Film Studies Program

The interdisciplinary, liberal arts program in film studies provides students with the opportunity to explore a broad range of topics from a variety of perspectives.

Students select courses in (1) film genres, (2) national cinemas, (3) major directors, (4) literature and film, (5) film history, (6) film theory, (7) ethnographic film, and (8) production and screenwriting.

Recent topics have included the French New Wave, the German cinema, melodrama, film noir, the Japanese cinema, American film comedy, science fiction film, women and film, avant-garde cinema, the documentary, Alfred Hitchcock, Spike Lee, Orson Welles, and Akira Kurosawa.