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Spring 2018 | ARTH 3921W Section 001: Art of the Film (51211)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Tue, Thu 12:20PM - 02:15PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 5
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (46 of 52 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- History of the motion picture as an art form; major films, directors, genres, and styles. Films discussed include THE BIRTH OF A NATION, CITIZEN KANE, BICYCLE THIEF, RASHOMON, and JULES AND JIM.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the history and aesthetics of film. Special attention is paid to major film directors, genres, and styles; to the relation between film and other arts (literature, theater, photography, painting, music); and to the relation between film and society. Among the films shown are "The Birth of a Nation," "Metropolis," "Citzen Kane," "Rashomon," and "Bonnie and Clyde." The course is appropriate for non-major undergraduates as well as Art History and Cinema Studies majors. This course follows a lecture/discussion format. There are required discussion sections. Most films are screened in class but there will be additional films that students will be required to watch outside of class. The term paper is 6-8 pages long; it is not a research paper. There will also be several brief (one-page) writing assignments. Textbook: Bordwell and Thompson, Film History.
- Grading:
Attendance and class participation, Moodle responses and brief writing assignments 10%
Mid-quarter examination 25%
Term paper 35%
Final examination 30%
- Exam Format:
- Mid-term: short answer and film clip analysis. Final: short answer, film clip analysis, essay.
- Class Format:
- Lecture-Discussion
- Workload:
- Screening of one film in class and one film outside of class each week, with brief Moodle responses to each; 35 pages of reading per week; two additional films to be viewed at the MSP-St. Paul Int'l Film Festival, with brief written responses for each. 6-8 page term paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51211/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 May 2016
Spring 2018 | ARTH 3921W Section 002: Art of the Film (51212)
- Instructor(s)
- Angelica Maier (Secondary Instructor)Robert Silberman (Proxy)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Mon 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 225
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (21 of 26 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- History of the motion picture as an art form; major films, directors, genres, and styles. Films discussed include THE BIRTH OF A NATION, CITIZEN KANE, BICYCLE THIEF, RASHOMON, and JULES AND JIM.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the history and aesthetics of film. Special attention is paid to major film directors, genres, and styles; to the relation between film and other arts (literature, theater, photography, painting, music); and to the relation between film and society. Among the films shown are "The Birth of a Nation," "Metropolis," "Citzen Kane," "Rashomon," and "Bonnie and Clyde." The course is appropriate for non-major undergraduates as well as Art History and Cinema Studies majors. This course follows a lecture/discussion format. There are required discussion sections. Most films are screened in class but there will be additional films that students will be required to watch outside of class. The term paper is 6-8 pages long; it is not a research paper. There will also be several brief (one-page) writing assignments. Textbook: Bordwell and Thompson, Film History.
- Grading:
Attendance and class participation, Moodle responses and brief writing assignments 10%
Mid-quarter examination 25%
Term paper 35%
Final examination 30%
- Exam Format:
- Mid-term: short answer and film clip analysis. Final: short answer, film clip analysis, essay.
- Class Format:
- Lecture-Discussion
- Workload:
- Screening of one film in class and one film outside of class each week, with brief Moodle responses to each; 35 pages of reading per week; two additional films to be viewed at the MSP-St. Paul Int'l Film Festival, with brief written responses for each. 6-8 page term paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51212/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 May 2016
Spring 2018 | ARTH 3921W Section 003: Art of the Film (51213)
- Instructor(s)
- Angelica Maier (Secondary Instructor)Robert Silberman (Proxy)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Class Attributes:
- UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
- Times and Locations:
- Regular Academic Session01/16/2018 - 05/04/2018Wed 12:20PM - 01:10PMUMTC, West BankBlegen Hall 225
- Auto Enrolls With:
- Section 001
- Enrollment Status:
- Open (25 of 26 seats filled)
- Course Catalog Description:
- History of the motion picture as an art form; major films, directors, genres, and styles. Films discussed include THE BIRTH OF A NATION, CITIZEN KANE, BICYCLE THIEF, RASHOMON, and JULES AND JIM.
- Class Description:
- This course provides an introduction to the history and aesthetics of film. Special attention is paid to major film directors, genres, and styles; to the relation between film and other arts (literature, theater, photography, painting, music); and to the relation between film and society. Among the films shown are "The Birth of a Nation," "Metropolis," "Citzen Kane," "Rashomon," and "Bonnie and Clyde." The course is appropriate for non-major undergraduates as well as Art History and Cinema Studies majors. This course follows a lecture/discussion format. There are required discussion sections. Most films are screened in class but there will be additional films that students will be required to watch outside of class. The term paper is 6-8 pages long; it is not a research paper. There will also be several brief (one-page) writing assignments. Textbook: Bordwell and Thompson, Film History.
- Grading:
Attendance and class participation, Moodle responses and brief writing assignments 10%
Mid-quarter examination 25%
Term paper 35%
Final examination 30%
- Exam Format:
- Mid-term: short answer and film clip analysis. Final: short answer, film clip analysis, essay.
- Class Format:
- Lecture-Discussion
- Workload:
- Screening of one film in class and one film outside of class each week, with brief Moodle responses to each; 35 pages of reading per week; two additional films to be viewed at the MSP-St. Paul Int'l Film Festival, with brief written responses for each. 6-8 page term paper.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/51213/1183
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 May 2016
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