Courses 2026-2027

Below you will find a course list for the ones being offered in the 2026-2027 Academic Year. For a list of other possible courses applicable to the program, please see the Programs page. Note: the subject of the course must be film related to fulfill the requirement of the minor. If you have found another course that is not listed for the current academic year, nor is posted on the Programs page, please consult the program director, ara.osterweil [at] mcgill.ca (Professor Ara Osterweil), to see if it could be applied to your program. 

(Disclaimer: The list below may be incomplete or may not be the most recent update to the eCalendar. Please always remember to verify the eCalendar for the official program lists.)

Required Courses (6 credits)

• ENGL 277. Introduction to Film Studies. *offered in Fall only

• ENGL 279. Introduction to Film History. *offered in Winter only

Complimentary Courses (12 credits) 

Fall 2026

Non-US Cinemas

• ANTH 207. Ethnography Through Film.

• GERM 379. German Visual Culture.

• GSFS 407. Sexuality and Gender: New Directions.

• HISP 320. Contemporary Brazilian Literature and Film.

• ITAL 374. Classics of Italian Cinema.

• JWST 309. Jews in Film.

• LLCU 301. Topics in Culture and Thought.

• RUSS 213. Introduction to Soviet Film.

World Cinemas Offerings

• ENGL 363. Studies in the History of Film 3.
  "American Film of the 1960s" 

• ENGL 382. International Cinema 1.
  "21st Century Global Horror"

• ENGL 441. Special Topics in Canadian Cultural Studies.
  "Feminist Media in Montreal"

• ENGL 458. Theories of Performance in Practice.
  "Documentary Forms in Theatre and Film"

Winter 2027

Non-US Cinemas

• COMS 491. Special Topics in Communications Studies.

• FREN 310. Cinéma français.

• HISP 248. Introduction to Hispanic Cinema

• ITAL 477. Italian Cinema and Video.

World Cinemas Offerings

• ENGL 359. The Poetics of the Image.

• [course link ENGL  374]

• ENGL 378. Media and Culture.
  "FKA Film"

• ENGL 381. A Film-Maker 1.
  "Todd Haynes"

• ENGL 479. Philosophy of Film.
  "Philosophy of Documentary Cinema"

• ENGL 489. Culture and Critical Theory 1.
  "Screening Immaterial Labor"