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2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

CINE 201 - Film History I: Origins to 1960

(3 units)

Prerequisite: CINE 101 ; Cinematic Arts Major or Pre-Major only; Sophomore standing. 
An overview of film history from its origins to 1960. Introduces students to early and silent cinema, the Hollywood studio system, and select national movements to understand cinema’s historical, cultural, aesthetic, industrial, and social contexts. 

Letter grade only (A-F). (2 hours Lecture Activity, 2 hours Arts Activity Not repeatable for credit.