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.
Hours Weekly
3
Course Objectives
- Develop a general knowledge of the films, directors, and actors of the featured decade.
- Compare and contrast films from the featured decade.
- Analyze and discuss thematic connections between Hollywood movies from the featured decade and American culture as a whole during that decade.
- Identify predominant themes, stories, character types, and devices commonly used in movies from a particular period.
Course Objectives
- Develop a general knowledge of the films, directors, and actors of the featured decade.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Course-specific rubric
- Compare and contrast films from the featured decade.
This objective is a course Goal Only
Learning Activity Artifact
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Course-specific rubric
- 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
Procedure for Assessing Student Learning
- Other (please fill out box below)
- Course-specific rubric
- 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)