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SPCH 3121 - VIEW COURSE PROPOSAL – NEW COURSE

Approvals Received:

Department
on 10-14-04
by Jayne Hacker
(hackerje@umn.edu)

Curriculum Committee
on 10-26-04
by Karen Van Horn
(vanhornk@umn.edu)

Approvals Pending:

Curriculum Committee > Campus Assembly > Catalog

Effective Status:

Active

Effective Term:

1059 - Fall 2005

Course:

SPCH 3121

Institution:

UMNMO - Morris

Career:

UGRD

College:

MDHU - UMM-Humanities, Div of

Department:

233 - UMM-Humanities, Div of-Adm

General

Course Title Short:

Rhetoric in the Movies

Course Title Long:

Rhetoric in the Movies: The Classic Genres

Max-Min Credits
for Course:

4.0 to 4.0 credit(s)

Catalog
Description:

Investigation of the film genres of the Hollywood Studio system era. Students learn how films make meaning with their audiences.

Additional Course
Information
(for catalog
production):

Grading Basis:

A-F only

Honors Course:

Delivery Mode(s):

Classroom

Years most
frequently offered:

Odd years only

Term(s) most
frequently offered:

Fall

Component 1:

LEC (no final exam)

Auto-Enroll
Course:

Graded
Component:

LEC

Academic
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Financial Aid
Progress Units:

Not allowed to bypass limits.
4.0 credit(s)

Repetition of
Course:

Repetition not allowed.

Course
Prerequisites
for Catalog:

2101 or #

Course
Equivalency:

No course equivalencies

Consent
Requirement:

No required consent

Enforced
Prerequisites:
(course-based or
non-course-based)

001054 - prereq 2101

Editor Comments:

Proposal Changes:

History Information:

Assessment
and Goals:

Assessment: Students will have a midterm exam, three short papers, and a term paper. Goals: Students will learn what are the thematic and cinematic elements in film and how to write concise, critical analyses of films.

Rationale for
Changes or
Exceptions:

THIS COURSE IS ONE OF SEVERAL THAT WILL SATISFY THE ELECTIVE REQUIREMENT IN THE SPCH MAJOR.

General Education

Faculty
Sponsor Name:

Neil Leroux

Requirement
this course fulfills:

HUM - HUM Communication, Language, Literature & Philosophy

Provisional
Approval:

Regular
Approval:

Yes; date: Oct 14, 2004