Provides a focused study on the careers of selected cinema and media "auteurs" (directors) and examines their body of work in artistic, social, historical, and industrial terms. Examines recurring genres, themes, motifs, techniques, and aesthetic choices that define various directors' signature visual and narrative styles. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: FILM M41.

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.

Introduces the basic concepts, forms, styles, practices, and policies that have guided the evolution of television in the United States. Examines developments in programming, regulation, audiences, technological innovations, aesthetics, and the importance of significant cultural representations in television. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.

Introduces the basic concepts, forms, styles, practices, and policies that have guided the evolution of television in the United States. Examines developments in programming, regulation, audiences, technological innovations, aesthetics, and the importance of significant cultural representations in television. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.

Introduces documentary cinema and media through a formal, historical, social and political perspective. Focuses on analysis of various types of domestic and international documentary films with a wide range of subject matter. Transfer credit: CSU; UC. Formerly: HUM M17; FILM M15.