Student Learning Outcomes for the Cinema Studies Major
- Students should develop a broadly interdisciplinary approach to an understanding of film and its role in society
- Students should be conversant with the history of international cinema and be able to use that history to provide context for other works they encounter
- Students should be competent in employing theoretical and disciplinary tools in the analysis and assessment of film and filmic images
- Students should have basic competence in some format associated with visual media—digital video, digital music, screenwriting, photography, or animation
- Students should be competent in developing critical responses to cinematic work based upon aesthetic or cultural values other than the entertainment model that dominates the mainstream Hollywood distribution system