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Academic Year 2001/2002

History of World Cinema, World War II to Present
FILM 310 SP

This course will cover the history of international cinema from WWII to the present, including major movements and trends in Hollywood, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, as well as documentary and avant-garde filmmaking. The impact of the decline of the Hollywood studio system and the rise of independent filmmaking, technological changes, art cinema and film culture, and the international festival circuit will also be examined. This course is designed to be a class for those wishing to declare the film major as well as a general education class.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ART    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Dombrowski,Lisa A.   

Times: .M.W... 01:10PM-04:30PM;     Location: CINE

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 180)

SR. major:    Jr. major:

SR. non-major: 30   Jr. non-major: 30   SO: 60   FR: 60

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts, Writing

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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