Below you will find a course list for the ones being offered in the 2025-2026 Academic Year. For a complete list of all courses applicable to the program, please see the main page Courses. If you have found another course that is not listed for the current academic year, nor is posted on the main Courses page, please consult an advisor 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.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

An introduction to key concepts in film studies. Exemplary works from the history of film will be studied to introduce students to such topics as the aesthetics of film; sound's production of meaning; film as narrative; film and genre; period and national cinemas; film's role in culture.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Fall
  • Restriction: Cultural Studies Major and Honours program students.

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Complimentary Courses (12 credits) 

Non-US Cinemas

CANS 300. Topics in Canadian Studies 1.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Institute for Study of Canada (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

An historical explanation of the Canadian experience of nationalism from the Patriotes to the First Nations, with reference to politics, economics, iconography, ideology and multicultural experience.
  • Prerequisite: CANS 200 or permission of instructor

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EAST 454. Topics: Chinese Cinema.

Credits: 3
Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

Advanced seminar in selected themes and issues in Chinese film.
  • Prerequisites: EAST 353, a 300-level film studies course, or permission of the instructor.

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EAST 564. Structures of Modernity: Asia.

Credits: 3
Offered by: East Asian Studies (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

This course explores relations between some of the principal sites which structure the experience of "modernity" in Asia (and elsewhere) - from bodies and cities, to the urban context in general. Along with general approaches (e.g. the idea of everyday life; questions of time), specific topics may include speed, music, architecture, crime, etc.
  • Prerequisite (Undergraduate): EAST 453 or EAST 454 or EAST 462 or EAST 464 or EAST 477 or EAST 478; or permission of the instructor.

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GERM 357. German Culture in European Context.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

A comparative examination of selected moments in German literary, artistic and cultural history in relation to broader European movements; focus on influences, exchanges and dialogues across national boundaries.
  • Fall
  • Course given in English
  • Prerequisite: A culture or literature course at the 200 or 300 level

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HISP 340. Latin American Cinema.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

A study of representative films, directors and movements of the region. Topic specified by instructor.
  • Fall
  • Prerequisite: Successful completion of any Survey of Literature (HISP 241, HISP 242, HISP 243, HISP 244) or permission of the instructor.

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HISP 341. Spanish Cinema.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

A study of representative films, directors and movements of the region. Topic specified by instructor.
  • Prerequisite: Successful completion of any Survey of Literature (HISP 241, HISP 242, HISP 243, HISP 244) or permission of the instructor.

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ITAL 375. Cinema and Society in Modern Italy.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025
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Description

A survey of the most important trends in post-war Italian cinema seen in the context of the rapidly and dramatically evolving society of modern Italy.
  • Fall
  • Given in English

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ITAL 477. Italian Cinema and Video.

Credits: 3
Offered by: Languages,Literatures,Cultures (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Different Italian film maker or videomaker every year, presenting a selection of his/her significant works. Discussions will include script analysis, interviews, articles and books by the director in focus, in addition to theoretical and critical statements by scholars. Established and new directors will be considered alternately.
  • Winter
  • Given in English
  • Restriction: Not open to students who have taken ITAL 377

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World Cinemas Offerings

ENGL 366. Film Genre.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

A discussion of an individual genre of cinema; concept of genre.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter

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ENGL 481. A Film-Maker 2.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description

Studies in the history of film.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Fall
  • Restriction: Permission of instructor required

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ENGL 492. Image and Text.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.

Description

Study of the relationship between verbal and visual aspects of a range of cultural artifacts. Topics may include iconography; illuminated manuscripts; book illustrations; cartoons and caricature.
  • For the most detailed and up-to-date descriptions of course and seminar offerings please see the Department of English website at www.mcgill.ca/english.
  • Winter

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FILM 499. Internship: World Cinemas.

Credits: 3
Offered by: English (Faculty of Arts)
Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026
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Description

Internship with an approved host institution or organization.
  • Prerequisite(s): Permission of the World Cinemas Program Chair.
  • Restriction(s): Open to U2 and U3 B.A. students in World Cinemas after completing 30 credits of a 90 credit program or 45 credits of a 96-120 credit program, a minimum CGPA of 3.2.
  • This course will normally not fulfill program requirements for seminar or 400-level courses. Students register in the Fall semester for Summer internships.

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