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ENGWRT 1710 - SENIOR SEMINAR IN FICTION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this seminar students are expected to criticize student work intelligently and constructively. It is designed for students familiar with the craft of writing who wish to refine their writing skill and make their stories more subtle, original and meaningful. Analysis of student writing will be supplemented by the reading of professionally written stories.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Workshop
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGWRT 1010
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ENGWRT 1730 - SENIOR SEMINAR IN POETRY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A fairly broad knowledge of 20th century poetry in English is assumed. Most class hours will be devoted to workshop critiques; a portion of class time will be spent discussing the work of younger contemporary poets.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Workshop
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGWRT 1210
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ENGWRT 1750 - SENIOR SEMINAR IN NONFICTION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is a workshop-intensive class in which students will work on one research-intensive piece of long form narrative nonfiction of about 8,000 words. This course will place heavy emphasis on digital forms of publishing. Students will maintain personal blogs and personal websites where they will publish their own work and participate in the editing and publishing of a class-wide digital magazine.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGWRT 1330
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ENGWRT 1760 - ADVANCED REPORTING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will stress in-depth-interpretive reporting in specialized areas such as science, business, and politics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENGWRT 0550 or 0610
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ENGWRT 1900 - INTERNSHIP: WRITING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course offers students an opportunity to work as interns for local media, including newspapers, magazines and television stations. The internships are complemented by close supervision and seminars dealing with some of the ethical, legal, and practical issues facing the working professional.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ENGWRT 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
This option permits students to design their own course with the approval of a department faculty member. Students must submit a proposal to the faculty member. Note: the proposed study must not duplicate the content of regularly offered courses.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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ENGWRT 1904 - UTA IN WRITING
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FILMST 0001 - FILMMAKING 1: FUNDAMENTALS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Filmmaking is a creative process that combines art, science, craft, and collaboration. This course is a hands-on introduction to the process, starting with the building blocks of motion pictures: light and cameras, composition, editing, and visual storytelling. You will complete two short videos over the course of the semester, shooting video with DSLR cameras and editing using Adobe Premiere Pro. In-class exercises will provide a deeper understanding of making moving images. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences or PLAN: Digital Media Cert-1 or SUBPLAN: Media Prof Comm-Digital Media-BA
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FILMST 0120 - PHOTOGRAPHY 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces you to the world of digital photography. During the semester, you will develop your unique photographic style through hands-on practice with camera controls, print quality, composition, and subject matter. You will explore different facets of what makes a quality photograph: exposure, quality of light, Photoshop, and digital printing. Lectures will examine the work of important contemporary and historical photographers. Grading is based on assignments, written exams and a final portfolio. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences or PLAN: Digital Media Cert-1 or SUBPLAN: Media Prof Comm-Digital Media-BA
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FILMST 0121 - ANIMATION 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course in frame-by-frame motion picture production is designed for both beginners and seasoned animators. Over the course of the semester, you will be encouraged to experiment with a variety of media and techniques including digital 2D, hand-drawn 2D, clay, cutouts, puppets, time-lapse, and pixelation. Through lectures and demonstrations, you will explore storyboarding, animation history, character development, acting, and the principles of animation. While drawing is one approach to animation, drawing skills are not required to succeed. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0001; PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences
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FILMST 0151 - WEB DESIGN 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides a solid, broad-based foundation for web page and site design. Designing for the world wide web includes an understanding of interface functionality and user-friendliness in addition to literate, visual communication. The class gives an introduction to html; image compression; using browser-safe color; and producing web pages with a WYSIWIG editor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences or PLAN: Digital Media Cert-1 or SUBPLAN: Media Prof Comm-Digital Media-BA
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FILMST 0200 - 35MM PHOTOGRAPHY AND DARK ROOM
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is a production course where students, through a series of lectures and laboratory periods, will learn the process of seeing (making an exposure) and the craftsmanship (making a photographic print) that are the fundamental aspects of photography. The lecture will be divided into three main categories; technique, aesthetics, and assignments. Students must have access to a 35mm camera which has a full range of aperture settings and shutter speeds.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FILMST 0201 - MEDIUM FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will give awareness and understanding of the technical and aesthetic implications of photography. Students will learn to visually articulate their ideas and discuss their work and the work of others through group critiques. The course will refine the basic knowledge of camera mechanisms, film developing, and printing. Areas of exploration will include lighting, high contrast film, solarization, infrared film, and sequential imagery. Other curricular areas include black and white filters; bleaching and toning prints; and archival preservation and mounting.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0200; PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences
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FILMST 0221 - PHOTOGRAPHY 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Expanding on the skills learned in Photography 1, this course will have you developing your photographic vision while honing your digital processing skills. Shooting assignments and lectures involve using Lightroom for image editing and adjustments, basic color management, monochrome, and color digital printing. You will also incorporate Photoshop, HDR, images for the web, contact sheets, and file archiving into your photographic workflow. Upon finishing the course, you will have a final project that is exhibition ready. Grading is based on class participation, written exams and assignments. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0120
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FILMST 0225 - STUDIO LIGHTING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is a production course in studio photography. The emphasis will be on lighting techniques. Assignments will include portraiture, tabletop set ups and synchronizing flash units with daylight. Considerable outside time is required to complete assignments.
This course is taught at Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ School of Filmmaking and Photography, located at 477 Melwood Avenue. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of Pittsburgh Filmmakers’ facilities and equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0201
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FILMST 0230 - NON-SILVER PRINTING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Acting as both picture-maker and chemist, the student will study photographic history. The artist/student will also choose the most appropriate combination needed to suit specific photographic ideas. This course will allow the student to work within the whole photographic process, that is, the student will be mixing the chemicals and applying the photosensitized emulsion to the support-base that he/she chooses. The processes examined will be cyanotype, van dyke brown, and gum bichromate.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0201
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FILMST 0235 - DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The primary objective of this course will be to concentrate on a cohesive visual statement about Pittsburgh. Areas of concentration will revolve around the landscape, social landscape (people in their environment), cityscape, and portraiture. Discussions will be held during class time to discuss different approaches to the objective. Individual attention will be given to aesthetic and technical problems that may arise. Lab techniques in advanced negative and print processing, and seminars to review student work will also be part of this course.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PROG:College of General Studies
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FILMST 0245 - PHOTO EDITING 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores digital imaging as a method for manipulating and presenting work. Techniques covered include scanning, image retouching, correction and manipulation, printing and creative use of layers, selections, and masks. Assignments include restoration, digital colorizing of black and white imagery and digital color printing.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0001 or 0120 or 0200 or 0400; PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences or PLAN: Digital Media Cert-1 or SUBPLAN: Media Prof Comm-Digital Media-BA
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FILMST 0250 - BUSINESS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND MULTIMEDIA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this class students learn the basics of professional practices as they relate to various photography markets including, Editorial, Advertising, Weddings, Portraits and Fine Art Photography. Students will learn to research and apply basic marketing principles so that they can successfully promote their work and skills as a professional photographer. Students will create business cards, letterhead and promotional pieces to use in the day-to-day dealings of their business. They will learn to sequence and format their portfolio (created in Advanced Photographic Production) for both print and online viewing. Other topics include branding, blogs, SEO - analytics, artist statements, and production proposals, copyright, licensing and professional business practices and etiquette.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FILMST 0400 - POST-PRODUCTION 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students from film, video and photography to the desktop Macintosh computer-the preferred interface when dealing with graphics-related applications. Students will first become acquainted with and proficient in the mac operating system. The course will survey the most popular applications for manipulating photographic images, combining text with images, and doing simple video and audio editing on a mac. Students will integrate readings, lecture and in-class lab sessions to complete their own projects.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences or PLAN: Digital Media Cert-1 or SUBPLAN: Media Prof Comm-Digital Media-BA
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FILMST 0410 - PHOTOGRAPHY 3
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course offers advanced Photoshop techniques. Learn to make complex selection and color correction, texture maps, advanced layering and masking principles. Learn to make custom color profiles along with essentials of digital color management. Emphasis is on the development and exploration of a personal vision and the creation of a digital portfolio.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PROG:College of General Studies
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FILMST 0420 - POST-PRODUCTION 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this course, you will experience the entire post-production pipeline from both a technical and aesthetic point of view. Lectures will discuss editing before and during shooting and the effect of editing on pacing, emotion, and meaning. Class demonstrations will explore all phases of post-production, from logging and rough cutting to recolor grading and final output. Grading is based on quality and timeliness of work produced.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0500 or 0601; PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences or PLAN: Digital Media Cert-1 or SUBPLAN: Media Prof Comm-Digital Media-BA
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FILMST 0430 - AUDIO PRODUCTION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores sound as a fundamental element of human experience and media. Audio production - the recording and editing of sound - is the focus of the class, leading to the creation of an original sound file and podcast file as a final project. Emphasis is on creating a “soundscape”: a rich, multi-layered production constructed from audio sources such as interviews, narration, ambience, live events, sound effects, and music. Class demonstrations cover how various microphones work and how to use them, as well as the physics, history, and theory of sound recording. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FILMST 0500 - SUPER-8 AND 16MM FILM PRODUCTION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will introduce you to the use of motion picture film as a physical, time-based art medium. You will participate in a series of in-class exercises to develop proficiency in the use of super-8 and 16mm cameras, lighting and sound equipment and editing software. Over the course of the semester, you will create a short film of your own conception.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0001; PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences
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FILMST 0601 - FILMMAKING 2: SIGHT AND SOUND
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
In this hands-on course, you will continue to acquire the skills required to design, shoot and edit HD video. Demonstrations and in-class exercises introduce more professional camera operation, lighting, sound, special effects, and editing workflows. You will apply this new knowledge and facility to several out-of-class assignments of increasing sophistication over the course of the semester. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0001; PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences or PLAN: Digital Media Cert-1 or SUBPLAN: Media Prof Comm-Digital Media-BA
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FILMST 0610 - DIGITAL EFFECTS 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers digital methods of combining video, photographs, graphics, text and other visual elements, and manipulation of those elements to tell a story. Course includes software such as Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Topics include gaining an understanding of the structure of digital images, transparency and masking, Chroma keying, using layers and depth, key frame animation, image processing, effects and their use, formats, input and output of imagery and workflow methods.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0601; PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences or PLAN: Digital Media Cert-1 or SUBPLAN: Media Prof Comm-Digital Media-BA
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FILMST 1120 - DIRECTING ACTORS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores the communication between directors and actors and how a director’s vision translates into playable action on the screen. Class sessions will provide examples and practical experience in successful director/actor collaboration. Students will learn how to judge a good performance and will practice directing techniques that lead to better performances by actors. It is a laboratory class and students will direct each other. The format combines hands-on exercises, taping, screening and lecture. Grading is based on exercises, homework, taped scenes and participation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 1130; PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences or College of General Studies
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FILMST 1130 - DIRECTING MOTION PICTURES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course addresses some of the basic problems of designing and directing scenes for motion pictures. Some of the problems discussed are the relationship of film to reality, the meaning of cinematic techniques, continuity, shot selection, cut selection and visualization techniques. The format is a combination of lecture, screening and interactive group exercises. Extensive outside work is necessary. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0001 or ENGFLM 0590; PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences
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FILMST 1132 - ELEMENTS OF SCREENWRITING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
As an introduction to writing for the audiovisual media, this course combines theory, analysis and practical exercise. Students will address the basic issues of screen writing; idea, story, structure, scene, character, dialogue and action. Concurrent with the theoretical discussion will be a series of practical exercises. Students will develop stories and characters and mold them into scenes. Students will also submit written analysis on a current film from a screenwriting perspective.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences
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FILMST 1133 - DEVELOPING THE FEATURE SCRIPT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This advanced course will help you develop your feature film idea into a full treatment. Weekly discussions and writing assignments focus on creating the plot, scene, sequences, setting, and subplots. By the end of the semester, you will have completed a scene-by-scene treatment of your original work. Considerable outside work is required. Grading is based on weekly assignments, the quality of the written treatment and class participation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 1132; PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences
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FILMST 1135 - WRITING THE ORIGINAL SERIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Episodic stories can be traditional TV sitcoms or drama series, serialized narratives meant to be binged on streaming networks, independent web series, even stories told through a series of Snapchat stories. As different as they are structurally, they all have similar challenges - the writer must create a rich, interesting world and populate it with compelling characters in order to keep an audience watching from episode to episode. In this course students with basic screenwriting skills will apply those skills to the creation of an episodic series, from pitching the series through developing the story arc to writing the pilot episode.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 1132 or ENGWRT 0560
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FILMST 1140 - ACTING FOR THE CAMERA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed for actors who would like to improve their craft by better understanding the differences between acting for the stage and acting for the camera. The course will describe and demonstrate the contrasts between stage and screen acting in specific shooting scripts and follow that with appropriate script study, character analysis and exercise in film acting techniques. Each class will include lecture, videotaped examples of performances for analysis and critique and the practical experience of working in front of the camera.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PROG:College of General Studies
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FILMST 1145 - SOUND FOR MOTION PICTURES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will enable students to convert sound to a digital analog, recording, processing, storing and mixing sounds to varied effects in relation to visual media. Particular emphasis will be placed on the special requirements of sound for narrative film: intelligibility in voice reproduction, achieving and maintaining synchronism, and the relationship between voice, music, sound effects and story. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0500 or 0601; PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences or College of General Studies
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FILMST 1157 - LIGHTING FOR MOTION PICTURES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course allows students from both the film and video disciplines to expand their aesthetic boundaries by overcoming technical limitations. Students will learn theories of lighting to create a particular emotional, psychological, or physiological effect in the viewer, and will participate in lighting and shooting a variety of situations in class. Differences between lighting for film and video, light metering, and various lighting tools are among the topics covered. Contemporary film examples will be examined and discussed in class. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PROG:College of General Studies
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FILMST 1201 - LARGE FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
View camera photography is a large format single exposure technique which can be used to produce high quality, fine grained images. Students will learn to use view cameras under a variety of circumstances. This is an advanced course in which there is an emphasis on creating a “personal vision” and the effective presentation of furnished images.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0201
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FILMST 1235 - EXPERIMENTAL CAMERA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This will be a workshop course dealing with a variety of techniques utilizing the camera as a tool for visual information outside of its normal use and function. The course will look at the history of cameras and the many image making devices that were invented to date.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PROG:College of General Studies
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FILMST 1580 - DIGITAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will cover advanced video technology and professional techniques of videography. Emphasis will be placed on high image quality and meeting broadcast specifications for video and audio. Professional-quality video cameras will be covered extensively. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0601
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FILMST 1600 - FILMMAKING 3: STORY TO SCREEN
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Building on your experiences in Filmmaking 1 and 2, you will continue to develop your style as a filmmaker while creating more ambitious work and improving your technical skills. Demonstrations cover HD video cameras and lenses, advanced lighting and sound techniques, creating a pre-production binder, and advanced post-production workflows using Adobe Creative Cloud software. In addition to creating short projects in class, significant outside work is required, as you will take a short film from concept to a polished final version. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Practicum
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 0601 or ENGFLM 1497;PROG: Dietrich Sch Arts and Sciences or PLAN: Digital Media Cert-1 or SUBPLAN: Media Prof Comm-Digital Media-BA
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FILMST 1901 - INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Under certain circumstances students may elect to study film production on an independent basis. Such independent study will be closely supervised by an instructor and will entail the writing of a contract prior to beginning the course. Independent study will involve a minimum of eight meetings (between student and teacher) per term. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FILMST 1921 - FILMMAKING 4: CAPSTONE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This is a capstone course in motion picture production. You should arrive with a script for a short film which you will work on throughout the semester. The film can be any genre, and should represent the culmination of your studies in filmmaking, meeting high standards of technical and aesthetic quality. Through script workshops, pre-production reviews, and critique of rough cuts, your instructor will mentor you through the filmmaking process. All enrolled students will be responsible for paying a course fee for the use of equipment.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FILMST 1130 and 1600 and (ENGWRT 0560 or FILMST 1132); PROG: Arts and Sciences
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BUSFIN 1030 - INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Provides a survey and analysis of the problems and tools of financial decision-making by individuals and firms. The firm’s role in the market system and the nature of its objective with reference to the welfare of investors and society is also treated. An analysis of the implications of this role to decisions regarding choice among alternative investment projects and capital budgeting decisions as well as an introduction to the structure of capital asset prices and the implications for financial policies of firms and individuals are also included.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: (BUSACC 0030 or BUSERV 1920 or CDACCT 6030 or MGMT 0022 or BUS 0115 or ACCT 0201) and (STAT 1000 or 1100 or MGMT 0024 or STAT 1040 or ECON 0204 or STAT 1131); PROG: College of Business Admin; LVL: So, Jr or Sr
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BUSFIN 1031 - INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE HONORS + 1
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSFIN 1311 - CORPORATE FINANCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Investigates the investment and financing decisions of firms from the perspective of the corporate manager. The pedagogical format combines conceptual and case analyses so as to provide both a theoretical and practical foundation. Specific topics to be considered include the following: capital budgeting, cost of capital determination, capital structure decisions and dividend policy.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1030 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Accounting, FInance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1316 - ADVANCED CORPORATE FINANCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Examines a variety of applied topics in corporate finance, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, leasing, pensions, short term financial management, and the use of derivatives in corporate finance.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1311; PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1321 - INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Emphasizes the development of tools required for investment decision-making. Reviews various financial instruments, examines their historical performance for evidence of risk return trade-off, presents basic portfolio theory and its implications for diversification, discusses the capital asset pricing model, and empirical estimation of beta riskiness. Other topics include mutual fund performance and the theory of efficient markets.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1030 (MIN GRAD ‘C’); PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1326 - EFFICIENCY OF CAPITAL MARKETS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course covers a central issue in finance: the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH). The EMH states that security prices reflect all relevant information and implies that investors cannot earn excess profits. Evidence in support of the EMH and contrary to it is studied. The implications of efficiency impact all financial managers and individuals in their financial decisions. Topics include: what actions can a financial manager take to maximize shareholder wealth, why do prices fluctuate, and technical versus fundamental analysis. The course focuses on valuation methods like DCF and CAPM.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1030 (MIN GRAD ‘C’); PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1327 - FUTURES AND OPTIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the growing area of derivatives. It describes the attributes of futures and options and the markets in which they are traded. The course develops techniques for valuation of futures and options and describes ways in which futures and options are used for risk management.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1030 (MIN GRAD ‘C’); PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1328 - CAPITAL MARKETS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course provides an in-depth analysis of stock and bond valuation. The analysis of bonds covers bond pricing principals, the term structure of interest rates, and fixed income portfolio management. The analysis of stocks focuses on earnings and dividend-based valuation models, and a discussion of “value investing” and indexing.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1030 (MIN GRAD ‘C’); PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1329 - FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1030 (MIN GRAD ‘C’); PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1331 - FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Analysis of the behavior of financial intermediaries in the capital market. The performance of capital markets and examination of the role of regulations of financial markets, and the effects of decision-making by individuals and firms are covered. Sources of short-term and long-term financing will also be analyzed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1030 (MIN GRADE ‘C’); PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1341 - INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course applies the principles of finance to international issues in financial management. It deals in topics such as the valuation of foreign subsidiaries, estimating the cost of capital of foreign investments, investing in foreign multinational firms, the correlation of returns across international security markets, hedging foreign exchange risk, and the use of foreign securities markets.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1030 (MIN GRAD ‘C’) and 1311 and 1321; PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1345 - MARKETS AND TRADING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course gives participants a broad understanding of the operations of various financial markets with special focus on liquidity, market structure and trading. The course concentrates on the ops of exchanges, trading systems and broker-dealer intermediaries. Students will be exposed to range of issues regarding the formulation of trading decisions and market structure design and regulation. Simulation software will be used to provide experience making tactical trading decisions in different market structure environments. Students will manage equity portfolios using OTIS.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1030 (MIN GRADE ‘C’) and 1311 and 1321; PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1347 - MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND CORPORATE STRUCTURES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the major structural transactions that corporations experience from an internal perspective, based on sound financial analysis conducted with an understanding of corporate governance, firm strategy, law, accounting, and organizational behavior. Particular emphasis will be on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and include topics in venture capital, initial public offerings, buyouts, divestitures, and bankruptcy. Readings, case study analysis, and active class discussion are emphasized. Teams of students will put the M&A process into practice by searching out and analyzing potential target firms for a major corporation and presenting their analyses and recommendations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1311 and 1321; PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1351 - FINANCIAL MODELING
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course applies economic theories to solve various problems in financial management and investments. Using a hands-on approach in building financial spreadsheet models, the student will gain knowledge of numerical and graphical practices. These include but are not limited to asset return calculations, portfolio theory, index models, and the capital asset pricing model, option pricing models, bond pricing and investment performance analysis. MS excel is the primary tool to implement these financial models, however the course will also make use of statistics and probability.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1030 (MIN GRADE ‘C’) and 1311 and 1321; PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1355 - VALUATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines the topic of value: what it is, how to measure it, and how to use it to guide managerial decisions. This is done by accomplishing three objectives: 1) provide students with a conceptual framework for thinking about value; 2) provide students with tools for estimating value and measuring value creation and destruction; and 3) teach students how to apply valuation models in different settings.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1311 and 1321; PLAN: Accounting, Finance, General Management, Global Management, Marketing, Business Information Systems, Human Resources Management, Supply Chain Management, Undeclared CBA majors
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BUSFIN 1380 - GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will examine the history and development of the global economy. It will examine the structure and principal operations of the global financial system. In doing so it will explore the impact of these operations in terms of trade, financial assets, capital movements and economic growth, putting into evidence the new global processes and its impact especially over the Brics and European markets.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSFIN 1390 - FINANCE INTERNSHIP
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The finance internship provides business credits for project assignments that augment a professional finance work experience.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Internship
Grade Component: Satisfactory/No Credit
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1030 (MIN GRAD ‘C’); PLAN: Finance (BSB)
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BUSFIN 1391 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN FINANCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Focuses on a variety of finance issues related to international business transactions. Issues addressed will vary by instructor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Letter Grade
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BUSFIN 1395 - FINANCE INDEPENDENT STUDY
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 3
An independent study course for students desiring to pursue in greater depth a specific set of finance issues or problems to which they have been introduced in other finance courses. The course involves directed reading and research under the guidance of a full-time faculty member.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Independent Study
Grade Component: Letter Grade
Course Requirements: PREQ: BUSFIN 1030 (MIN GRAD: ‘C’); PLAN: Finance (BSB)
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FR 0001 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will introduce the student to the oral-aural and reading-writing skills in the language. From the outset, students learn to use the spoken language and begin to work on good pronunciation, while at the same time developing the listening comprehension, reading, and writing skills.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0002 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces the students to the oral-aural and reading-writing skills in the language. From the outset, students learn to use the spoken language and begin to work on good pronunciation, while at the same time developing the listening comprehension, reading, and writing skills. This course is a logical continuation of elementary French 0001.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0003 - INTERMEDIATE FRENCH 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is a logical continuation of the first-year sequence. Emphasis continues to be placed on the oral aural skills, but the reading and writing skills become increasingly stressed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0004 - INTERMEDIATE FRENCH 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is a continuation of French 0003. Reading skill is emphasized even more than in FR 0003 but continues to be accompanied by oral-aural and written work.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0006 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN CONVERSATION AND CULTURE
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 6
Designed for students at the second-year level of proficiency (French 3 or French 4), this course will treat topics in French and/or francophone cultures, with a focus on oral communication.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Directed Studies
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0007 - INTENSIVE FRENCH FOR READING 1
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This beginning course is designed solely to teach the basic vocabulary and grammar of written French in order to develop a good reading knowledge of the language in the shortest possible time.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0008 - INTENSIVE FRENCH FOR READING 2
Minimum Credits: 4
Maximum Credits: 4
This course consists of translation and discussion in English of a variety of non-literary readings. It is a logical continuation of French 0007.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FR 0007 (MIN GRADE: ‘C’)
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FR 0012 - FRENCH KISS: LOVE, SEX, FRANCE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0014 - INTRODUCTION TO FRENCH-SPEAKING CANADA
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is an introduction to French-speaking Canada as a linguistic and cultural geopolitical entity. While principal focus will be on Quebec , we will also examine French-speaking areas contiguous with Quebec and various isolates and extensions of this sociocultural area. We will begin chronologically with a historical presentation of the province’s history as part of various geopolitical entities, and then focus on more contemporary Quebec, the bid for independence and the quiet restlessness of a “distinct society” concerned with its survival
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0020 - FRANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to lead students to a better understanding of France today. We shall pay particular attention to the perceptions the French have of themselves, and to the major aspects of contemporary French life and society.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FR 0004 or 0104 or 0021 or 0027 or 0055 or 0056 (MIN GRADE: ‘C’ for all listed Courses)
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FR 0021 - APPROACHES TO FRENCH LITERATURE
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The goal of this course is to illustrate ways of looking at literary texts. We shall examine plays, short prose works and poems focusing on textural elements such as narrative technique, characterization, societal factors and language.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FR 0004 or 0104 or 0020 or 0027 or 0055 or 0056 (MIN GRADE: ‘C’ for all listed Courses)
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FR 0027 - THE FRENCH ATLANTIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FR 0004 or 0020 or 0021 or 0055 or 0056 (MIN GRADE: ‘C’ for all listed Courses)
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FR 0031 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH 1 FOR MBAS
Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
French 0031 is designed for business students who have no previous knowledge of French. It is an elementary language acquisition course and aims to teach students how to carry out basic functions likely to be necessary in dealing with others in the target language. The course aims to develop very basic abilities in all four language skills—speaking, listening, reading, and writing and deals with culture as an integral part of each skill.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0055 - FRENCH CONVERSATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to help students already familiar with the basic grammatical structure of the language to improve their facility in oral expression.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FR 0004 or 0104 or 0020 or 0021 or 0027 or 0056 (MIN GRADE: ‘C’ for all listed Courses)
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FR 0056 - WRITTEN FRENCH 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to enable students to improve their understanding and use of essential elements of written French.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FR 0004 or 0104 or 0020 or 0021 or 0027 or 0055 (MIN GRADE: ‘C’ for all listed Courses)
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FR 0058 - ADVANCED FRENCH CONVERSATION
Minimum Credits: 1
Maximum Credits: 1
An advanced conversation course in French for majors and non-majors who wish to maintain or improve their command of the French language through a discussion of contemporary topics.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FR 0055
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FR 0080 - MODERN FRENCH NOVEL
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The French novel is to a great extent a genre in which psychological analysis has been brought to a high level of sophistication. This shall be studied through close analyses of approximately six works in English translation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0100 - FRENCH FOR THE PROFESSIONS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed for students interested in learning French for professional purposes. As an introductory course, students will learn the language practices necessary to initiate, carry out, and conclude basic professional transactions in the geographic and virtual French-speaking worlds.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PROG: (College of Business Admin) or (School of Nursing) or (Swanson School of Engineering)
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FR 0101 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A study of the grammar and vocabulary of elementary spoken and written French. Stresses grammatical structure and its correct application.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0102 - ELEMENTARY FRENCH 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A continuation of elementary French 1. A study of the grammar and vocabulary of elementary spoken and written French. Stresses grammatical structure and its correct application.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0103 - INTERMEDIATE FRENCH 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is a logical continuation of the first-year sequence. Emphasis continues to be placed on the oral aural skills, but the reading and writing skills become increasingly stressed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0104 - INTERMEDIATE FRENCH 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is a continuation of French 0003. Reading skill is emphasized even more than in FR 0003 but continues to be accompanied by oral-aural and written work.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0200 - FRENCH FOR THE PROFESSIONS 2
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FR 0100 (Min Grade ‘C’); PROG: College of Business Admin or Swanson School of Engineering or School of Nursing
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FR 0530 - FILM ANALYSIS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to major films and film movements from the origins of cinema in 1890s to the present. We will focus on the impact of technological and social changes on cinema, while placing such film-specific events as the invention of cinema, the coming of sound, or the use of color, in broader historical and cultural contexts. We will consider how major film movements have in turn influenced other national or international cinemas around the world, including mainstream Hollywood cinema.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 0540 - WORLD FILM HISTORY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course introduces students to major films and film movements from the origins of cinema in 1890s to the present. We will focus on the impact of technological and social changes on cinema, while placing such film-specific events as the invention of cinema, the coming of sound, or the use of color, in broader historical and cultural contexts. We will consider how major film movements have in turn influenced other national or international cinemas around the world, including mainstream Hollywood cinema.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1001 - POETRY
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The study of poetry cannot be divorced from the special requirements of versification, we shall begin by examining the general aspects of French prosody. Then, the regular work of the class will be devoted to the close reading of poems by a number of poets, including Ronsard, Victor Hugo, Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Mallarme, Veraline and Apollinaire.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1012 - 17TH CENTURY TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will treat some aspect of the literature of the 17th century in France.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1014 - 18TH-CENTURY TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will treat some aspect of the literature of the 18th century in France.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1016 - 19TH CENTURY TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will treat some aspect of the literature of the 19th century in France.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1018 - 20TH CENTURY TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will treat some aspect of the literature of the 20th century in France.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1020 - 21ST CENTURY TOPICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will treat some aspect of literature and/or culture of the 21st century in France.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1031 - FRENCH PHONETICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
A systematic study of the sounds and sound patterns of French in theory and in practice. Emphasis is placed on oral work designed to perfect the student’s pronunciation of the language.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1032 - ADVANCED GRAMMAR AND STYLISTICS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course focuses on reading and writing as complementary communicative acts. Students engage in practical and theoretical study of French grammar, the analysis and imitation of stylistic and grammatical features found in selected French prose texts, and comparative stylistic analysis of English and French. Writing assignments include original compositions in French and short translations from French to English and English to French. Conducted in French.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1033 - BUSINESS FRENCH: LE FRANCAIS DES AFFAIRES
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is a course in French language and francophone culture with a focus on business. Students will continue to perfect their general language skills and cultivate those special skills necessary to carry out commercial activities in French-speaking places.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: FR 0004 or 0104 and (FR 0020 or 0021 or 0055 or 0056); PROG: School of Arts and Sciences (UA-S) or College of Business Admin (UCBA)
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FR 1038 - STRUCTURE OF MODERN FRENCH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will offer a problem-solving approach to the syntax of modern French and will focus on rule discovery and methods of syntactic argumentation.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1040 - FRENCH LANGUAGE PAST AND PRESENT
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course is designed to show how the language, as we know it today, has emerged, after two thousand years of change and reconstruction, from the language once known as Latin in the area once known as Gaul.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1050 - FRENCH CIVILIZATION 1
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will follow the evolution of French culture with the ultimate objective of illustrating the ways in which contemporary France has been formed by its rich heritage. In this first part of a two course sequence, the evolution of French society and culture from the middle ages to the French revolution will be surveyed.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1052 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN FRENCH CIVILIZATION
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course, offered infrequently, will treat some aspect of French civilization.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1053 - GLOBAL FRENCH
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1059 - 20TH CENTURY FRENCH CIVILIZATION: SPECIAL TOPIC
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course will treat some aspect of 20th century French civilization.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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FR 1076 - FRENCH INTELLECTUALS
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
From environmental issues to gender politics, from the culture of capitalism to universal human rights, from media encroachment to esthetic values, French intellectuals had something to say about it all! In this class, we will discuss the tradition and the contemporary practice of public intervention on the part of writers, artists, sociologists and philosophers in modern France. The class starts with the contemporary figure of French economist Thomas Piketty, and then goes through a chronological review of the significance of enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire and Rousseau, early critics of capitalist society such as the writers Balzac and Stendhal, Emile Zola’s famous denunciation of anti-Semitism in the French military establishment at the turn of the 19th/20th century, 20th-century French existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre, feminist thinkers such as Simone de Beauvoir and Monique Wittig, environmental critics such as the un-growth advocate Serge Latouche and postmodern sociologist Jean Baudrillard.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
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