This class will be useful in two ways. First: we’ll explore the important ideas and methods in the history of film theory—realism, formalism, auteurism (with a focus on director Richard Linklater), genre study, star and performance studies, “political modernism,” and neoformalism. Second: this class will be your introduction to both the writing of your Capstone essay—a senior-level project that represents the culmination of your undergraduate work—and what happens after you graduate. We’ll discuss career paths that film studies can provide, including academic and non-academic jobs, and work based on the transferable skills you’ve developed taking English classes.
Dr. Craig Fischer
M / W 2–3:15 pm
Course poster for ENG 3150, Approaches to Film and Media Studies, Spring 2027 with Prof. Craig Fischer: a film still of a man and a woman in close profile, her head resting on his shoulder.
