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Nov 21, 2024
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AMS 181 - Introduction to American Film3 credit hours - Three hours weekly; one term.
This course meets the Arts & Humanities General Education Requirement.
Study the complex relationship between American film and culture. Review and discuss the aesthetics and manifestation of film in American society.
Crosslisted: Also offered as ART 181 ; credit is not given for both AMS 181 and ART 181 .
Location(s) Typically Offered: Arnold Main Campus (MC) and Online (OL)
Term(s) Typically Offered: Fall and spring
Course Outcomes:
- Apply an interdisciplinary perspective to the study of American film;
- Discuss the development of the American film industry in terms of aesthetics, genres, narrative formulae, and themes;
- Discuss the development of the American film industry in terms of the studio system, demographics, dominant personalities, politics, and morality;
- Explain the ways in which social factors influence the depiction of American society in film;
- Explain the ways in which American film influences society.
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