FEA 394 - American Film Genres

(3 units)

Prerequisites: FEA major or minor status, FEA 205 and FEA 302 (FEA 302 may be taken concurrently), upper-division standing.
Historical and critical examination of Hollywood film genres. Places genre analysis and theory within sociocultural perspective. Genres include Western, film noir, science fiction/horror, detective/gangster, musical, war films, screwball comedy, and family melodrama.

Letter grade only (A-F). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 units with different topics in different semesters.