FILM 190 Hollywood Through the Decades

Hollywood Through the Decades focuses on a particular decade in American film history on a rotating basis and examines the values and culture reflected on the screen. The course will address thematic connections between Hollywood movies from the featured decade and American culture as a whole during that decade, examining predominant themes, stories, character types, and devices commonly used in movies from that period.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3

Course Objectives

1. Develop a general knowledge of the films, directors, and actors of the featured decade.
2. Compare and contrast films from the featured decade.
3. Analyze and discuss thematic connections between Hollywood movies from the featured decade and American culture as a whole during that decade.
4. Identify predominant themes, stories, character types, and devices commonly used in movies from a particular period.

Course Objectives

1. Develop a general knowledge of the films, directors, and actors of the featured decade.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Course-specific rubric
2. Compare and contrast films from the featured decade.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Course-specific rubric
3. Analyze and discuss thematic connections between Hollywood movies from the featured decade and American culture as a whole during that decade.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Course-specific rubric
4. Identify predominant themes, stories, character types, and devices commonly used in movies from a particular period.

   This objective is a course Goal Only

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Final Exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Other (please fill out box below)