COMM 369 - Documentary History and Theory Abroad

Units: 4 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-C
Explores indigenous documentary films of host country from 19th century to present. Engages documentary at a multi-cultural level as global consumer and citizen; examine and understand influence of multi-media visual rhetoric; analyze, discuss, create arguments about messages in documentary films.

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area C requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Equivalent Quarter Course: COMM 3690.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-C - Upper Division Arts or Humanities
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of the historical progression of documentary filmmaking in the host country through research projects and presentations;
Identify and explain the significance of the work of particular indigenous filmmakers;
Connect historical movements with contemporary filmmaking styles;
Critically evaluate and write about documentary films and their messages at an intercultural level.

UD-C. Upper-division Arts or Humanities Learning Outcomes

demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply the principles, methodologies, value systems, and thought processes employed in the arts and humanities;
analyze cultural production as an expression of, or reflection upon, what it means to be human; and
demonstrate how the perspectives of the arts and humanities are used by informed, engaged, and reflective citizens to benefit local and global communities.