ART 225 - Introduction to Film

(3 credits)

Meets Category I General Education Requirements
45 lecture hours
Prerequisites: REN 092 or ELI 082G and ELI 082W , or ENG 101
The history of cinema from silent films to the present is reviewed. Movies-a combination of big business, cultural myth, and technical artistry-provide cogent insight into modern culture and its beliefs, values, and morals. This course explores that insight. Important films are viewed and then followed by oral or written activity.