The complete SummerTerm 2016 Course List is now available.
Summer term registration begins May 2, 2016
Take a look at the Cinema Studies courses offered summer term:
CINE 399—Science Fiction Cinema (4 credits) Open to ALL MAJORS!
Monday through Thursday, 6/20-7/17; 10:00-11:50 a.m. / Steve Rust
This course focuses on the development of the science fiction film genre as we explore the intersections of media, culture, and technology. Sci-fi cinema places the past and future into conversation with the present day, thus reflecting and responding to society’s evolving understandings of science and technology. Students will gain critical thinking and research skills as we analyze how the genre works to both mask and unveil cultural attitudes about gender and race, political and environmental issues, and, of course, robots and aliens. Key films from Hollywood and around the world will be screened to highlight the genre’s historical development. We will also explore films that blur the genre by combining science fiction with comedy, musicals, film noir, and the Western. Through readings, lectures, class discussions and projects we will examine the aesthetic, social, and material aspects of science fiction as well as the genre’s literary and theoretical underpinnings.