Special Topics

This course investigates science fiction and fantasy as kin genres developed during film and televisual history as they have become highly popular forms of commercial audiovisual narrative.

This course examines animation from its earliest days as a "cinema of attractions' to its current development as a predominantly digital practice.

Connects building healthy Black communities and Black economic empowerment within the framework of contemporary documentary filmmaking. Students will write, produce, edit, and distribute a mini-documentary.

Topics of interest not covered in the regular course offerings.

A workshop-based introduction to screen acting and the acting profession for the student who is interested in participating in the film and television industries.

Relation to other courses, programs and curricula: As the introductory course to the LMC Science, Technology and Culture thread, this course explores the way in which disciplines construct and represent the knowledge they generate.

Examines specific historical and contemporary construction of race, within the prevailing scientific theories and ideologies in order to determine the role played by "race" in scientific and technological culture.

Examines the transformative impact of various kinds of media on culture, politics, communication, and education.