148 Film Studies
• PHL-135 Philosophy in Film • PSC-275 Law and Film • PSC-340 Politics and Film • PSC-434 Feminist Film • SPN-402 Dressing Up the Canon: Cross-Dressing in Hispanic Literature and Film • SPN-433 Latin American Colonial Crossroads at the Movies III. Film Technologies • AVA-120 Photography I • AVA-220 Photography II • AVA-320 Photography III • AVA-160 Digital Art • AVA-262 Real and Recorded Time • CSC-385 Computer Graphics • ECE-347 Image Processing • ECE-370 Engineering Acoustics • EGL-304 Junior Seminar in Screenwriting • FLM-201. Documentary Filmmaking: Filtering Your World (Spring; De Sève) This class introduces students to the basics of documentary filmmaking. While covering enough technical know-how to successfully complete class projects, the class will keep its focus on documentary form and storytelling techniques. Students will practice storyboarding, writing synopses and treatments, and deconstructing well-respected documentaries to analyze how they were made. The primary course activity is the production of a short documentary (around 20 minutes) which can be done individually or in groups of two. Besides his or her own work, the student will be expected to participate in screening nights in which students will share each other’s work for peer evaluation and discussion. There is also the option of organizing screenings open to the entire student body. • FLM-202. Digital Filmmaking (De Sève) This intensive hands-on class guides students from concept to finished film. Students practice the essentials of filmmaking technique, including storytelling, camera work, lighting, sound and editing. Students must be up for a challenging schedule and will make a film each week as they explore the nuts and bolts of moviemaking. • FLM-303. Cinematic Montage (Spring; De Sève) Learn and practice cinematic montage in this fun, hands-on course. From Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera to modern movie chase scenes, montage takes the basic building blocks of film and combines them to evoke the condensation of space, time, and information. The course will review the history of montage as a starting point to help you practice shooting, editing, sound and effects to create your own montages. IV. Film Project or Internship • FLM 490-492. Film Studies Independent Study. May take form of independent film project. Prerequisite: Four other film courses from the lists above and project proposal approved by the Program Directors. Also, upon consultation with Program Directors, a Film Studies-related internship may be arranged for credit toward the minor.
French and Francophone Studies (see Modern Languages and Literatures)
Geology 149
Geology Chair: Professor D. Rodbell Faculty: Professors J. Garver, K. Hollocher; Associate Professor H. Frey; Assistant Professor D. Gillikin; Visiting Assistant Professors M. Manon, A. Verheyden Staff: W. Neubeck (Technician), D. Klein (Administrative Assistant) Requirements for the Major: A minimum of eleven courses in the department including: one of GEO-110 (100), 112 (102), or 117 (107); and GEO-120 (101); and each of GEO-201, 202, 220 (200), 307 (253), 320 (250), 405, and 495 or 498. Students in the Traditional Geology Track must choose two courses from the following: GEO-205, 206 (255), 208, 302, 303, 304; students in the Environmental Geology Track must choose two courses from the following: GEO-203 (301), 207 (315), 209 (254), 300, 302. All students must choose two elective courses from the geology curriculum or from: ENS-100, BIO-320 (or BIO-350T), BIO-328 (or BIO-352T), CHM-231, or CHM-240; of these, no more than one may be at the 100 level, and 100 level courses cannot count as an elective if taken after a student declares the Geology major. Also required are two terms each of Mathematics (any two courses numbered 100 or higher, or equivalent such as MTH 113), Chemistry (CHM-101 required, and any CHM course numbered 102 or higher), and Biology or Physics (any two courses numbered 100 or higher). Advanced work or a minor is encouraged in chemistry, physics, biology, mathematics, economics, or engineering. All Geology courses at the 100 level are introductory and have no prerequisites; preference for GEO-110 (100), 112 (102), 117 (107), and 120 (101) will be given to first- and second-year students. Senior Geology majors may not take any introductory course for major credit. A senior thesis is required, and theses may either be 1 term (GEO -498) or 2-3 terms (GEO-495-497). Completion of a two-term senior thesis (GEO495-496) is required for honors, and only one senior level research credit may count toward the two geology electives. Students who intend on going to graduate school are strongly encouraged to do a research thesis and to take two courses in physics rather than biology, unless specifically interested in paleontology or geobiology, because most graduate programs require physics. A summer field course in the junior year is strongly recommended, particularly for those going on to graduate school or geological consulting work. Requirements for Interdepartmental Majors: Interdepartmental majors will follow the guidelines described elsewhere in this catalog. Students taking geology as part of an interdepartmental major should take any introductory level course at the 110 level, plus any other geology courses needed to complete the geology segment of their major (all prerequisites apply). All courses should be chosen in consultation with a geology advisor as part of a coherent plan of study. Requirements for Honors: The major requirements as specified above are required, as are the GPA requirements of Union College described elsewhere in this catalog. A senior research thesis is required, consisting of at least two terms of 495-497 (independent research with a faculty member). Theses involving Geology 497 must be completed by the end of the 6th week of the Spring term. Requirements for the Minor: A minor in geology requires six courses including any introductory level course numbered 110 or higher, GEO-220, and any four electives numbered 200 or higher. All prerequisites apply. Requirements for Secondary School Certification: Students seeking certification in earth science should complete the normal Geology major described above, except that astronomy, planetary science, and meteorology may substitute for any Geology elective or physics/biology ancillary science course. For other requirements consult the Educational Studies Program elsewhere in this catalog.