Fall 2019 Course Syllabi

• Early film: George Melies, the Lumiere brothers, and Thomas Edison • Silent movies and the emergence of classical Hollywood cinema 1910 through 1930s • Classical Hollywood cinema in the films of the 1940s and 1950s • Classical Hollywood cinema in the films of the 1960s and 1970s • Classical Hollywood cinema in the films of the 1980s and 1990s • Classical Hollywood cinema in the films of the 1990s and the 21 st century • Alternatives to classical Hollywood cinema Julian donkey boy and Breathless General Education Goals/Objectives: • Demonstrates effective communication • Demonstrates ability to create and analyze art; evaluate aesthetics; and synthesize interrelationships among the arts, the humanities, and society Relationship to Campus Theme: Explore the DCB campus theme—nature, technology, and beyond—by analyzing the cinematics and story of an animated film. Classroom Policies: Work posted late earns half credit; work posted a week or more after the due date will earn no credit. Academic Integrity: The discussion of plagiarism below comes from the Council of Writing Program Administrators. “In instructional settings, plagiarism is a multifaceted and ethically complex problem. However, if any definition of plagiarism is to be helpful to administrators, faculty, and students, it needs to be as simple and direct as possible within the context for which it is intended. Definition: In an instructional setting, plagiarism occurs when a writer deliberately uses someone else’s language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledging its source. This definition applies to texts published in print or on-line, to manuscripts, and to the work of other student writers. Most current discussions of plagiarism fail to distinguish between: submitting someone else’s text as one’s own or attempting to blur the line between one’s own ideas or words and