| 1 | Introduction to the course and general information about the course | |
| 2 | The Birth of Cinema: Early Cinema and the Birth of Narrative | |
| 3 | Hollywood After the Arrival of Sound | |
| 4 | Hollywood After the Arrival of Sound: Studio System and Auteur Directors | |
| 5 | Italian Neorealism | |
| 6 | French New Wave | |
| 7 | European Art Cinema | |
| 8 | Midterm examination | |
| 9 | Documentary Traditions / Cinéma Vérité and Direct Cinema | |
| 10 | New Hollywood (late 1960s to late 1970s | |
| 11 | Independent American Cinema | |
| 12 | Dogma 95 | |
| 13 | Contemporary World Cinema | |
| 14 | General Evaluation | |