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GAMES AND PLAY
Country
Australia
Host Institution
University of Sydney
Program(s)
University of Sydney
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies
UCEAP Course Number
140
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
GAMES AND PLAY
UCEAP Transcript Title
GAMES & PLAY
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
Computer games have emerged as distinctive cultural forms, with their own aesthetics, design cultures, user communities and academic study. This course uses historical and critical theories on games and play to explore how computer games work and to examine their complex interrelationships with culture. Drawing on readings from games studies, new media and design, a range of different games and use hands-on exercises are analyzed to develop game design concepts.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
ARIN3640
Host Institution Course Title
GAMES AND PLAY
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Media and Communications
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CHINA ON SCREEN
Country
Hong Kong
Host Institution
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Program(s)
Hong Kong Summer, CUHK
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies Asian Studies
UCEAP Course Number
131
UCEAP Course Suffix
S
UCEAP Official Title
CHINA ON SCREEN
UCEAP Transcript Title
CHINA ON SCREEN
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
Many 20th century Chinese films were mainly concerned with issues of nationhood, identity, trauma, and a national past. In recent years, however, while some directors have continued to focus on the nation, others have chosen to look at the present, as well as the effects of globalization on Chinese society, culture, and cinema production. This course examines Chinese cinema(s) as transnational, a triangular composite of Mainland, Taiwan, and Hong Kong cinemas that has also been influenced by Japanese and Korean cinema. It introduces Chinese film history and criticism via an examination of thirteen films directed by several of Greater China's most skilled directors. Text: Yingjin Zhang, COMPANION TO CHINESE CINEMA. Assessment: attendance and participation (20%), two film reports (30%), final paper (50%).
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
CCSS3440
Host Institution Course Title
CHINA ON SCREEN
Host Institution Campus
International Summer School
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Chinese Studies
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20C MUSIC AND FILM
Country
Australia
Host Institution
University of Melbourne
Program(s)
University of Melbourne
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Music Film & Media Studies
UCEAP Course Number
122
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
20C MUSIC AND FILM
UCEAP Transcript Title
20C MUSIC & FILM
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
In this course, students learn about the multiple roles of music in relation to film over the last century. The impact of musical and operatic genres on film narrative are explored, as are different theoretical and directorial concepts of the function of the film score. The film musical is also considered as a genre. These issues are examined with reference to selected films.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
MUSI30004
Host Institution Course Title
MUSIC AND FILM SINCE 1900
Host Institution Campus
Melbourne
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Music
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CINEMA AND SPECTATORSHIP
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
King's College London
Program(s)
King's College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies
UCEAP Course Number
122
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
CINEMA AND SPECTATORSHIP
UCEAP Transcript Title
CINEMA&SPECTATORSHP
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description
Through a range of theoretical texts and in conjunction with detailed analysis of select films, this course examines the various, competing accounts of the viewer's contribution to meaning-making in the cinema. The course explores the history of spectatorship theory from apparatus theory in the 1970s, which understands the viewer as passive, voyeuristic, and even sadistic, through to contemporary theories of cognitive response and haptics. The course examines changes to the material aspect of film and its theorization, as film moves beyond the cinema and thus problematizes conceptions of spectatorship based on the darkened auditorium and the apparatus. New media debates with regard to the image and spectatorship as a concept are examined alongside questions of interactivity, and the screen itself is explored in its varied guises, from the cinema auditorium, through the television set, to the computer monitor, and the mobile phone.
Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
5AAQT222
Host Institution Course Title
CINEMA AND SPECTATORSHIP
Host Institution Campus
King's College London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Film Studies
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DIGITAL POPULAR CULTURE
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
King's College London
Program(s)
King's College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Sociology Film & Media Studies Communication
UCEAP Course Number
156
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
DIGITAL POPULAR CULTURE
UCEAP Transcript Title
DIGITAL POP CULTURE
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

This course teaches students the basic structures and syntax of a common programming/scripting language Python. Programming is at the heart of the human control of the digital world; through the use of programming and scripting languages, we can gather, manipulate and share data, create new applications and extend the existing ones. Further, learning the logic, possibilities and limitations of programmatic structures allows us to better appreciate and understand the technology within the greater digital world.


 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
5AAVC250
Host Institution Course Title
DIGITAL POPULAR CULTURE
Host Institution Campus
King's College London
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Digital Humanities, Arts and Humanities
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FILM NARRATIVE
Country
Spain
Host Institution
Complutense University of Madrid
Program(s)
Complutense University of Madrid
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies
UCEAP Course Number
103
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
FILM NARRATIVE
UCEAP Transcript Title
FILM NARRATIVE
UCEAP Quarter Units
5.00
UCEAP Semester Units
3.30
Course Description
The course provides a study of the cinematographic narrative by examining prominent authors, works, trends, and movements in history. Topics include the history of the cinematographic narrative and its various forms; history of film; history of genres; image analysis; aesthetics in film; narrative analysis; and theoretical and technical script analysis.
Language(s) of Instruction
Spanish
Host Institution Course Number
803746
Host Institution Course Title
NARRATIVA CINEMATOGRÁFICA
Host Institution Campus
Facultad de Ciencias de la Información
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Grado en Comunicación Audiovisual
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INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES
Country
Japan
Host Institution
International Christian University
Program(s)
International Christian University
UCEAP Course Level
Lower Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies
UCEAP Course Number
40
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES
UCEAP Transcript Title
INTRO FILM STUDIES
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.00
UCEAP Semester Units
2.70
Course Description

This course introduces students to Film Studies from a historical and a thematic perspective covering the 19th to the 21st century. It also intends to explore the relationship between Film and other media such as painting, photography, and/or social media). The course also introduces the various ways one can analyze a feature movie and/or a documentary.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
GEH063E
Host Institution Course Title
H1: INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES
Host Institution Campus
International Christian University
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
General Education
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WOMEN DIRECTORS
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
King's College London
Program(s)
King's College London
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Women’s & Gender Studies Film & Media Studies
UCEAP Course Number
106
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
WOMEN DIRECTORS
UCEAP Transcript Title
WOMEN DIRECTORS
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

This course examines the challenges women filmmakers have faced, as well as the unique and innovative contributions they have made to film aesthetics and narrative form. It introduces students to some of the central debates within feminism from the 1970s onwards, in particular feminism's influence on women's independent film production, and with a focus on questions of female authorship. What kind of aesthetic and narrative strategies have women filmmakers used to create alternative fictions and documentations of gender conventions, female pleasure, everyday life and social experience? Analyzing the work of female filmmakers who have broken with or resist institutional and aesthetic conventions, and who work primarily on the margins of mainstream industries, this course will address the relationship between film form and ideology. 

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
6AAQS412
Host Institution Course Title
WOMEN DIRECTORS
Host Institution Campus
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Film Studies
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IMMERSION: CONCEPTS, MEDIA, CONTEXTS
Country
Germany
Host Institution
Humboldt University Berlin
Program(s)
Humboldt University Berlin
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Film & Media Studies
UCEAP Course Number
106
UCEAP Course Suffix
UCEAP Official Title
IMMERSION: CONCEPTS, MEDIA, CONTEXTS
UCEAP Transcript Title
IMMERSION
UCEAP Quarter Units
4.50
UCEAP Semester Units
3.00
Course Description
The seminar is dedicated to immersion as a thematic framework for a cultural-scientific access to the world of things. The current discussions about virtual reality raise questions about the basics of immersion, which are not unknown to other areas of knowledge. Thus, research on cinema, radio, or games as well as philosophical-ontological theoretical approaches can be combined with current debates. Topics are discussed on at least two levels in order to create immersion: on the one hand as technical media of illusion, simulation, and proximity, which in the case of success tend to become transparent; on the other hand, as medially experienced things that can change depending on the immersion strategy between realism and fictionality. The context of immersion includes the doctrine of the doubting, wherein a world becomes problematic in a specific way, for example, Plato's allegory of the cave, Descartes's meditations, and modern narratives of the “matrix.” Also discussed in the seminar are the debates about the dangers of immersion, to which an unbroken distance from the world of things can become a psychic or even epistemic problem. In addition to reading theoretical as well as practical texts, the seminar also serves as a basis for a discussion of the media of immersion as a basis for the joint discussion.
Language(s) of Instruction
German
Host Institution Course Number
Ü532825
Host Institution Course Title
IMMERSION. KONZEPTE, MEDIEN, KONTEXTE
Host Institution Campus
KULTUR-, SOZIAL- UND BILDUNGSWISSENSCHAFTLICHE FAKULTÄT
Host Institution Faculty
Host Institution Degree
Host Institution Department
Kulturwissenschaft
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INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH TUTORIAL
Country
United Kingdom - England
Host Institution
Program(s)
Summer in Oxford, Exeter College
UCEAP Course Level
Upper Division
UCEAP Subject Area(s)
Political Science Philosophy Linguistics Film & Media Studies English Economics Biological Sciences Biochemistry Art History
UCEAP Course Number
186
UCEAP Course Suffix
S
UCEAP Official Title
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH TUTORIAL
UCEAP Transcript Title
RESEARCH TUTORIAL
UCEAP Quarter Units
6.00
UCEAP Semester Units
4.00
Course Description

Students research a self-chosen topic and develop an extended research essay under the direct tutelage of an appointed mentor. Students engage in conversation with teachers who are experts in the subject being studied. These tutorials allow students to develop their own ideas under the direct supervision of a tutor.

Language(s) of Instruction
English
Host Institution Course Number
Host Institution Course Title
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH TUTORIAL
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