FILM TV 215ATheory and Method: Academic Track
Film and Television · 6 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Limited to Film and Television MA and PhD candidates. Introduction to range of textual and contextual approaches to studying cinema and media. Broad historical overview of intellectual history of field, combining foundational works with more recent publications that address similar theoretical questions. Combines foundational writings in cultural and critical theory with key works in cinema and media studies that deploy these theories to analyze screen texts, cultures, institutions, and industries.
S/U or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
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Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
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