2024‑25 Cinema and Media Studies Elective Classes

The following electives taught in 2024-25 can count toward the degree in Cinema & Media Studies. Unless otherwise indicated, they are taught at Dalhousie or the University of King’s College. Click here for instructions for registering at NSCAD or SMU.  If the FILM course code is full, you can register on the other course code (e.g., RUSN, INDG) if there is space.  

Fall Electives:

*CTMP 2201: Mass and Digital Media Culture MW 16:05 – 17:25 Laura Penny

ENGL 2095: Narrative in Cinema W 17:35 – 20:25 David Evans

SMU ENGL 2325: The Media in Everyday Life T Th 11:30 – 12:45 Jennifer VanderBurgh

*ENGL 4876: Photography and Visual Culture M 14:35 – 17:25 LiLi Johnson

NSCAD FHIS 2820: History of Animation T 13:30 – 17:30 Becka Barker

FILM 2336/RUSN 2036: Russian Film I T Th 13:05 – 14:25 Brett Winestock

FILM 2360: Popular Cinema T 17:35 – 20:25 Claire Gray

FILM 3320/ITAL 3600: Italian National Cinema: The New Wave W 14:35 – 17:25 Paolo Matteucci

FILM 3331/GWST 3331: Film Theory II: Desire in Cinema Th 18:05 – 20:55 Shannon Brownlee. Counts as a Film Theory credit for Combined Honours students.

FILM/INDG/CANA 3401: Indigenous Representation in Film W 14:35 – 17:25 Fallen Matthews

FILM/THEA 3915: Stars and Stardom on Stage and Screen T Th 11:35 – 12:55 Roberta Barker

*FILM 4101 and 4103: Apprenticeships. You must apply for these by April 15 of the preceding year, and there is limited space. General information is here: https://cdn.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/faculty/arts/performing-arts/2020%20revised%20Apprenticeship%20Guidelines_Forms.pdf.

SMU FREN 2260: Franco Cultures through Film T Th 2:30 – 4:29 Shana McGuire

*HSTC 2500: Science Fiction in Film M 17:35 – 20:25 Stephen Snobelen

Also: NSCAD FHIS 3522: Architecture and the Filmic Imaginary Th 8:30 – 12:30. Not yet approved for the Film Minor/CMS Major, but it very likely will be.

Winter Electives:

SMU ENGL 2325: The Media in Everyday Life T Th 11:30 – 12:45 Jennifer VanderBurgh

ENGL 3330: TV Theory and Criticism W 17:35 – 20:25 Anthony Enns. Counts as a Film Theory credit for Combined Honours students.

SMU ENGL 3511: Film and the City W 16:00 – 20:00 Jennifer VanderBurgh

NSCAD FHIS 3854: Global Indigenous Film T 13:30 – 17:30 Joshua Shwab-Cartas

FILM 3359: Studies in Film Directors 2. Topic: Xavier Dolan. F 14:35 – 17:25 Claire Gray. Note that you can take this whether or not you took other Studies in Film Directors courses.

FILM 3370: Animated Film M 17:35 – 20:25 Shannon Brownlee

*FILM 4101 and 4104: Apprenticeships. You must apply for these by April 15 of the preceding year, and there is limited space. General information is here: https://cdn.dal.ca/content/dam/dalhousie/pdf/faculty/arts/performing-arts/2020%20revised%20Apprenticeship%20Guidelines_Forms.pdf.

FILM 4391: Special Topics in Popular Cinema. Topic: Film Sound. T 17:35 – 20:25 Claire Gray

FILM 4393/THEA 4924: Special Topics in Theatre and Cinema. Topic: Feeling It: Melodrama on Stage and Screen T Th 14:35 – 15:55 Roberta Barker

*PERF 4250: Theatre and Music Entrepreneurship T Th 10:05 – 11:25 Nicole Jordan

RUSN 2082: Special Topics in Eastern European Cinema T Th 11:35 – 12:55 Brett Winestock

SMU RELS 3356: Religions in Film T Th 4:00 – 5:15 Web Syed Adnan Hussain

*SOSA 3105: Media and Society T Th 16:05 – 17:25 Mathew Gagné

*Counts only towards the CMS Major/Combined Honours, not the Film Minor, although Minor students can take the course as a general elective.