Introduces the art form of cinema. Includes topics such as a brief history of the movies, modes of production, form, style, genre, aesthetics, media industries, critical analysis, and socio-cultural and historical importance. Builds an appreciation for the art form and cultivates critical thinking about film. Combines lectures and discussions accompanied by screenings of appropriate films. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: HUM M08; FILM M10.

Examines the intersections of gender, race, class and sexuality in American and/or international film using critical and historical perspectives. Surveys the economic, historical, and social influences upon these representations from early cinema to the present, focusing on both images of women onscreen and influences of women behind the scenes. Analyzes women's filmmaking, images of masculinity, and various "screen sexualities" and other representations of women. Introduces a variety of film theories and analytical perspectives. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: HUM M18; FILM M51.

Surveys international cinema from its emergence in the 1890s through World War II. Examines narrative, documentary and experimental film, and the medium's technical, aesthetic and theoretical developments. Focuses on historical, industrial, cultural and economic influences that contributed to the international art form. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: HUM M03; FILM M25.

Introduces the art form of cinema. Includes topics such as a brief history of the movies, modes of production, form, style, genre, aesthetics, media industries, critical analysis, and socio-cultural and historical importance. Builds an appreciation for the art form and cultivates critical thinking about film. Combines lectures and discussions accompanied by screenings of appropriate films. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: HUM M08; FILM M10.