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2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

FEA 394 - American Film Genres


(3 units)

Prerequisite(s): FEA 205 ; FEA major or minor status; completion of GE Foundation courses; 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.