretical approaches to cultural studies; focus on interdisciplinary research of media and audiences, covering a range of methods and theoretical frameworks; concentration varies.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
(Post)Socialist Media
18190D	037	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Monday	7 of 20	Aniko Imre	SCA216	PDF (46001 KB)

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
18205D	037	Lecture	TBA	TBA	1 of 10	Priya Jaikumar	OFFICE