{"id":1381,"date":"2011-11-08T15:42:59","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T20:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/?page_id=1381"},"modified":"2026-07-22T13:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T17:34:43","slug":"undergraduate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/undergraduate\/","title":{"rendered":"BA in Film Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n BA in Film Studies\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Carleton offers a rigorous, interdisciplinary undergraduate program in Film Studies. This rich and diverse program provides students with opportunities to think analytically, theoretically, and historically about a wide range of audiovisual forms, from cinema to television, new media, and video games. Students also learn to think critically and communicate clearly orally and in writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The core courses for Film majors include an introductory course, a two-semester sequence in film theory, and a two-semester sequence in the history of world cinema. Students also take a variety of electives in film authorship (e.g. Atom Egoyan, Abbas Kiarostami, women directors), film genre (e.g. horror, the action film), national and transnational cinemas (e.g. cinemas of Africa, Qu\u00e9bec\/Canada, Asia, Scandinavia, Ireland and Indigenous cinemas), video games, documentary, animation, gender and sexuality in cinema, and other topics. Courses in film and video practice are also offered regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students who wish to concentrate in Film Studies have four options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n