Classes Offered - USC Schedule of Classes

Cinema and Media Studies (CTCS)

http://cinema.usc.edu/mediastudies
D class assignments available in SCA320; Phone: (213) 740-3334.
D class assignments for undergraduates available; Phone: (213) 740-2911.
D class assignments for graduate students available in SCA320; Phone: (213) 740-3334.
YOU MUST ATTEND THE FIRST SESSION of each course or you may be replaced by a student on the waiting list, even if you are registered. If you do not register for a class for which you have D-clearance by the registration deadline, your D-clearance will EXPIRE. School of Cinematic Arts "R" courses change to "D" in the third week of classes, and require both instructor and departmental approval. Non-majors may only request d-clearance via email, instructions are available here: cinema.usc.edu/studentaffairs/nonMajor.cfm. A one-time $50 CNTV Resource Access fee is charged to all students taking one or more undergraduate Cinematic Arts courses in a given semester.

CTCS 190g: Introduction to Cinema (4.0 units)

Gateway to majors and minors in cinematic arts. Technique, aesthetics, criticism, and social implications of cinema. Lectures accompanied by screenings of appropriate films.

General Education: This course satisfies the university's general education requirement.
Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location
18000D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	276 of 325	Drew Casper	NCT
18010D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Tuesday	23 of 25		SCA203
18012D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	7 of 25		SCA310
18015D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Thursday	21 of 25		SCI108
18017D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	19 of 25		SCA316
18020D	001	Discussion	10:00-10:50am	Friday	23 of 25		SCA310
18022D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	23 of 25		SCA316
18025D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Tuesday	24 of 25		SCA203
18027D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	25 of 25		SCA316
18030D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Thursday	23 of 25		SCI108
18035D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Friday	24 of 25		SCA310
18045D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Friday	14 of 25		SCA310
18060D	001	Discussion	6:00-6:50pm	Tuesday	26 of 27		SCA310
18130D	001	Discussion	1:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	24 of 25		SCA316

CTCS 191: Introduction to Television and Video (4.0 units)

Exploration of the economic, technological, aesthetic, and ideological characteristics of the televisual medium; study of historical development of television and video including analysis of key works; introduction to TV/Video theory and criticism.

Note: Register for lecture and one discussion

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
18061D	001	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Wednesday	116 of 365	Nitin Govil	NCT	PDF (164577 KB)
18062D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	11 of 25		SCA203
18063D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Monday	21 of 25		SCA258
18064D	001	Discussion	11:00-11:50am	Thursday	6 of 25		RZC111
18065D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Monday	12 of 25		SCB104
18066D	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	20 of 25		SCA363
18067D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Tuesday	12 of 25		SCA203
18068D	001	Discussion	5:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	25 of 25		SCA316
18069D	001	Discussion	12:00-12:50pm	Thursday	9 of 25		SCA214

CTCS 192m: Race, Class, and Gender in American Film (4.0 units)

Analyzes issues of race, class and gender in contemporary American culture as represented in the cinema.

Diversity: This course satisfies the university's diversity requirement.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18070D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	129 of 365	Todd Boyd	NCT

CTCS 201: History of the International Cinema II (4.0 units)

The development of international cinema from World War II to the present. Lectures, screenings, and discussions.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18075D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Monday	240 of 365	Thomas Kemper	NCT	PDF (232886 KB)

CTCS 392: History of the American Film, 1925-1950 (4.0 units)

Screenings of American film classics and their relationship to society. Lectures and discussions.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18083D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	5 of 20	Courtney White	SCA216	PDF (141023 KB)

CTCS 394: History of the American Film, 1977-Present (4.0 units)

Cinematic and extra-cinematic determinants of Postmodernist Hollywood studio and independent genres, styles, and the star-phenomenon and their relationship to American history and culture.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18085D	001	Lecture	6:00-10:00pm	Tuesday	88 of 365	Drew Casper	NCT

CTCS 402: Practicum in Film/Television Criticism (4.0 units, max 8)

Exercise in writing film and television criticism using new and classic films and television programs.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18090D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Thursday	17 of 20	Ella Taylor	SCA216	Word (284672 KB)

CTCS 403: Studies in National and Regional Media (4.0 units)

Detailed investigation of traditions, achievements, and trends of film and/or electronic media in a particular country or region.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Woody Allen's New York
18285D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Monday	23 of 25	Joshua Moss	SCA310	PDF (321586 KB)

CTCS 406: History of American Television (4.0 units)

History of television as an entertainment, information, and art medium. Emphasis on programming and institutional history, including issues of regulation, censorship, aesthetics and activism.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18080D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Monday	16 of 20	Christine Acham	SCA316	PDF (266461 KB)

CTCS 411: Film, Television and Cultural Studies (4.0 units, max 8)

Detailed examination of film/television from the perspectives and insights of Cultural Studies; focus on the production and reception of cultural texts, practices, and communities.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Film and Buddhism
18105D	001	Lecture	9:00-10:50am	Tuesday	18 of 20	William Whittington	SCA216	PDF (101537 KB)
			11:00-1:20pm	Tuesday			SCA108

CTCS 412: Gender, Sexuality and Media (4.0 units, max 8)

Examines how gender and sexuality are figured in cinema and television with an emphasis on the development of feminist media theory.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Gender, Sexuality, and Independent Cinema
18115D	001	Lecture	6:00-10:00pm	Tuesday	26 of 27	James Boyda	SCI207	PDF (258601 KB)
Stars and Celebrity
18116D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	17 of 24	Tara McPherson	SCA258	PDF (129961 KB)

CTCS 464: Film and/or Television Genres (4.0 units, max 8)

Rigorous examination of film and/or television genres: history, aesthetics, cultural context, social significance, and critical methodologies.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
American Film Comedy
18118D	001	Lecture	6:00-10:30pm	Wednesday	55 of 365	Drew Casper	NCT	PDF (421915 KB)
Crime TV
18120D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	62 of 97	Ellen Seiter	SCA108	PDF (147920 KB)
Emergence of Multicultural Cinema
18127D	001	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Friday	42 of 200	John Singleton, Akira Mizuta Lippit	SCA108	PDF (432582 KB)

CTCS 466: Theatrical Film Symposium (4.0 units, max 8)

Lectures and readings on creative problems in the motion picture industry; current films; interviews with visiting producers, directors, writers, performers.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18125D	001	Lecture	7:00-11:00pm	Thursday	290 of 356	Leonard Maltin	NCT	PDF (180619 KB)

CTCS 467: Television Symposium (4.0 units, max 8)

Lectures and readings on creative problems in the television industry; study of current and historical trends, interviews with producers, directors, writers and performers.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18126D	001	Lecture	7:00-11:00pm	Monday	66 of 190	Howard Rosenberg	SCA108	PDF (160111 KB)

CTCS 469: Film and/or Television Style Analysis (4.0 units, max 8)

Intensive study of the style of an auteur, studio, film or television making mode in terms of thematic and formal properties and their influences upon the art of film.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Seven Deadly Directors
18136D	001	Lecture	9:00-12:50pm	Thursday	57 of 200	Rene Bruckner	NCT	PDF (461497 KB)
'90s Hollywood: American Cinema at the End of the Century
18138D	001	Lecture	1:00-5:50pm	Wednesday	55 of 200	Todd Boyd	SCA108	PDF (93156 KB)

CTCS 473: Film Theories (4.0 units)

Influential ideas and theoretical approaches that have shaped the making and study of film. Students are encouraged to take this course their junior year.

Prerequisite: CTCS 190

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18140D	001	Lecture	6:00-10:00pm	Monday	44 of 85	Jon Wagner	NCT	PDF (278966 KB)

CTCS 494: Advanced Critical Studies Seminar (4.0 units)

Rotating topics involving detailed study of the historical, cultural and aesthetic analysis of film, television, and new media technologies.

Restriction: Registration closed to the following class level(s): Freshmen

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Media Unleashed: Animals in Film and Television
18146D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	Canceled	Courtney White		PDF (313086 KB)

CTCS 495: Honors Seminar (4.0 units)

Advanced work in the historical, cultural and aesthetic analysis of film, television, and new media technologies. Corequisite: CTCS 473. Open only to students in CTCS Honors program.

Corequisite: CTCS 473
Restriction: Registration open to the following major(s): Cinematic Arts, Critical Studies

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Your Brain on the Screen
18152D	001	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Monday	7 of 15	Ellen Seiter	SCA316	PDF (350711 KB)

CTCS 499: Special Topics (2.0-4.0 units, max 8)

Detailed investigation of new or emerging aspects of cinema and/or television; special subjects offered by visiting faculty; experimental subjects.

Section	Session	Units	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
Contemporary Animated TV
18155D	001	4.0	Lecture	2:00-4:50pm	Tuesday	13 of 30	George Carstocea	SCB104	PDF (957088 KB)
				2:00-4:20pm	Thursday			SCB104

CTCS 501: History of Global Cinema Before World War II (2.0 units)

Historical survey of global cinema from its beginnings until the advent of World War II.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18160R	037	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Tuesday	28 of 30	Rene Bruckner	RZC111	PDF (136652 KB)

CTCS 503: Survey History of the United States Sound Film (2.0 units)

Survey history of the United States film from 1927 to the present, with emphasis upon film as art form, economic institution, technology, and cultural product.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18165R	037	Lecture	9:00-12:50pm	Wednesday	12 of 200	Drew Casper	NCT

CTCS 505: Survey of Interactive Media (2.0 units)

A survey course exploring the historical, cultural, business, creative, and technological aspects of the new interactive media.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18173R	037	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Tuesday	26 of 32	Kiki Benzon	RZC111

CTCS 510: Case Studies in National and/or Regional Media (4.0 units, max 12)

Seminar on media's impact in defining nation and/or region in specific cultural contexts. Also addresses issues of exile, diaspora, transnationalism and globalism. Departmental approval required.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
New Indie Cinema
18176D	037	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Monday	23 of 24	Ella Taylor	SCA216	Word (76800 KB)

CTCS 517: Introductory Concepts in Cultural Studies (4.0 units)

Introduction to central concepts, key theories, and/or leading figures in cultural studies, particularly as they relate to issues of popular culture and visual media.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18178D	037	Lecture	2:00-5:50pm	Thursday	12 of 24	Denise McKenna	SCA316	PDF (167331 KB)

CTCS 587: Seminar in Television Theory (4.0 units, max 8)

Detailed investigation and discussion of various aspects of television, including genre, textual analysis, production and distribution systems and audience studies.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18180D	037	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	22 of 22	Tara McPherson	SCI207	PDF (186213 KB)

CTCS 673: Topics in Theory (4.0 units, max 8)

Contemporary theoretical frameworks and their relationship to film and television studies. Topics differ from semester to semester.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus
(In)Visible Blackness
18183D	037	Lecture	2:00-3:50pm	Wednesday	10 of 12	Kara Keeling	SCA216	PDF (154830 KB)
			4:00-5:50pm	Wednesday			SCB104

CTCS 677: Cultural Theory (4.0 units)

Seminar in theoretical approaches to cultural studies; focus on interdisciplinary research of media and audiences, covering a range of methods and theoretical frameworks; concentration varies.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
Modernity and History
18185D	037	Lecture	10:00-1:50pm	Wednesday	9 of 20	Priya Jaikumar	SCA216	PDF (234454 KB)

CTCS 790: Research (1.0-12.0 units)

Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18205D	037	Lecture	TBA	TBA	4 of 10	Aniko Imre	OFFICE

CTCS 791: Historical and Critical Research Methods (2.0 units, max 4)

Methods and procedures for historical and critical research in the visual media. Required tutorial with Ph.D. student's dissertation committee chair, designed to assist initial work on the dissertation.

Section	Session	Type	Time	Days	Registered	Instructor	Location	Syllabus	Info
18210D	037	Lecture-Lab	TBA	TBA	Canceled		TBA