CMST 201: American Cinema

Credits 5 Lecture Hours 55 Lab Hours 0
Other Hours
0
Total Hours
55
Distributions & Designations
Equity, Diversity, and Power,
Humanities
EDP, H- Students learn about American cinema by experiencing and analyzing films. Students use knowledge of film production from historical, commercial, scientific, cultural, and artistic perspectives. Students will investigate film form and the language of film to discover the creative process of film production as it relates to cultural expression. Moreover, students will gain knowledge to analyze, synthesize, and evaluate film as it relates to how both local and global systems of power, privilege, and inequality are created and maintained.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of ENGL 95 or above, or placement into ENGL&101.