{"id":2637,"date":"2020-06-08T14:59:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T18:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/?page_id=2637"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:01:16","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/undergraduate\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Undergraduate Course Listings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Current Undergraduate Course Listings\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"flex p-4 rounded-md cu-alert cu-alert--info not-prose\">\n\n            <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-8 h-8\">\n            <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"m11.25 11.25.041-.02a.75.75 0 0 1 1.063.852l-.708 2.836a.75.75 0 0 0 1.063.853l.041-.021M21 12a9 9 0 1 1-18 0 9 9 0 0 1 18 0Zm-9-3.75h.008v.008H12V8.25Z\"><\/path>\n        <\/svg>\n    \n    <div class=\"w-full ml-3\">\n        <p class=\"text-base md:text-lg mt-0.5 font-semibold\">\n            Note: This page is currently being updated.\n        <\/p>\n                    <p class=\"text-sm md:text-base text-cu-black-900\">\n                2026-27 course descriptions will be added as they become available.\n            <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>PLEASE NOTE:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Times&nbsp;and locations<\/strong>&nbsp;of courses are published in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/central.carleton.ca\/prod\/bwckschd.p_disp_dyn_sched\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Public Class Schedule<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Official Calendar Course Descriptions<\/strong>&nbsp;are available in the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/courses\/FILM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Undergraduate<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/grad\/courses\/FILM\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Graduate<\/a>&nbsp;Calendars.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Official Course Outlines<\/strong>&nbsp;will be distributed at the first class of the term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"w-full max-w-xl mx-auto overflow-hidden bg-white rounded-lg shadow-lg cu-stackedlist cu-component not-contained not-prose\">\n    <h2 class=\"px-6 py-4 text-base font-semibold border-b rounded-t-lg md:text-xl bg-gray-50 text-cu-black-800\">\n        Table of Contents\n    <\/h2>\n    <div class=\"grid cu-scrollto cu-stackedlist--toc cu-stackedlist--1 md:grid-cols-1\">\n            <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#fall-2026-winter-2027\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Fall 2026-Winter 2027\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                        <div class=\"space-y-1\">\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.1\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#first-year\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        First Year\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.2\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#second-year\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Second Year\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.3\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#third-year\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Third Year\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-10 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        1.4\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#fourth-year\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Fourth Year\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n                    \n            <div class=\"pl-4 text-cu-red-700\">\n                <div class=\"flex gap-2 pb-3 text-base md:text-lg\">\n                    <span class=\"font-light text-cu-black-700\">\n                        2.\n                    <\/span>\n\n                    <a href=\"#previous-years\" class=\"font-medium hover:underline\">\n                        Previous years:\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/div>\n\n                            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"fall-2026-winter-2027\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fall 2026-Winter 2027<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"first-year\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">First Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">FILM 1120A Seminar in Film Studies<\/strong> <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">&#8211; Fall Term<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>INSTRUCTOR: Gunnar Iversen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DESCRIPTION: This seminar course is an introduction to Film Studies. We will look at film as a popular entertainment form, an art and a social phenomenon. In the course we will discuss different ways of interpreting and analyzing films, and the course will also introduce students to important concepts, ideas, issues and the vocabulary in Film Studies. This course is recommended for Film majors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>METHOD OF EVALUATION: Essays and seminar papers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>READINGS: Textbook: Timothy Corrigan and Patricia White, <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">The Film Experience \u2013 An Introduction<\/em>, Sixth Edition (Macmillan).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">FILM 1130B Seminar in Film Studies II<\/strong> <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">&#8211; Winter Term<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>INSTRUCTOR: Gunnar Iversen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DESCRIPTION: This seminar course builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in FILM1120A. It introduces and expands on important concepts, ideas, issues, theories and methodologies in the field of Film Studies, and places a particular focus on arguing, using sources and writing skills.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>METHOD OF EVALUATION: Essays and seminar papers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>READINGS: Textbook: Timothy Corrigan and Patricia White, <em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">The Film Experience \u2013 An Introduction<\/em>, Sixth Edition (Macmillan).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"second-year\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Second Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">FILM 2601A Film Genres: Science Fiction<\/strong> <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">&#8211; Fall Term<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>INSTRUCTOR: Gunnar Iversen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DESCRIPTION: The course offers an introduction to science fiction cinema. We will explore the definitions of the genre and central themes and issues, such as representations of technology, surveillance, biopolitics, race and gender. We will also discuss the history of science fiction cinema as a genre from the silent period to today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>METHOD OF EVALUATION: Essays and seminar papers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>READINGS: Readings will be posted on Brightspace when course starts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">FILM ####A &#8211; Term<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>INSTRUCTOR: &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DESCRIPTION: &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>METHOD OF EVALUATION: &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>READINGS: &#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"third-year\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Third Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">FILM 3901B FILM3901 Special Topics in Film Studies: \u201cSmall Screens, Big Spectacles: Film Studies through Television and Transmediality\u201d &#8211; Winter Term<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>INSTRUCTOR: Maki Salmon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DESCRIPTION: This course explores cinema as both a formal object and cultural practice by asking how film changes as it moves through modern screen culture. Students use adaptation, seriality, and convergence as relational tools for analyzing how meaning forms across movement, recurrence, and circulation: cinematic material changes when it enters another medium, gains depth through return and variation, and becomes recognizable through the institutions, technologies, audiences, and judgments that assign value to it. In television, the course finds its central hinge, for how the medium reworks cinema\u2019s relation to spectacle and screen experience, alters distribution patterns, and attends to how its domestic context, serial form and other characteristics alter perception, memory, and cultural recognition. Through weekly screenings, lectures, discussions, collective analysis, and assignments, students acquire a vocabulary and critical tools for examining image, narrative, performance, genre, and reception as parts of the conditions that make screen forms persuasive, meaningful and powerful for individual and cultural perception alike.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>METHOD OF EVALUATION: Flexible Weighting Model and Various Assignment Styles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>READINGS: Online Readings through Brightspace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"fourth-year\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fourth Year<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">FILM 4301A Topics in Film and Philosophy: Cinematic Representation and the Problem of Depiction<\/strong> <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">&#8211; Fall Term<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>INSTRUCTOR: Marc Furstenau<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DESCRIPTION: We live in a world of pictures\u2014of images, visual representations, or depictions\u2014that are increasingly complex in form and function, combining various audio-visual components, distributed through a wide variety of means. In this course students are introduced to the concept of depiction, to the philosophical debates about the nature and effects of pictures, which can be traced back to the very beginnings of Western philosophy. The most basic debate is about the relation between the depiction and what is depicted, between the picture or image and the objects or events being represented\u2014between visual representation and the world, image and reality. We will trace the history of these philosophical debates, considering photographic and cinematic depiction specifically, in relation to older forms such as drawing, painting, and sculpture, but also new ones, such as computer-generated images, virtual reality, and AI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>METHOD OF EVALUATION: Choice of various optional assignments: Reading Memos (10%); Reading Reports (20%); or Essay (40%).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>READINGS: Book chapters and articles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CROSS-LISTED AS: FILM 5901F<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">FILM 4901B Capitalism and Critique in Film and Fiction &#8211; Winter Term<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>INSTRUCTOR: Philip Kaisary<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DESCRIPTION: Debates over contemporary capitalism abound: in mass-market books, on television and radio, in the pages of such publications as The Financial Times and The Economist, in the reports of global management consultancies, and throughout social media and the blogosphere, discussion of contemporary capitalism\u2019s stagnation, failures, manifold crises, and whether or not it can be fixed has become commonplace. As part of this broad debate, cultural forms \u2013 including, but not limited to, film, fiction, painting, and photography \u2013 have for long constituted a valuable resource for better understanding and articulating critiques of capitalism. An awareness of this deep history undergirds this course in which we will watch and discuss a corpus of fiction films, art films, and documentary films, produced between the 1990s and the present, that address the inequality, unevenness, and sacrifices that are part and parcel of world-wide or global capitalism. Key concepts and categories that will inform our endeavour will include the idea of \u2018savage\u2019 capitalism, techno-capitalism, petro-capitalism, capitalism and class stratified society, and capitalism and the contemporary global migrant crisis. In small groups, we will also read a sample of recent speculative fiction addressed to the concept of \u201ctechno-capitalism.\u201d These readings will deepen our understanding and develop our project of critique. Reflecting capitalism\u2019s global reach, our corpus of primary materials are drawn from locations including Argentina, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, and the United States. To enrich our viewing of the films and our reading of the fiction, we will draw on various works of critical social and political theory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>METHOD OF EVALUATION: Attendance and participation: 20%; Audio (podcast) assignment: 30%; Presentation: 20%; 2-hour, open-book exam: 30%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>READINGS: TBA<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CROSS-LISTED AS: FILM 5002\/ENGL 5901<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"previous-years\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previous years:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/undergraduate\/archived-2025-2026-undergraduate-course-listings\/\">2025-2026 Course Listings (F\/W\/S)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/undergraduate\/archived-2024-2025-undergraduate-course-listings\/\">2024-2025 Course Listings (F\/W\/S)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/undergraduate\/courses\/archived-2023-24-undergraduate-course-listings\/\">2023-2024 Course Listings (F\/W\/S)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/undergraduate\/courses\/archived-2022-2023-undergraduate-course-listings\/\">2022-2023 Course Listings (F\/W\/S)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PLEASE NOTE: Fall 2026-Winter 2027 First Year FILM 1120A Seminar in Film Studies &#8211; Fall Term FILM 1130B Seminar in Film Studies II &#8211; Winter Term Second Year FILM 2601A Film Genres: Science Fiction &#8211; Fall Term FILM ####A &#8211; Term Third Year FILM 3901B FILM3901 Special Topics in Film Studies: \u201cSmall Screens, Big Spectacles: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1381,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[37],"class_list":["post-2637","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2637"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6350,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2637\/revisions\/6350"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=2637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}