MUS 106B - Music in Film

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-C1
Exploration of the role of music in films as it stimulates the emotional response to the visual aspects of the art form and an examination of the historical evolution of film scoring.

Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely Online.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-C1 - Lower Division Arts
Course Typically Offered: Spring ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate factual knowledge of musically significant films and film composers;

2. Discuss music in film using proper musical terminology, i.e. timbre, dynamics, register, instrumentation, etc;

3. Demonstrate the ability to identify distinctive elements of specific genres of film music;

4. View and analyze films featuring musical elements and/or composers from a variety of
cultures and traditions, with a primary focus on American film;

5. Identify, analyze and discuss the use of music from an aesthetic and creative perspective;

6. Present the student’s own analysis and commentary on a specific film’s music.

C1. Arts Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate an appreciation of the arts using their intellect, imagination, sensibility, and sensitivity;
respond to aesthetic experiences in the arts and develop an understanding of the integrity of both emotional and intellectual responses; and
in their intellectual and subjective considerations, demonstrate an understanding of the relationship among the self, the creative arts, and culture.