Film Studies - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Minor in Film Studies

For the Film Studies entry in the Dalhousie calendar, click here.

This program that allows students to obtain credits from Dalhousie University, NSCAD University, Saint Mary's University, or Mount Saint Vincent University. For a list of courses available at MSVU, NSCAD University and SMU in Summer 2010, Fall 2010 and Winter 2011, please click here. To take a course at another university, you must complete Dalhousie's Letter of Permission and submit it to the Registrar's Office. You will also need to apply to the other university as a visiting student. Check information for NSCAD University (scroll down to Visiting Student section), SMU and MSVU.

2011/2012 Timetable: Dalhousie Courses in the Film Studies Minor Program

Please note that this timetable is in progress.

Core Courses

THEA 2301.03: Film History I
Fall: Tuesday/Thursday 16:05 – 17:25

Instructor: D. Nicol

THEA 3301.03: Film History II
Winter: Tuesday/Thursday 16:05 – 17:25

Instructor: D. Nicol

THEA 2311.03: Film Analysis
Fall: Thursday 13:05 – 15:55

Instructor: S. Brownlee

THEA 3313.03: Documentary, Experimental and Animated Film
Winter: Thursday 13:05 – 15:55
Instructor: TBA

Please note certain changes to the core courses, effective Fall 2010. The following course equivalents apply:

Old THEA 2300: Film Study = New THEA 2301: Film History I and THEA 3301: Film History II

Old THEA 2312: Issues in Film Aesthetics = New THEA 3313: Documentary, Experimental and Animated Film

If you have taken one of the above courses, you cannot take its equivalent for credit.

Electives at Dalhousie 2011/2012

CTMP 3304.03: Through Her Eyes: Women and the Documentary Tradition (Cross-listed with GWST 3304.03 and JOUR 3304.03)

Fall: Tuesday 17:35 - 20:25

Instructor: S. Hamilton

ENGL 2095.03: Narrative in the Cinema
Fall: Thursday 19:05 - 21:55
Instructor: D. Evans

ENGL 3300.03: TV: Theory and Criticism
Winter: Monday 18:05 - 20:55
Instructor: A. Enns

GWST 3304.03: Through Her Eyes: Women and the Documentary Tradition (Cross-listed with CTMP 3304.03 and JOUR 3304.03)

Fall: Tuesday 17:35 - 20:25

Instructor: S. Hamilton

ITAL 3600.03: Italian National Cinema: New Wave (Cross-listed with THEA 3320.03)

Fall: Monday/Wednesday 10:05 - 11:25

JOUR 3304.03: Through Her Eyes: Women and the Documentary Tradition (Cross-listed with CTMP 3304.03 and GWST 3304.03)

Fall: Tuesday 17:35 - 20:25

Instructor: S. Hamilton

MUSC 2016.03: Topics in Music and Cinema
Winter: Monday/Wednesday 15:05 – 16:55

Instructor: E. Joubert

RUSN 2037.03: Russian Film II (Cross-listed with THEA 2337.03)
Winter: Monday 14:35 - 17:25

Instructor: Y. Leving

RUSN 2046.03: East European Cinema: War, Love, and Revolutions (Cross-listed with THEA 2346.03)

Fall: Monday 14:35 - 17:25

Instructor: Y. Leving

THEA 2337.03: Russian Film II (Cross-listed with RUSN 2037.03)
Winter: Monday 14:35 - 17:25

Instructor: Y. Leving

THEA 2346.03: East European Cinema: War, Love, and Revolutions (Cross-listed with RUSN 2046.03)
Fall: Monday 14:35 - 17:25

Instructor: Y. Leving

THEA 2360.03: Popular Cinema
Winter: Tuesday 18:05 - 20:55
Instructor: S. Brownlee

THEA 3331: Film Theory I
Fall: Monday/Wednesday 16:35 - 17:55
Instructor: S. Brownlee

Film Studies Advisor

David Nicol, 494-1491 (david.nicol@dal.ca)
Department of Theatre, Dal Arts Centre, Room 526

Office hours Monday/Wednesday/Friday 2:30 - 4:30

Film Studies Contact Person

Shannon Brownlee, 494-1490 (shannon.brownlee@dal.ca)
Department of Theatre, Dal Arts Centre, Room 505
Office hours Monday 1:30 - 3:30

Additional Course Offerings in Halifax 2011/2012 TBA

Summer 2010 (May 10 - June 25)

NSCAD University

AHIS 3833: Topics in Film History: Contemporary World Cinema
Summer: Monday/Thursday 14:00 - 18:00

Instructor: S. McGuire

Fall 2010

NSCAD University

AHIS 2800: Film History and Criticism: 1890 - 1940
Fall: Tuesday 17:30 - 21:30

Instructor: S. McGuire

Note: equivalent to DAL THEA 2301. You cannot take both for credit.

AHIS 3835: Topics in Film History: Contemporary Cinemas of Globalization

Fall: Tuesday 9:00 - 13:00

Instructor: D. Varga

AHIS 3836: Topics in Film History: Subjectivities in Moving Pictures

Fall: Tuesday 18:00 - 22:00

Instructor: A. Emberley

AHIS 3837: Topics in Film History: Out on Screen

Fall: Thursday 8:30 - 12:30

Instructor: K. Honeychurch

Saint Mary's University

ENGL 2313: Narrative in Fiction and Film
Fall/Winter: Tuesday 18:30 - 21:30

Instructor: G. Walton

Note: full-year course

ENGL 3826: Contemporary Canadian Film and Television
Fall: Monday 16:00 - 20:00

Instructor: J. VanderBurgh

Note: this course cannot be taken for credit if you have completed NSCAD AHIS 3832: Special Topics: Canadian Cinema

HIST 3450: Film and History
Fall: Monday 18:30 - 21:30

Instructor: E. Dick

Winter 2011

Mount Saint Vincent University

CULS 2294: Film Genres
Winter: Monday/Wednesday 15:05 - 16:20
Instructor: TBA

NSCAD University

AHIS 2810: Film History and Criticism: 1940 - Present
Winter: Tuesday 18:00 - 22:00

Instructor: B. Barber

Note: equivalent to DAL THEA 3301. You cannot take both for credit.

AHIS 3838: Topics in Film History: Sex and the Cinema

Winter: Thursday 13:00 - 17:00

Instructor: S. McGuire

Note: this course cannot be taken for credit if you have completed DAL THEA/GWST 3331: Film Theory II: Desire in Cinema

AHIS 3850: History and Criticism of Documentary Film

Winter: Tuesday 9:00 - 13:00

Instructor: D. Varga

AHIS 3922: Topics in Film History: Hitchcock's Films

Winter: Friday 8:30 - 12:30

Instructor: B. Barber

Saint Mary's University

ENGL 2313: Narrative in Fiction and Film
Fall/Winter: Tuesday 18:30 - 21:30

Instructor: G. Walton

Note: full-year course

RELS 3356: Religions and Film
Winter: Tuesday/Thursday 13:00 - 14:15

Instructor: A. Faber

HIST 3450: Film and History
Fall: Monday 18:30 - 21:30

Instructor: E. Dick