COMM 3200 - Contemporary Cinema

3 cr. 3 hr. Day course offered in the Fall.

A look at select recent trends in U.S. and/or world cinema, including the best and/or most influential works, artists, movements, technologies, cultures and industries. Particular developments will be considered in social and historical, as well as aesthetic, contexts through a process that engages the relevant modes of inquiry and discursive formations practiced in film theory, history and criticism. Evaluation is based on critical/analytical essays, a weekly journal, and/or a research paper. L, ART, FA

Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1100 , ENGL 1200