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5.00 Credits
Formerly HUMAN 141. This course is a basic introduction to how films communicate meaning and influence society. The course gives the students an understanding of film forms, techniques and styles. Students develop a critical viewpoint and be able to explain the many ways in which film communicates. The overall goal of the course is to produce perceptive and sensitive film viewers. Feature-length films are viewed in class. Prerequisite: SFCC only: recommended minimum reading placement scores: COMPASS 80, ASSET 40. (SCC, SFCC)
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5.00 Credits
Formerly HUMAN 201. An interdisciplinary class introducing students to the human quest for the meaning of life. Students will analyze literature, philosophy, music, history, and the visual arts of the past and present and then create future scenarios for themselves and societies. In addition to lecture presentations, students have assigned reading, elective reading and writing assignments weekly. Each student will also has a special humanities project. (SCC)
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5.00 Credits
Formerly HUMAN 205. British life and culture is an interdisciplinary course designed to give students a broad overview of British culture and civilization. It takes a social, historical and cultural approach to contemporary British society. This course includes lectures given by adjunct British faculty, supporting seminars and related field trips to such places as the Museum of London, the Globe Theatre, the National Gallery and the House of Parliament. This course is offered only in England for SFCC students registered in the Washington Community College Consortium for Study Abroad in London Program. Note: Credit may not be earned for both HUM 205 (formerly HUMAN 205) and HIST 110. (SFCC)
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5.00 Credits
Formerly HUMAN 207. This course is designed to acquaint the student with the three basic phases of movie making and emphasizes the directorial and storytelling functions of the media. Prerequisite: HUM 141 (formerly HUMAN 141) or permission of instructor. (SCC)
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5.00 Credits
Formerly HUMAN 221. This course is designed for students interested in exploring the films, styles and themes of great film directors--American and international. Students study four American directors, four international directors and one independent director. The directors and films studied vary each quarter. In addition, each student researches and studies films of one director of his/her choice. (SCC, SFCC)
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5.00 Credits
Formerly HUMAN 222. American classic films, through the 1990s, are viewed and discussed in order to appreciate the evolution of the technical art of the cinema and to analyze how film content is a social barometer of the period of time in which it was produced. Full-length feature classics such as "Birth of a Nation" and "Citizen Kane" are studied. (SFCC)
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5.00 Credits
Formerly HUMAN 223. An overview of the history of international cinema as art rather than as a commercial product. Major national film stylistic developments and movements are studied by viewing representative feature length films including classics such as Einstein's Potemkin, De Soca's The Bicycle Thief and Kurosawa's Ran. Prerequisite: SFCC only: recommended minimum reading placement score: COMPASS 80, ASSET 40. (SFCC)
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5.00 Credits
Formerly HUMAN 224. This course is a study of people of different national, ethnic and racial backgrounds via a review of current international cinema. Emphasis is placed on exploring economic, social and political issues. Feature length films will be viewed in class, including Zhang Yomou's Story of Qiu Ju, Nihita Mikhalkov's Burnt by the Sun and Gregory Nava'sMi Familia. Prerequisite: SFCC only: recommended minimum reading placement score: COMPASS 80, ASSET 40. (SFCC)
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5.00 Credits
Formerly HUMAN 225. This course is for students interested in exploring films made outside of the studio system, usually on low budgets and often exploring themes, values and subject matter which are highly personal and intense in nature including themes which mainstream cinema finds uninteresting, offensive or not likely to produce a profitable product. (SCC, SFCC)
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5.00 Credits
Formerly HUMAN 236. A course designed to explore, analyze and interpret the documentary as an aesthetic form; a device to document human experience; and a vehicle of social change. Students explore the historical perspective of the documentary as well as examine the tradition of film techniques that affect the reality and "truth" depicted through the genre. Prerequisite: SFCC only: recommended minimum reading placement score: COMPASS 80, ASSET 40. (SFCC)
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