200-level

CINE201
Hollywood and Genre
Description
An historical and critical study of genre in Hollywood film. Students will analyse the evolution and transformation of the conventions of key genres, such as the Science Fiction film, the Musical, Film Noir and Horror.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from CINE, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
CINE213
Kiriata: Maori Film and Media
Description
This course examines the intersection of Maori identity in film, media and other creative works. It considers the political, historical, social, cultural and ideological influences that have shaped dominant mainstream constructions and counter-hegemonic representations of Maori and indigenous peoples in film, media and creative works. It also highlights the roles of artist, director and industry to produce Maori stories and aesthetics. A number of films will be screened throughout the course.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from CINE, MAOR, or TREO, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
MAOR268
CINE214
European Novels and Film Adaptations
Description
A study of important European novels and film adaptations.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from CINE, ENGL, EURA, GRMN, or RUSS, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
EULC204, EULC304, EURA204, EURA304, ENGL305, RUSS215, RUSS216
CINE215
Global China on Screen
Description
Like in the West, Chinese cinema has held a significant share in the cultural industry since the first film was made in China in 1905. Being a cultural product, film has always been seen as reflection of its contemporary culture, despite various aspects it might have taken. Taking primarily a Cultural Studies approach, this course introduces Chinese culture, especially a series of its contemporary phenomena by surveying Chinese cinema. The course will be taught in English and all Chinese films are subtitled. By viewing the films in class and many more available in the well-resourced UC library on the course's recommendation and students' own interests, the course encourages students to further develop their study in one or more of the following areas: Studies of Chinese culture and society; Cross-cultural studies with a focus on China/Asia and beyond; Cultural studies with a special emphasis on postmodernism (including postcolonialism) and Third World culture; Film studies focusing on national cinema. CHIN206 and CINE215 are the same course.
Occurrences
Semester Two 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from CHIN or CINE, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.
Restrictions
CHIN206, CHIN306
CINE225
Strange Bodies: Transformations, contagions, and hybridity on screen
Description
This course considers the creative, provocative ways that cinema might explore the limits and capacities of bodies, both real and imagined, and in doing so offer a lens through which we can better understand our precarious place in this world. It analyses how filmmakers explore contagion, transformation and hybridity as forms of metaphor and allegory, as well as aesthetic strategies. It also investigates how questions of embodiment, subjectivity, identity and mortality are explored through different genres and national cinemas.
Occurrences
Semester One 2025
Points
15 points
Prerequisites
Any 15 points at 100 level from CINE, or any 60 points at 100 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Not Offered Courses in 2025

200-level

CINE202
Film and Theory
Description
The class sets the foundations for a working knowledge of the major debates that have informed Cinema Studies. Students will gain the necessary tools to use and understand the language of film theory and criticism.
Occurrences
Not offered 2025, offered in 2014 , 2015 , 2019 , 2020 , 2021
For further information see CINE202 course details
Points
15 points
CINE203
Coming of Age in Global Cinema
Description
The coming-of-age experience is familiar to all social classes and cultures. Stories of youth after childhood are compellingly represented in films across the globe. In this course, we will examine the representation of adolescence within an international context, focusing primarily on the experience of youth beyond dominant Hollywood. We will closely analyse those films from across the globe that complicate our understanding of adolescent identity by acknowledging its intersection with other kinds of identification - in particular racial, class, national, and that of sexual orientation.
Occurrences
Not offered 2025, offered in 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2020 , 2022
For further information see CINE203 course details
Points
15 points
CINE210
Creative Writing for Screen
Description
The objective of the course is to combine the development of students' creative writing with the practical skills and dramaturgic techniques of writing for film.
Occurrences
Not offered 2025, offered in 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2020 , 2021
For further information see CINE210 course details
Points
15 points
CINE223
Sex and Sexuality on Screen
Description
This course addresses the myriad and often conflicting ways that sex and sexuality have been represented throughout the history of Western cinema, with an emphasis upon Hollywood and American independent film.
Occurrences
Not offered 2025, offered in 2024
For further information see CINE223 course details
Points
15 points
CINE224
Children's Classics: Popular Children's Texts and their Representation on Film
Description
Children's Classics teaches the genre-specific nature of children's literature, its socio-historical contexts, and the significance of its re-readings as film. It introduces a selection of enduring children's texts, illustrating the importance to literary production of changing cultural context, demonstrating the importance of intertextuality in children's literature and how texts change when filmed, and promotes the skills of reading and writing.
Occurrences
Not offered 2025, offered in 2021 , 2023 , 2024
For further information see CINE224 course details
Points
15 points