Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam

Taken in your second semester of coursework, exam topics include:

• American Film 1895 to 1929
• American Film 1927 to 1960
• American Film 1960 to the Present
• History of French Film
• History of Italian Film
• History of Japanese Film
• History of Soviet and Post-Soviet Film
• History of German Film
• History of the International Avant-Garde
• History of Documentary Film
• History of Latin American Film
• History of British Film
• History of Chinese-Language Cinema
• History of Indian Cinema

Taken in the summer after your first year of coursework, exam topics include:

• Gender, Sexuality, and Representation
• Race, Nation, and Representation
• Cultural Theory
• Media Theory
• Theory of Narrative and Genre
• Theory of Image and Sound

Taken at the end of your fourth semester during your dissertation proposal defense meeting, the oral exam comprises a series of questions about your area of research drawn from your directed reading and dissertation proposal.