Class
No. |
Course ID |
Title |
Credits |
Type |
Instructor(s) |
Days:Times |
Location |
Permission
Required |
Dist |
Qtr |
| 2110 |
FILM-175-01 |
Introduction to Recording Arts |
1.00 |
STU |
Swist, Christopher |
MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM |
TBA |
Y |
ART
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Cross-listing: MUSC-175-01 |
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NOTE: 5 seats reserved for film studies majors. |
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This is a course in the basics of recording and producing music. Students learn to use the basic tools of the production studio, including an exploration of recording techniques and standard practices encountered at professional facilities. The course also incorporates connections between listening to professional recordings and making technical decisions when capturing a musical performance. |
| 1201 |
FILM-201-01 |
Basic Filmmaking |
1.00 |
SEM |
Bemiss, Jeffrey |
TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM |
TBA |
Y |
ART
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Enrollment limited to 12 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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NOTE: 5 seats are reserved for first-year students and 4 seats are reserved for sophomore students |
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NOTE: For permission to enroll, please contact both the program director, Prakash Younger at James.Younger@trincoll.edu, and the instructor. |
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A hands-on introduction to filmmaking from the perspectives of the director and editor. By designing and executing a series of short, creative production projects, students will explore how moving image techniques are used to structure meaning. Topics include composition, videography, sound, continuity editing, montage, and dramatic structure. Cameras and software are provided, and significant collaborative work is required. |
| 1635 |
FILM-210-01 |
Film Aesthetics in Practice |
0.50 |
LEC |
Mason, John Michael |
M: 6:30PM-9:00PM |
TBA |
Y |
ART
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Enrollment limited to 19 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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NOTE: The instructor for this offering is John Michael Mason, Executive Director of Trinity Film Festival and Chair of the Board of Directors for Cinestudio. The practicum portion of this class will select the films for Trinity Film Festival 2026. The intensive screening period for film selection will run from approximately 3/31-4/8. Attendance at Trinity Film Festival in May 2027 is also required. |
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This course introduces principles of practical film criticism, film aesthetic, and film theory through weekly film screenings and post-screening discussions. Students workshop those principles in the latter half of the semester by undertaking the critical task of selecting films for a Film Festival. The primary goal of the course is to position students for effective and robust dialogue about film. The requirements for this 0.5 credit course are mandatory weekly film screenings, engaged participation in post-film discussions, written responses, and full participation during the intensive and time-critical festival selection screening process. |
| 1653 |
FILM-265-01 |
Intro to Film Studies |
1.00 |
LEC |
Younger, James |
TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
TBA |
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HUM
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Enrollment limited to 25 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Cross-listing: ENGL-265-01 |
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This course provides a general introduction to the study of film and focuses on the key terms and concepts used to describe and analyze the film experience. As we put this set of tools and methods in place, we will also explore different modes of film production (fictional narrative, documentary, experimental) and some of the critical issues and debates that have shaped the discipline of film studies (genre, auteurism, film aesthetics, ideology). |
| 2401 |
FILM-306-01 |
Art of Motion Picture Editing |
1.00 |
LEC |
Bemiss, Jeffrey |
TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 12 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Prerequisite: C- or better in Film 201, or permission of instructor. |
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Students will strengthen their visual narrative skills through the study and practice of the editor's role in filmic storytelling. The course will include analysis of editing theory and technique as used in contemporary films, as well as their application using digital editing software. |
| 3056 |
FILM-313-01 |
Reels of Change |
1.00 |
SEM |
Aponte-Aviles, Aidali |
M: 6:30PM-9:00PM |
TBA |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 19 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with HRST |
Cross-listing: HISP-313-01 |
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Prerequisite: HISP 260 or higher, 270 recommended |
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For more than 135 years, films have shaped information, interpretation, and understanding. Like any other cultural product, cinema is able to convey the spirit of the time and location. Therefore, it is necessary to examine its viewpoints, interpretive decisions, and biases. This course looks at Hispanophone motion pictures as primary historical sources and as metaphors of sociopolitical, historical, and cultural change. Films from Spain, the Americas, Africa, and the Pacific will be examined to analyze them as representations of cultural change. We will study how these films react to and are influenced by political and sociocultural contexts, how filmmakers use film to represent their experiences and history, how cinema frames the fears and concerns at a period in time, and how viewers reinterpret their meaning. This course will be taught in Spanish. |
| 2834 |
FILM-335-01 |
Screenwriting |
1.00 |
SEM |
Bemiss, Jeffrey |
TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 12 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Prerequisite: C- or better in one of the following courses or permission of instructor: FILM 201, ENGL 265, ENGL 270. |
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This course constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the art of screenwriting. The course draws heavily on the history of the cinema and exemplary films and scripts will be examined to understand their aesthetics and craft. Starting with the basic principles of story structure, the course proceeds through a series of exercises and workshops designed to develop the skills needed to create compelling stories, complex characters, dramatic and comic dialogue, and a fully-imagined diegetic world. |
| 1816 |
FILM-466-01 |
Teaching Assistant |
0.50 - 1.00 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Students may assist professors as teaching assistants, performing a variety of duties usually involving assisting students in conceiving or revising papers; reading and helping to evaluate papers, quizzes and exams; and other duties as determined by the student and instructor. See instructor of specific course for more information. Submission of the special registration form, available online, and the approval of the instructor are required for enrollment. Guidelines are available in the College Bulletin.
(0.5 - 1 course credit) |
| 2170 |
FILM-499-01 |
Senior Thesis Part 2 |
1.00 |
IND |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
Y |
WEB
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Enrollment limited to 15 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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This course is the second part of a two semester, two credit thesis. Submission of the special registration form and the approval of the thesis adviser and the director are required for enrollment. The registration form is required for each semester of this year-long thesis. |
| 3046 |
CLCV-232-01 |
Ancient Greece on Film and TV |
1.00 |
LEC |
Tomasso, Vincent |
MWF: 10:00AM-10:50AM |
TBA |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 29 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with FILM, WMGS |
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What do films and television programs set in ancient Greece say about us and our identities now? This course explores the relationship modern artists have constructed with ancient Greece in the cinema and on the television screen. The main focus will be on how contemporary Americans view, depict, and change ancient experiences based on differing circumstances of time and place. Topics for discussion include the distinction between “myth” and “history”, the depiction of gender, the representation of the divine, considerations of the audience, and the mechanics of adaptation. Films may include Disney’s Hercules (1997), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Troy (2004), and 300 (2007). Television programs may include Xena: Warrior Princess (1995-2001) and Wishbone (1995-1999). |
| 2459 |
FREN-151-01 |
French Film Festival |
0.50 |
LEC |
Humphreys, Karen |
TBA |
TBA |
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HUM
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Q2 |
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Enrollment limited to 29 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with FILM, LACS |
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NOTE: 5 seats reserved for first year students, 8 seats for sophomores, 8 seats for juniors, and 8 seats for seniors |
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A half-credit course offered in conjunction with the annual spring French Film Festival. Class meetings and film screenings will take place in March and April. Two mandatory workshops will take place prior to and following the festival at a time to be announced. Students are required to attend all film showings. Students taking the course for credit in French will be required to do all written work in French and to attend French language versions of the two supplemental workshops. Course may not be taken on a pass/fail basis. |
| 2790 |
GRMN-265-01 |
German Hist thru Lit & Film |
1.00 |
LEC |
Doerre, Jason |
TR: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
TBA |
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WEB
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Enrollment limited to 18 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with FILM |
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This course examines German history from 1871 to the present through major works of German literature and film. Special emphasis will be placed on the historical context within which each work was written: the Wilhelmine Empire, World War I, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, East/West Germany and the Cold War, and Reunification. The objective of the course is twofold: to become familiar with some of the most powerful narratives of modern German literature and film; and to analyze literature and film as windows on social, cultural, and historical processes. |
| 2793 |
HISP-226-01 |
Iberian & LatAmer Film&Convers |
1.00 |
LEC |
Gelardo-Rodriguez, Teresa |
MW: 1:30PM-2:45PM |
TBA |
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GLB2
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Enrollment limited to 12 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with FILM |
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Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 202 or equivalent. |
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This course focuses on enhancing oral proficiency and critical thinking by analyzing contemporary news, film, and digital media from the Hispanophone world. Students engage in debates, create multimedia projects, and practice advanced grammar to discuss social, cultural, and political issues, typically improving both conversational fluency and cultural awareness. Students with Spanish as their first language, or who have studied in a Spanish speaking country, or who have taken a course at a higher level (Hispanic Studies 261 or above) are not eligible to enroll. (GLB2)
o Prerequisite: C- or better in Hispanic Studies 202 or equivalent. |
| 2271 |
PSYC-293-01 |
Perception |
1.00 |
LEC |
Jacobskind, Jason |
MWF: 12:00PM-12:50PM |
TBA |
Y |
SOC
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Enrollment limited to 30 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with FILM, NESC |
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Prerequisite: C- or better in Psychology 101. |
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NOTE: 3 seats reserved for senior PSYC majors, 6 for junior PSYC majors, 16 for sophomore PSYC majors, 5 instructor use seats. |
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With a simple opening of the eyes, a vividly colorful, object-filled world effortlessly appears before you. With remarkable ease, you recognize individual voices or unique melodies. And without even trying, you know immediately if you have over salted your food. But how does all of this happen? This foundational course will provide an introduction to our current scientific understanding of the psychology and neuroscience of perception. |
| 2813 |
SOCL-241-01 |
Mass Media & Pop Culture |
1.00 |
LEC |
Williams, Johnny |
TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM |
TBA |
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SOIP
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Enrollment limited to 19 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with FILM |
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Prerequisite: C- or better in Sociology 101 |
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This course examines the integral role mass communication has in social and cultural life. Specifically, it explores how we identify and construct our social identity using media images. This is accomplished by focusing on different types of media content and their effect on individuals and culture, as well as by examining audience response to media content. Other topics covered include the social and economic organization of mass media, development of communication technologies, and sexist and racist stereotypes in the media. |
| 3045 |
STAR-113-01 |
Visual Thinking: Design |
1.00 |
STU |
Staff, Trinity |
W: 1:30PM-4:30PM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 12 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with FILM |
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NOTE: This course is not open to seniors. |
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NOTE: Seat Reservation: 4 for first-year students, 4 for sophomores |
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NOTE: ALL students must attend the first class session. Registered students who do not attend the first class will be dropped. Waitlisted students who do not attend the first class will not be admitted. No late adds permitted. |
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This studio design course is an investigation of the fundamentals of visual language, with an introduction into the principles of design, with research into color theory, composition and sequencing, including the development of writing, typography and reproduction, communication and data visualization. The studio course is experiential and process-oriented. |
| 2140 |
THDN-103-01 |
Basic Acting |
1.00 |
STU |
Simmons Jr, Godfrey |
MW: 10:00AM-12:00PM |
TBA |
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ARTW
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Enrollment limited to 14 |
Waitlist available: Y |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with FILM, WELL |
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NOTE: Seat reservations: 2 seniors, 2 juniors, 5 sophomores, 5 first years. |
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An introduction to the basic elements of acting. Students will work on releasing tension, developing their powers of concentration, promoting spontaneity through improvisation, and exploring a systematic approach to preparing a role for performance. This course is a prerequisite for all upper-level acting courses. |
| 2933 |
THDN-103-02 |
Basic Acting |
1.00 |
STU |
Ong-Hendrick, Michelle |
TR: 1:30PM-3:30PM |
TBA |
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ARTW
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Enrollment limited to 14 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with FILM, WELL |
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NOTE: Seat reservations: 2 seniors, 2 juniors, 5 sophomores, 5 first years. |
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An introduction to the basic elements of acting. Students will work on releasing tension, developing their powers of concentration, promoting spontaneity through improvisation, and exploring a systematic approach to preparing a role for performance. This course is a prerequisite for all upper-level acting courses. |
| 2938 |
THDN-304-01 |
Directing |
1.00 |
STU |
Ong-Hendrick, Michelle |
MW: 2:55PM-4:10PM |
TBA |
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ART
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Enrollment limited to 12 |
Waitlist available: N |
Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Also cross-referenced with FILM |
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Prerequisite: C- or better in THDN 103 or 107, or Permission of the Instructor |
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This course explores some of the fundamentals of modern stage directing. Students will read a diverse body of texts by and about theater directors. In addition, students will direct scenes and monologues while focusing on and integrating various directing skills. These skills will include understanding stage time and space, movement, and composition, and lastly, the analysis of text. The class will culminate in a presentation of one-act and ten-minute plays directed by the students. |