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List of papers
Papers offered at 400 level - 2011
| MFCO401 |
Advanced Communication Theory |
Full Year |
| 24 points |
| Contemporary theories of communication media, their formation and their impact. |
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Restriction: COMS 401 |
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| MFCO403 |
Theory and Method in Film and Media Studies |
Full Year |
| 24 points |
| A survey of theoretical and methodological issues relevant to film and media studies. |
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Prerequisite: 54-300 level MFCO or FIME points |
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Restriction: FIME 401 |
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| MFCO404 |
Classical Hollywood Cinema |
Semester 1 |
| 24 points |
| History of Hollywood cinema from the 1920s to the 1960s; aesthetics and economics of classical Hollywood studio cinema; genre, authorship, ideology, and censorship in Hollywood; classicism and post-classicism in American cinema. |
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Prerequisite: 54 300-level MFCO or FIME points |
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Restriction: FIME 406 |
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Screenings |
| MFCO405 |
Special Topic: Post-colonial Media |
Semester 1 |
| 24 points |
| A special topic in film and media studies. |
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Prerequisite: 54 300-level MFCO or FIME points |
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Restriction: FIME 403. |
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Lectures |
| MFCO407 |
Special Topic: Audience Studies |
Semester 2
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| 24 points |
| This paper will provide an overview of the field of Audience Studies as it relates to film, media, and communication. Topics covered will include 1) an introduction to Audience / Reception studies work, including historical and theoretical background material; 2) specific case studies of Audience Studies work e.g. Bobo; Philips; Staiger; Ang; Stacey; Poster; and others, 3) Fandom, and 4) a practical, methodologically-based series of classes on doing focus group work. |
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Prerequisite: 54 300-level MFCO points |
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| MFCO408 |
A Topic in Cinema, Gender and Sexuality |
Semester 1 |
| 24 points |
| An examination of a topic or topics that address the intersection between cinema, gender and sexuality - such as the representation of women in film, cinema audiences and gender, desire and the gaze in the cinema. |
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Prerequisite: 54 300-level MFCO or FIME points |
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Restriction: FIME 406 |
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Screenings |
| MFCO409 |
Advanced Media History |
Semester 2 |
| 24 points |
| Developments in the history of broadcasting during the past century and the history of other media. Interactions among media institutions, technological developments, cultural identity, and social context. Different approaches to writing media history. |
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Prerequisite: 54 300-level MFCO or FIME points |
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Lectures |
| MFCO410 |
Documentary Film and Media |
Semester 1 |
| 24 points |
| Historical development of documentary from dawn of cinema to present trans-media environment; important movements and methods of documentary practice; a range of theoretical and critical perspectives upon contemporary documentary. |
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| MFCO431 |
Advanced Environmental Communication |
Semester 2 |
| 24 points |
| Instruction and research in specific advanced topics in environmental communication. |
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Lectures |
| MFCO490 |
Dissertation |
Full Year |
| 48 points |
| Restrictions: COMS 480, FIME 490 |
| Limited to BA(Hons), PGDip(Arts) |
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