Film Appreciation

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

MAC Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)

• SLO1: Critically analyze claims, arguments, artifacts, or information.

• SLO2: Construct coherent, evidence based arguments.

Section Specific Student Learning Outcomes

• SLO3: Develop a foundational knowledge of film style, including key terms associated with key analysis areas like mise-en-scène, cinematography, editing, and sound.

• SLO4: Develop a foundational knowledge of key developments in film history, including key artistic movements, technological developments, economic developments, and political developments.

• SLO5: Look closely at film images and apply key terms and concepts from the course to engage in thoughtful, original analysis.

• SLO6: Critically read and understand ideas from key thinkers in film studies and place your own analyses and ideas into dialogue with those working in the field.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Analysis 1: Clip Description and Analysis	75 (7.5%)
Analysis 2: Make Your Own Actuality!	75 (7.5%)
Analysis 3: Scene Creation Experiment	85 (8.5%)
Analysis 4: Shot-by-Shot Breakdown or Recreation	85 (8.5%)
Midterm Exam	120 (12%)
Final Exam	170 (17%)
Analysis Practice	100 (10%)
Unlock Quizzes	100 (10%)
Engagement Points	100 (10%)
Critical Reading Assignments	80 (8%)
Introductory/Orientation Assignments	10 (1%)

This course will be assessed on a traditional grading scale from A-F out of a total of 1000 points. Your grade will be based on the total points you earn according to the table below. Fractional scores will be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number (for example, 929.7 would be rounded up to an "A" at 930; 929.4 would be rounded down to an "A-" at 929).

Grading Scale

Percentage	Letter Grade
1000-930 points	A
929-900 points	A-
899-870 points	B+
869-830 points	B
829-800 points	B-
799-770 points	C+
769-730 points	C
729-700 points	C-
699-670 points	D+
669-630 points	D
629-600 points	D-
600 points and below	F

Attendance/Participation:

This is an asynchronous online course and as such there is no requirement to attend any physical meeting. However, students are expected to log into the course regularly to engage with the course content.

The "Engagement Points" and "Critical Reading" assignments will be assessed in part based on whether the analytics of Canvas Studio and Perusall show that the student is actually engaging with the lesson videos and readings.

Students will need to hold themselves accountable to regularly making progress through the modules, which must be unlocked in order. Assignments cannot be completed until the associated module is unlocked.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

Students will be required to pay a $5 fee for access to Perusall in order to complete the critical reading assignments for the course. If a student is unable to afford this fee they should contact the professor to discuss a potential fee waiver.