HUMN 231 Humanities Through Film

This course explores the medium of film, to examine values and cultural heritage that establish the framework for inquiry into the meaning of life. This course studies the humanities in depth, using methods which are primarily analytic, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural and social sciences. Students will view various forms of media to analyze and evaluate the medium of film as an expression and a document of the human condition.

Credits

3

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

1. 1. Engage in a cinematic and humanities-based exploration of various worldviews.
2. 2. Describe history, cultures, values, and aesthetics of self and others, as seen through the
   lens of humanities and film.
3. 3. Identify and explain multiple humanistic perspectives when exploring, cinematically, subjects
   within and across cultures.
4. 4. Analyze global events and issues and their humanistic interconnectedness from economic,
   political, environmental, aesthetic, or social perspectives as depicted through cinema.
5. 5. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring and contemporary
   issues of aesthetics, creativity, humanism, meaning, and/or invention in the humanities
   through cinema.
6. 6. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and problem-solving
   methods, considering humanistic issues and how they are presented through the eyes of
   cinema.
7. 7. Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative and humanistic expression
   with social and cultural contexts in the humanities as depicted in film.
   
8. 8. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of creative and aesthetic activities and
   products of humanistic expression, in illuminating the human condition and search for
   meaning through the humanities.
9. 9. Identify ethical issues arising from cross-cultural, humanistic study.
   
10. 10. Apply critical skills for evaluating and interpreting the humanities through film.
11. 11. Formulate aesthetic judgments for determining what makes film art and how it can be
    effective in developing inquiry into the meaning of life.

Course Objectives

1. 1. Engage in a cinematic and humanities-based exploration of various worldviews.
2. 2. Describe history, cultures, values, and aesthetics of self and others, as seen through the
   lens of humanities and film.
3. 3. Identify and explain multiple humanistic perspectives when exploring, cinematically, subjects
   within and across cultures.
4. 4. Analyze global events and issues and their humanistic interconnectedness from economic,
   political, environmental, aesthetic, or social perspectives as depicted through cinema.
5. 5. Identify and apply critical theories and concepts related to enduring and contemporary
   issues of aesthetics, creativity, humanism, meaning, and/or invention in the humanities
   through cinema.
6. 6. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into analysis and problem-solving
   methods, considering humanistic issues and how they are presented through the eyes of
   cinema.
7. 7. Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative and humanistic expression
   with social and cultural contexts in the humanities as depicted in film.
   
8. 8. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of creative and aesthetic activities and
   products of humanistic expression, in illuminating the human condition and search for
   meaning through the humanities.
9. 9. Identify ethical issues arising from cross-cultural, humanistic study.
   
10. 10. Apply critical skills for evaluating and interpreting the humanities through film.
11. 11. Formulate aesthetic judgments for determining what makes film art and how it can be
    effective in developing inquiry into the meaning of life.