Courses for 1st-year students in Film and Media Studies

These are our recommended courses for first-year students! 

We are offering two first-year seminars, in winter and spring 2023!

These are the recommended courses to take in fall term 2022

FILM 1 Introduction to Film: From Script to Screen - Paul Young - 10

FILM 20 Film History I (Silent to Sound) - Mark Williams  - 2A

FILM 31 Filmmaking I - Shevaun Mizrahi - 3B *this course will be also offered on winter 23!

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

FILM 46.04 Broadcast Journalism and Electronic Journalism History - Mark Williams - 3A

FILM 42.03/LACS 30.06 New Latin America Cinema - Almeida -9L

We are also offering the following courses this fall:

• FILM 40 Theories and Methodologies of Film and Media Studies -Paul Young - 11 - for F&MS Majors -
• FILM 47.02 Theory and Practice of Editing - Shevaun Mizrahi - 2A
• FILM 48.03/WGSS 57.01/QSS30.19 Data and Bodies - Jacque Wernimont - 2 
• FILM 48.04/WGSS 66.02/QSS 30.21  Social Justice and Computing -  Jacque Wernimont  - 10

*(IP) Instructor Permission is needed to register for this course. Please email the course's instructor or the Dept. Administrator to request permission. 

Winter 2023 open courses for first-years:

• FILM 3  Introduction to Digital Arts and Culture - John Bell - 2A  
• FILM 7.15 (FYS) Women and Comic Film - Joanna Rapf - 3A
• FILM 22 Film History III (1960 to 1990) - Paul Young 
• FILM 30 Documentary Videomaking - Shevaun Mizrahi - 2A
• FILM 31  Filmmaking I - Shevaun Mizrahi - 3B
• FILM 33 Writing for the Screen I - Bill Phillips (*IP) - 10A
• FILM 42.21/ AAAS 68.08 Afro/Black Paris in Film and Life - Trica Keaton
• FILM 46.10/MUS 16.04 Transmissions: Histories and Theories of Broadcast Sound - Danielle Simon
• FILM 47.24 / AAAS 32.01 / LATS 025 Race and Gender in American Film - Desirée Garcia - 10A
• FILM 48.07 Analyzing Content: From Tik Toks to Tweets - Tess McNulty - 3A
• FILM 50.01 Cinematic Mirrors: Reflexivity and Authorship in Global Film History - Paul Young

Spring 2023 open courses for first-years:

• FILM 7.21 First-Year Seminar: Zombie Media - John Bell - 2A
• FILM 23 Film History IV (1990-present) - Mary Desjardins  - 3A
• FILM 42.14/LACS 24 Mexican Cinema - Desirée Garcia - 10A
• FILM 47.05 History of Documentary - Shevaun Mizrahi -3B
• FILM 48.05 Postcolonial Media - Roopika Risam - 10A
• FILM 48.06 Media and Migration - Roopika Risam - 2A