Courses in Film & Media Studies

For descriptions of all courses on offer in the F&MS department and their scheduled instructors, consult the Dartmouth Course Descriptions and Requirements published by the Office of the Registrar.

For detailed information about course offerings by term, such as required reading materials and meeting times, the most reliable source is the Timetable of Class Meetings.

Schedule Courses

Summer 2025

Major Advisor: Department Chair

FILM 1: Introduction to Film Viktor Witkowski (3A)

FILM 35: Animation: Principles & Practice Jodie Mack (6B)

FILM 46.09: Critical Approaches to Media Production Jennie Chamberlain (2)

FILM 47.20: Curating and Microcinema Jodie Mack (2A)

FILM 48.02/SART 17.20: Video Art Mary Flanagan (3B)

FILM 51: Game Design Studio Mary Flanagan (2A)

Scheduled Courses

Fall 2025

Film 20: Film History I: Silent to Sound Joanna Rapf (3A)

Film 33: Writing for the Screen I Bill Phillips (10A)

Film 36.01: Experimental Videomaking Jennie Chamberlain (2A)

Film 40: Theories and Methodologies of Film and Media Studies Paul Young (10A)

Film 41.23: Sport Film Anaiis Cisco (2A)

Film 42.03/COLT 52.02/LACS 35.01: New Latin American Cinema Gerd Gemunden (3A)

Film 42.18: Movies and Migration Heidi Denzel (11)

Film 42.19/JWST 44.01/MES 15.11: Middle East in Film Andrew Simon (6B)

Film 42.24/LACS 30.08: Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Brazilian Film Reighan Alexandra Gillam (2A)

Film 44.16: Does Media Die? Jacqueline Wernimont and Roopika Risam (10A)

Film 47.28: Queer Cinema Anaiis Cisco (3B)

Film 47.37: Cinema and Modernism Paul Young (2A)

Film 47.63: Shaping Cinema's Future Vinzenz Hediger, Montgomery Fellow (3A)

Film 48.04: Social Justice and Computing Jacqueline Wernimont (11)

Film 50.04/COLT 40.07/MUS 46: Video Games and the Meaning of Life William Cheng (2A)

Scheduled Courses

Winter 2026

FILM 1Introduction to Film: From Script to Screen

FILM 7First-Year Seminar in Film and Media Studies

FILM 33Writing for the Screen I

FILM 37Directing for the Camera

FILM 40Theories and Methodologies of Film and Media Studies

FILM 42.22Moviegoing in America

FILM 42.23Travelers, Tourists, and Sojourners: Mobility in the Movies

FILM 44.06Storytelling in the Digital Age

FILM 46.11Introduction to Media Industries Studies

FILM 47.17Race and Place and Los Angeles Media

FILM 47.30Black Looks: A Survey of Race and Representation in Cinema and Visual Media

FILM 93: Major Project

FILM 95: Honors Project I

Scheduled Courses

Spring 2026

FILM 7First-Year Seminar in Film and Media Studies

FILM 21Film History II (1930-60)

FILM 30: Documentary Videomaking

FILM 34Writing for the Screen II

FILM 41.09: History of Animation

FILM 42.14Mexican Cinema

FILM 42.19The Middle East in Film: Picturing the Past and Present

FILM 44.03Filming the Landscape

FILM 44.09Cinematography I: Lighting and Composition

FILM 44.10Writing for Television

FILM 96: Honors Project II