FILM COMEDY
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
   

FMST 1520 - FILM COMEDY


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description This course surveys film comedy from the silent period through the contemporary moment. It focuses on major comic performers and directors as well as on comic forms, traditions and their relation to politics. In addition the course considers a number of comedy subgenres, such as slapstick, romantic comedy, gross-out comedy, and the buddy film. This is a Critical Studies course and counts for Category II towards the Film and Media Studies major and minor.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: Film Studies


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