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.

The Film & Media Studies Major Advisor for Fall 2025 is Prof. Roopika Risam.

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, VAC 001)

Film 33: Writing for the Screen I Bill Phillips (10A, VAC 2001-Lantern Corridor)

Film 36.01: Experimental Videomaking: Autobiography Jennie Chamberlain (2A, VAC 108-Film Studio)

Film 40: Theories and Methodologies of Film and Media Studies Paul Young (10A, VAC 230)

Film 41.23: Sport Film Anaiis Cisco (3B, VAC 001) *new course!

Film 42.03/COLT 52.02/LACS 35.01: New Latin American Cinema Gerd Gemunden (3A, Dartmouth Hall 001)

Film 42.18/GERM 43.06: Movies and Migration Heidi Denzel (11, Thornton Hall 103)

Film 42.19/JWST 44.01/MES 15.11: Middle East in Film Andrew Simon (6B, Reed Hall 107)

Film 42.24/LACS 30.08: Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Brazilian Film Reighan Alexandra Gillam (2A, Dartmouth Hall 005)

Film 47.28: Queer Cinema Anaiis Cisco (6B, VAC 001)

Film 47.63: Shaping Cinema's Future Vinzenz Hediger, Montgomery Fellow (3A, Loew Auditorium) *Only available this fall!

Film 48.04/WGSS 66.02/QSS 30.21: Social Justice and Computing Jacqueline Wernimont (11, Thornton Hall 106)

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

Scheduled Courses

Winter 2026

FILM 1Introduction to Film: From Script to Screen Anaiis Cisco (2A)

FILM 7.15: FYS Women & Comedy in Film Joanna Rapf (3A)

FILM 7.23: FYS The Freedom to Move: Agency and Mobility in Our Everyday World Jennie Chamberlain (11)

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

FILM 37Directing for the Camera Iyabo Kwayana (3A)

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

FILM 41.04/ANTH 12.01: Ethnographic Film Mary Pena (3B)

FILM 41.19: The Musical Desireé Garcia (3A)

FILM 42.21/AAAS 68.08: Black France on Film Trica Keaton (3A)

FILM 42.23/COLT 57.13: Travelers, Tourists, and Sojourners: Mobility in the Movies Heidi Denzel (12)

FILM 43.01: Women Make Movies Anaiis Cisco (6B)

FILM 44.06Storytelling in the Digital Age Jennie Chamberlain (12)

FILM 44.17: Media Entrepreneurship and Practice John Bell (2A)

FILM 47.30Black Looks: A Survey of Race and Representation in Cinema and Visual Media Iyabo Kwayana (2A)

FILM 48.03: Data and Bodies Jacqueline Wernimont (10)

FILM 93: Major Project (Senior Seminar) Jacqueline Wernimont (10A)

FILM 95: Honors Project I (Senior Seminar) Jacqueline Wernimont (10A)

Scheduled Courses

Spring 2026

FILM 7First-Year Seminar in Film and Media Studies

FILM 21Film History II (1930-60)

FILM 30: Documentary Videomaking

FILM 32: Advanced Production

FILM 34Writing for the Screen II

FILM 38: Advanced Animation

FILM 41.09: History of Animation

FILM 42.14Mexican Cinema

FILM 42.16/AAAS 32.05: Cinema of Black Protest

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

FILM 44.09Cinematography I: Lighting and Composition

FILM 96: Honors Project II