|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
4.00 Credits
Allows writers to hone their skills as readers and writers and to develop their interests in a particular form, such as travel writing, autobiography, and science writing.
-
4.00 Credits
Provides training in the teaching of writing. Includes readings in the professional literature of writing theory and instruction. Students engage in a teaching practicum by tutoring in the Writing Center and/or other venues or by shadowing experienced teachers. Fulfills the experiential education requirement for English majors.
-
4.00 Credits
Explores the process of authorship in various fields (e.g., fiction, drama, poetry, education, the sciences) and in any format (books, journals, or newspapers). Examines such topics as print and electronic publishing, the process of writing and submitting work, and ways to increase acceptance as a writer and/or publication professional. Students engage in out-of-classroom publication experiences, such as shadowing editors at local publishing houses. Fulfills the experiential education requirement for English majors.
-
4.00 Credits
Considers a specific genre, style, or director in American film. Topics could include the western, film noir, or comedy of remarriage; a director such as Martin Scorsese or Ida Lupino; or a group of directors (independent film, women directors).
-
4.00 Credits
Designed to appeal to those students who want to learn the specific techniques required when writing for the screen. The course's aim is for students to produce a completed script in their chosen format, while considering the industrial, institutional, and other factors relevant to scriptwriters. Students are encouraged to experiment with these elements in their own writing.
-
4.00 Credits
Studies a theme or problem (film and society, film and politics), a period in film history (American film from 1945 to the present), a film genre (the western, film noir), or a film director (Hitchcock, Coppola).
-
4.00 Credits
Studies a selection of major modern films from around the world from a thematic, cultural, and historical perspective. Special attention is given to political, social, ethical, and psychological issues, as well as to the way common human themes emerge in quite diverse cultures. Also covers the basic procedures of film interpretation.
-
4.00 Credits
Provides a survey history of American film from the silents to the present. Considers the internal history of the film industry and film art, as well as the relationship between film considered as a site of cultural debate and social history. Films studied include _Birth of a Nation_, _The Gold Rush_, _The Gold Diggers of 1933_, _Citizen Kane_, _Mildred Pierce_, _On the Waterfront_, _The Graduate_, and others.
-
4.00 Credits
Focuses on such topics as the soap opera, the western, and the police story; on a popular cultural activity; or on a popular culture perspective.
-
4.00 Credits
Studies a particular kind of fiction, such as the novella; a problem in fiction, such as the role of the narrator; a particular group of fiction writers; or a theme in fiction.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2024 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|