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BUSN 4080

Business in Film

engages students to examine, reflect on and discuss the role of business and its evolution in society. Topics include business and its contribution to socio-economic and community development, the role of stakeholders, the nature of the corporation, the impact of change management and change agents, and trends in functional areas of business. This seminar uses a combination of popular films, as well as documentaries to highlight issues, challenges, and opportunities in business administration from both a practical and an academic point of view.

PR: BUSN 1010 and successful completion of at least 48 credit hours

CLAS 3700

The Ancient World in Film

examines the representation of the history and cultures of the ancient world in film. A selection of films will be studied and extensive reference will be made to the ancient evidence that informs them. The ancient world’s impact on modern society will be considered together with the film industry’s recasting of the ancient world in response to modern social and historical developments.

ENGL 2244/SCCU 2244

The Graphic Novel–Historical, Cultural, and Literary Contexts

examines the historical, cultural and literary impact of the Graphic Novel; investigates its continuing development; and introduces students to significant works within the genre.

CR: ENGL 3843

EQ: Social/Cultural Studies 2244

PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2246

Interactive Fiction and Gaming

examines the evolution and role of interactivity in literature, media, and culture, especially when interactivity is offered as a game. Focusing on texts ranging from second person fiction to tabletop gaming and video games, this course also centers the reader or player as an object of study.

PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2850

What is Film?

introduces students to the critical analysis of film, focusing on how its elements create style and meaning.

PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2851

Introduction to Film Form and Film Theory

develops students' visual literacy and introduces film theories focused on, for example, reproduction technologies and cultures of spectatorship.

PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 2856

Ecocinema

explores intersections of film and environmental issues across a range of film cultures and genres.

PR: 6 credit hours in English at the 1000 level

ENGL 3182

Documentary Film

will survey key movements and debates within global documentary film practices and introduce students to theories of nonfictional representation and performance on screen.

PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3285

Disability and Film

will survey the representation of disability in film as well as introduce students to relevant theories and methodologies from disability studies for analyzing and writing about film.

PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 3813

Theories of National Cinema

examines films from various imperial, colonial, national and diasporic cinemas in the context of debates about what constitutes a national cinema.

PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 2000 level

ENGL 4249

Media, Energy, and Society

examines social, cultural, political, aesthetic, and material entanglements of audiovisual and print media with the production and consumption of energy, and how energy cultures in turn shape societies.

PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 3000 level

ENGL 4836

Shakespeare and Film

is a study of film adaptations of the life and works of Shakespeare.

PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 3000 level

ENGL 4837

World-building and Science Fiction Film

explores world-building in and through science fiction cinema, with an emphasis on theories of worlding, the radical imagination, narrative, and genre.

PR: 3 credit hours in English at the 3000 level

FOLK 3930

Folklore and Popular Culture

is an introduction to the study of popular culture, the folk/popular continuum, and the role of folklore in media such as film, television, music, and art.

CR: the former FOLK 2400

HIST 1101

Critical Reading and Writing: Exploring the Past, ca. 1800–Present

refines students’ ability to work with historical documents and to understand their significance in how we interpret the past. Students will explore the main contours of the history of the Western World from the Napoleonic period to the contemporary era. Students will learn about the range of historical experience, interaction and exchange between ethnicities and cultures, imperialism, war and revolution, national independence, human rights, gender and social life, environmental change, and globalization. All sections of this course follow Critical Reading and Writing Course Guidelines available at www.mun.ca/hss/crw.

CR: the former HIST 1001

HIST 2036

War and Film

explores representations on film of wars from the late eighteenth century to the twenty-first century. The course will focus on film as a document of history, how war is represented, and to what ideological ends.

HIST 2540

Fascism and Resistance in the Twentieth Century

will explore the history of fascism, and resistance to fascism, from its late nineteenth-century origins through the end of the Second World War.

HIST 2902

Film History I

offers an introductory survey of the historical development and global expansion of moving image practices, from experiments with moving images in the 1890s through the invention of sound film to the rise of the Hollywood studio system and conclusion of World War II.

HIST 2903

Film History II

is a survey of key film movements, cultures, technological developments, and debates from the 1960s to the present.

HIST 3551

Tudors, Historical Memory, and Film

focuses on the dialogue between past and present as it plays out in the various film and historical representations of the Tudor period.

HUMN 1002

Texts that Changed the World

is a study of epochal or transformative texts, events and movements. The course examines how developments in the understanding of what it means to be human inform the intellectual, social and political world. The course is a designated writing (W) course.

PHIL 2340

Philosophy and Film

introduces some of the central philosophers, topics and themes in the philosophy of film. Topics and themes include: the nature of film image, the relationship between film and “reality”, the social/ political role and function of film and the nature and value of the documentary. The course will also consider the representation of broader philosophical ideas in film. A film or films will accompany each section.

EQ: the former PHIL 2581

SOCI 2120

Technology and Society

is an examination of the role of technology in society. Topics may include the emergence of modern technological society, the impact of new technologies on social organization and culture and the institutionalization of science and the production of scientific knowledge. The course also explores the ideological functions of science and technology in advanced industrial societies as well as the question of "the domination of nature".

SOCI 3160

Contemporary Social Theory

is an exploration of selected topics from issues in contemporary social theory, including theories of feminism, the state, the environment, culture, organization, and communication.

PR: SOCI 3150