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F/TV 42
National Cinemas
Course Description
This course analyzes selected national cinemas in terms of major periods, themes, and formal parameters, and in relation to both national and international cultural histories. The national cinema studied changes each quarter (see subtitle in the quarterly class schedule).
Student Learning Outcomes
- Examine the concept of "national cinema," identify significant films and filmmakers, and explain major trends in the evolution of film within a national cinema.
- Develop and utilize critical thinking skills to appraise motion pictures produced within the national cinema in aesthetic, technological, economic and socio-historical contexts.
- Analyze representations of class, race/ethnicity, gender and sexuality, demonstrating an understanding of the politics of representation learned in class.
Course Details
- Units
- 4 Units
- Hours
- Weekly Lecture Hours: 4
- Weekly Lab Hours: 0
- Gen Ed
- Non-GE Class
- Program Status
- Program Applicable
- Credit
- Credit - Degree Applicable
- Transferability
- Transferable to both UC and CSU
- Grading Method
- Letter Grading
Requisite and Advisory
- Advisory(ies)
- EWRT 1A or EWRT 1AH or ESL 5
- Prerequisite(s)
- Corequisite(s)
Limitations on Enrollment and Entrance Skills
- Limitation(s) on Enrollment
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