WINTER 2002 UMASS
FILM & VIDEO COURSE GUIDE
Note: Winter session courses are offered through UMASS Continuing
Education. For more info visit their website at http://www.umass.edu/continued
Registration begins November 5, 2001.
Classes run Wednesday, January 2-Thursday, January 24, 2002
ART
ART 230 Photography I
Introduction to photographic tools and methods. The balance between
self-inquiry and the importance of process and materials as vehicles of
meaning. Theory explored through class critiques and slide presentations.
Photography examined and discussed both from a personal point of view and
in its wider cultural context. A 35mm camera is required for the course.
Materials average $100 and a substantial time commitment is required. Capacity
limited. 3 credits. $150 per credit.
150310, lec 1, M-F 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. -- BART 51
COMMUNICATION
COMM 342 History of Film II
Key events and representative films that mark the history of motion
pictures since 1950 worldwide. Emphasis on films made in the United States,
with particular attention to notions of family and "Americanism" as demonstrated
in films produced within the mainstream and at the margins during the last
five decades. 3 credits. $150 per credit.
150947, lec 1, M-F 12:30-3 p.m. -- SC 108
ENGLISH
ENGL 339 Film and Literature
Matt Kashorek
Film-works as extensions, continuations, syntheses, and reconstitutions
of cultural and artistic traditions. The historical, formal, and aesthetic
relationships between literature and the cinema. Emphasis on problems raised
in literary aesthetics as a result of film. Prerequisite: ENGLWP 112 or
equivalent. 3 credits. $150 per credit.
151759, lec 1, M-F 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. -- DKSN 112