The Courses Available for Spring 2004 included

ENGL BC3119: Screenwriting. 3 pts.
A practical workshop in dramatic writing for the screen. Through a series of creative writing exercises, script analysis, and scene work, students explore and develop the basic principles of screenwriting. Either a polished short film script or a preliminary draft of a feature screenplay is the final project. (Preference given to students concentrating in film. Does not count as a course for those concentrating in writing.) - David McKenna, W 2:10pm-4:00pm.

ENGL BC3140.3: Topics in Literature and Film: Memory and Forgetting. 3pts.
An experimental course that links literature to painting, photography, and film, as well as texts in psychology (Freudian trauma theory and recovered memory).  We will explore the role of personal and cultural memory in the creative process through key examples from the medieval "memory room" to the work of Alain of Resnais.
-R. Hamilton and H. Schulze T Th 4:10-5:25

ENGL BC3140.4: Topics in American Literature and Propaganda. 3 pts.
This course examines the role of American film-makers in dramatizing promoting and critiquing America's participation in the military conflicts of the past sixty years.  From the gung-ho patriotism of Howard Hawks' SGT YORK to the calculated cynicism of Barry Levinson's WAG THE DOG, we explore shifting political realities and cultural expectations: How do they shape the artistic perspectives that materialize during specific eras, from World War II to the was on terrorism? - D. McKenna T 6:10-10:00

ENGL BC3200: Film Production. 3 pts.
An exploration of basic narrative tools at the filmmaker's disposal, with a particular emphasis on camera work and editing.  Examines basic cinematic syntax that provides a foundation for storytelling on the screen.
Prerequisite: ENGL BC 3201x and permission of the instructor.  Sophomore standing.  ENROLLMENT LIMITED TO 12 STUDENTS.  Students must send a one-page application to the instructor via e-mail (lbe1@Columbia.edu) explaining why the student wishes to take the course, the foundation work (whether academic or work-related) in film, video, the arts, etc. the student has had, and any final project the student may have in mind.
- L. Engel, W 2:10pm-4:00pm.

FILM W3001: Introduction to the Study and Theory of Film. 3 pts.
Lecture and discussion. Priority given to declared film majors.  Basic principles of film study--film aesthetics (mise-en-scene, cinematography, editing, sound); film history (interaction of historical, economic, ideological, and technological determinants); film theory (realism, cinema specificity, relationship of film to other arts); and film criticism (feminist, Marxist, structuralist, semiotic, psychoanalytic, auteurist, and generic approaches). Discussion Section Required. - Jameel U Khaja, time TBA

FILM W 3005: Laboratory in Screenwriting. 3 pts.
Prerequisites: FILM R4005. For film majors only. Exercises in the writing of film scripts. - Lisa M Tarchak and Scott R Halvorson, time TBA

FILM W3051: Lab in Nonfiction Filmmaking. 3 pts.
Prerequisites: FILM W3050. Fee: $50.  - Brett C Levner, Lisa M Tarchak times TBA

FILM W3054: Lab in Fiction Filmmaking.  3 pts.
Prerequisites: FILM 4098. Tobin W Addington, Michael J Connors, times TBA

FILM W3100: Introduction to Genre Study: American Film History 1930-1960. 3pts. 
Priority given to Film Majors. -Annette Insdorf  W 1:30pm-4:45pm

FILM W3202: International Film History, 1930-1960. 3 pts.
Prerequisites: FILM W3001. Film screening, lecture, and discussion. Priority given to declared film majors. Fee: $50. Stylistic and thematic development from the dawn of the sound film through World War II and beyond in German, French, Italian, Japanese, and Scandinavian cinema. Key works by Pagnol, Renoir, Lang, Vigo, Rossellini, Dreyer, Ophnls, Fellini, Bergman, Kurosawa, Mizoguchi, and Ozu. Discussion Section Required. - Richard A Pena time TBA

FILM W 3500: Interdisciplinary Studies. 3 pts.
- David J Sterritt  time TBA

FILM W 3851: Senior Seminar in Screenwriting: Narrative Strat-Screenwriting. 3 pts.
Prerequisites: FILM W3001, W3005, and R4005. A seminar for senior film majors. - David McKenna, T 2:00pm-5:00pm.

FILM W4138: Auteur Study. 3pts.
Prerequisite: FILM 3001 -Annette Insdorf  time TBA

FILM W4220: History of the Producer. 3pts
Prerequisite: FILM 3001. -Leon D Falk Th 10-1:45

FILM W4145: Topics in World Cinema: China. 3pts.
Prerequisite: FILM W3001.  -Richard A Pena, Th 6:00am-10:00pm.