SCRN131
FILM NOIR
This course is offered in a current or upcoming term. Check the official course schedule before registering.
Also listed under 2 other titles
- COURSE CANCELLED
- APPROACHES TO FILM ANALYSIS
- Department
- Screen Studies
- Terms offered
- 7
- Data refreshed
- Sep 1, 2026
Description
An in-depth study of this highly influential yet much debated category of American cinema. This course considers the status of film noir as a genre, European and American influences, visual and narrative techniques, cultural contexts such as existentialism, psychoanalysis, and postmodernism, and articulations of gender and race in studio-era and contemporary noir. Weekly class screenings are accompanied by out-of-class film viewing and by course readings drawn from a broad variety of historical, analytical, and theoretical studies.
Syllabi
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Offering history & forecast 2016–2026
1998 2026
| Year | Fall | Spring | Summer | Intersession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2030 | 2030 Fall: 19% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 6 fall terms since 2021. Department course count falling about 3% per year. | 2030 Spring: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 spring terms since 2018. | 2030 Summer: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 9 summer terms since 2018. | 2030 Intersession: 8% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 6 intersession terms since 2020. |
| 2029 | 2029 Fall: 16% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 6 fall terms since 2021. Department course count falling about 2% per year. Department faculty is about 20% below its recent average. | 2029 Spring: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 spring terms since 2017. | 2029 Summer: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 10 summer terms since 2017. | 2029 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2028 | 2028 Fall: 21% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 6 fall terms since 2021. Department faculty is about 21% below its recent average. | 2028 Spring: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 spring terms since 2016. | 2028 Summer: 5% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 11 summer terms since 2016. | 2028 Intersession: 7% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2027 | 2027 Fall: 22% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 2 of 6 fall terms since 2021. Department faculty is about 21% below its recent average. | 2027 Spring: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 spring terms since 2015. | 2027 Summer: 5% chance, high confidence. Offered in 0 of 12 summer terms since 2015. | 2027 Intersession: 6% chance, medium confidence. Offered in 0 of 7 intersession terms since 2017. |
| 2026 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2025 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2024 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2023 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2022 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2021 | 1 section | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2020 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2019 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2018 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
| 2017 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered |
| 2016 | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No data for this term |
Forecast Under 15% 15–39% 40–69% 70–89% 90%+ Not enough history
Fall Spring Summer Intersession Darker means more sections Not offered No data for term
Future estimates combine recent offering frequency with detected multi-year cycles. Hover a cell for confidence and evidence; low-confidence estimates are marked with ~.
Meeting times
Most recent first- Mon, Wed, 12:00 PM–1:15 PM TC112 2026-1
- Mon, 7:30 PM–9:30 PM MACD018 2026-2
- Tue, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM TC112 2011-1
- Thu, 7:00 PM–9:30 PM TCRH 2011-22011-3
- Mon, Wed, 2:25 PM–3:40 PM JC120 1999-1
- Mon, 4:00 PM–6:00 PM JC120 1999-2
- Tue, Thu, 10:25 AM–11:40 AM JC120 1998-1
- Tue, 5:00 PM–7:00 PM Jefferson Academic Center JF218 1998-2
| Term | Professor | Type | Credits | Enrollment | CRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | Hugh Manon | Lecture | 1 | 20 of 22 enrolled | 24772 |
| Fall 2021 | Hugh Manon | Lecture | 1 | 26 of 30 enrolled | 28302 |
| Spring 2014 | Hugh Manon | Lecture | 1 | 21 of 30 enrolled | 33045 |
| Spring 2011 | Hugh Manon | Lecture | 1 | 21 of 30 enrolled | 38833 |
| Spring 2010 | Unlisted | Lecture | 1 | 0 of 0 enrolled | 37396 |
| Spring 1999 | Dana N. Benelli | Lecture | 1 | 6 of 30 enrolled | 32749 |
| Spring 1998 | Dana N. Benelli | Lecture | 1 | 9 of 30 enrolled | 32749 |