FINE 102World Cinema and Visual Culture
Not in the current Undergraduate Calendar. Shown as it appeared in 2024–25.
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 1 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
Introduction to film analysis via national cinemas and their worldwide reception, taking into account the role of new technologies. This course acknowledges not only the importance of multiple languages and cultures on the planet today but also the rapidly growing international contexts, complicated chains of production and distribution, and vastly different cultures of spectatorship.
Prerequisites
None listed.
Antirequisites
None listed.
Notes
- All films will be shown with subtitles; no second language expertise is required.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
Reviewed on UW Flow
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From 16 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Tuesday lectures with an in class participation activity every time either halfway through or at the end. Each worth 3% so maybe go to class. Either a short (5-6 questions) multiple choice quiz on the content for that day or small written activity. 30% of the mark right there. Thursday movies. Two different kinds of written assignments are attached to films, with three being optional. One is analyzing one/two component(s) of the movie (out of a possible five) in the form of a 250-300 word post on LEARN. Three posts for three different movies out of six are mandatory. The other three are optional but can be done to improve your mark because Prof Kuzniar takes your top three. Three posts…
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I thought it would be a bird course but finished with only an 80. Def a fun course since your assignments are to watch movies, classes were boring as you had to sit for 3 hours on wed and listen to the prof talk about his opinions. Didn't do much for this class and finished with a decent grade.
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5 posts and comments in 5 threads mention FINE 102, September 2017 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Fall 2021
how to make the best bird course ever? 197 points, 75 comments
“So, I’m a prof here at UW and I want to design a fun, hopefully high-enrolment bird course. I used to be against such courses but after a few years here I can see that people need a fun, low-stakes …”
u/sentfromtrash: “… could be labelled as bird courses are CLAS 104, EASIA 100, LS 235/CLAS 210/HIST 210 and FINE 102. I’ve taken all of these in the fully online format that you’re planning to make your course, so hopefully my feedback helps somewhat :). …”
Spring 2021
Is it possible to major in Biomed and Minor in Fine Arts? 4 points, 2 comments
“Hi, I have gotten accepted to Waterloo and am going to major in Biomed, I love Bio and Chem but I also love Fine Arts just as much. I chose Biomed at Waterloo because they offered me a scholarship. …”
u/randomnumber135: “… You should probably take two FINE courses for your electives in Fall term (FINE 100 and one of FINE 102/112/130) if you're sure you want to do the minor. …”
Winter 2021
Bird Courses Spring 2021 4 points, 3 comments
u/hamstrings10: “… I was looking at SMF 216 or FINE 102 (not sure if those are offered during the spring). …”
Fall 2017
Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments
“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”
u/Jackhofmann: “PSYCH 483 PSYCH 484 PSYCH 485 PSYCH 486 PSYCH 490R PSYCH 499A PSYCH 499B PSYCH 499C PSYCH 621 PSYCH 630 PSYCH 677A PSYCH 704A PSYCH 704B PSYCH 707 PSYCH 710 PSYCH 714 PSYCH 717 PSYCH 720A PSYCH 721A …”
u/Jackhofmann: “… 615 ERS 619 ERS 654 ERS 675 ERS 680 ERS 684 ERS 701 FILM 333W FILM 374W FINE 100 FINE 101 FINE 102 FINE 130 FINE 150 FINE 205 FINE 209 FINE 220 FINE 223 FINE 224 FINE 229 FINE 230 FINE 243 FINE 252 FINE 271 FINE 274 FINE 275 FINE 302 FINE 307 FINE 308 FINE 343 FINE 402 FINE 407 …”
where my art house hoes at? 5 points, 10 comments
u/tentwentytoo: “Anyone in FINE 102/VCULT 100 (or not, that's cool too) want to check out the Princess Cinema with me sometime? She talked about it today in class and it seemed cool so if you ever need a study break hmu”
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Calendar versions
Undergraduate Calendar
- 2020–21
- 2021–22
- 2024–25 (shown here)
- 2019–20 and earlier on ucalendar