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 Academic Year 2025-2026 is Department Chair Prof. Roopika Risam.
Drone image taken over Dartmouth Hall, Fall 2023
Summer 2025
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)
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)
Winter 2026
FILM 1: Introduction 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 33: Writing for the Screen I Bill Phillips (10A)
FILM 37: Directing for the Camera Iyabo Kwayana (3A)
FILM 40: Theories 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 44.06: Storytelling in the Digital Age Jennie Chamberlain (12)
FILM 44.17: Media Entrepreneurship and Practice John Bell (2A)
FILM 47.30: Black 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)
Spring 2026
FILM 7.21: FYS in Film & Media Studies: Zombie Media John Bell (2A)
FILM 21: Film History II (1930-60) Joanna Rapf (3A)
FILM 30: Documentary Videomaking Jeff Ruoff (10A)
FILM 32: Advanced Production (Filmmaking II) Iyabo Kwayana (6B)
FILM 34: Writing for the Screen II Bill Phillips (10A)
FILM 38: Advanced Animation Jodie Mack (2A)
FILM 41.09: History of Animation Jodie Mack (6B)
FILM 41.21/MUS 16.02: Music and Media in Everyday Life William Cheng (10A)
FILM 42.14/LACS 20.05: Mexican Cinema Desiree Garcia (3B)
FILM 42.19/JWST 44.01/MES 15.11: The Middle East in Film: Picturing the Past and Present Andrew Simon (2A)
FILM 44.09: Cinematography I: Lighting and Composition Iyabo Kwayana (2A)
FILM 48.08/COLT 70.08/LACS 35.17/SPAN 65.17: Media and Environment Martina Broner Szychowski (11)
FILM 96: Honors Project II Roopika Risam (11)
Summer 2026
FILM 01: Introduction to Film Viktor Witkowski (3A)
FILM 39.01: Group Documentary Jeff Ruoff (10A)
FILM 41.02/FREN 26/COLT 62.02: Shades of Noir: Film, Fiction, Politics Lucas Hollister (2A)
FILM 44.01/SART 17.17: Handmade Cinema Jodie Mack (3B)
FILM 47.20: Curating and Microcinema Jodie Mack (2A)
FILM 51: Game Design Studio Mary Flanagan (2A)
Fall 2026
FILM 4: Introduction to Thinking About Media Paul Young (10A)
FILM 5: Introduction to Making Iyabo Kwayana (3A)
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 (Autobiography) Jennie Chamberlain (2A)
FILM 40: Theories and Methodologies of Film and Media Studies Mark Williams (3A)
FILM 41.04/ANTH 12.01: Ethnographic Film Mary Pena (2A)
FILM 41.07: Cinema and the Graphic Novel Paul Young (2A)
FILM 41.21/MUS 16.02: Music and Media in Everyday Life William Cheng (2A)
FILM 42.17/GERM 43.05: Of Golems, Vampires, and Robots: The Haunted Screen of Weimar Cinema (in English) Henk Handloegten (6B)
FILM 42.19/MES 15.11/JWST 44.01: The Middle East in Film: Picturing the Past and Present Andrew Simon (6B)
FILM 44.09: Cinematography I: Lighting and Composition Iyabo Kwayana (6A)
FILM 44.14/ LACS 20.06: Making Video Essays Desirée Garcia (3A)
FILM 44.17: Media Entrepreneurship and Practice John Bell (2A)
FILM 48.04/QSS 30.21/WGSS 66.02: Social Justice and Computing Jacqueline Wernimont (10A)
FILM 50.04: Video Games and the Meaning of Life Will Cheng (10A)
FILM 50.05/GERM 42.04/COLT 18.03: From the Typewriter to Virtual Reality: Modern Media Theory (in English) Petra McGillen (2A)
Winter 2027
FILM 1: Introduction to Film and Media Studies Mark Williams
FILM 5: Introduction to Making Jacqueline Wernimont
FILM 7: First Year Seminar in Film & Media Studies Joanna Rapf
FILM 33: Writing for the Screen I Bill Phillips
FILM 37: Directing for the Camera Iyabo Kwayana
FILM 40: Theories and Methodologies of Film & Media Studies Paul Young
FILM 44.06: Storytelling in the Digital Age Jennie Chamberlain
FILM 47.37: Cinema and Modernism, High and Low Paul Young
FILM 48.03/WGSS 57.01: Data and Bodies Jacqueline Wernimont
FILM 95: Major Project I (Winter Senior Seminar) Iyabo Kwayana
Spring 2027
FILM 3: Introduction to Digital Arts and Culture John Bell
FILM 4: Introduction to Thinking About Media Mark Williams
FILM 7: First Year Seminar Elyse Singer
FILM 21: Film History II (1930-60) Joanna Rapf
FILM 34: Writing for the Screen II Bill Phillips
FILM 41.11/MUS 16.01: History of Visual Music Jodie Mack
FILM 42.19: The Middle East in Film: Picturing the Past and Present Andrew Simon
FILM 42.21/AAAS 68.08: Afro/Black Paris in Film and Life Trica Keaton
FILM 44.10: Writing for Television Eugenie Carabatsos
FILM 45: US Television History Jennie Chamberlain
FILM 47.33/AAAS 31.80/THEA 10.84: Performing Histories, Performing Us Heidi Denzel
FILM 96: Major Project II (Spring Senior Seminar) Jodie Mack