FILM 101 Introduction to Film

This course is an introduction to the history of film as well as to the vocabulary and analytical skills with which to approach the study of motion pictures. The course will examine film form, style, and industry practices through readings, film screenings, and discussions, learning to watch films with the goals of critical thinking, thoughtful discussion, and interpretive writing.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information and ideas related to enduring and contemporary issues in cinematic technology with a high degree of accuracy and appropriateness.
2. Demonstrate ability to generate, explore, and consider a wide range and number of ideas, possibilities, and alternatives in cinema and film technology.
3. Examine ideas or outcomes in significant depth and make distinguished judgments of social and cultural contexts in thematic and technical concerns of film.
4. Demonstrate considerable intellectual agility in transferring knowledge or connecting disparate ideas in various aspects of cinema.

Course Objectives

1. Identify and organize information and ideas related to enduring and contemporary issues in cinematic technology with a high degree of accuracy and appropriateness.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT1
2. Demonstrate ability to generate, explore, and consider a wide range and number of ideas, possibilities, and alternatives in cinema and film technology.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT2
3. Examine ideas or outcomes in significant depth and make distinguished judgments of social and cultural contexts in thematic and technical concerns of film.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Writing Assignments

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT3
4. Demonstrate considerable intellectual agility in transferring knowledge or connecting disparate ideas in various aspects of cinema.

   Learning Activity Artifact

   • Other (please fill out box below)
   • Exam

   Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

   • Critical and Creative Thinking Rubric

   Critical Thinking

   • CT4