FILM TV 98TB General Education Course Information Sheet Please submit this sheet for each proposed course
Department & Course Number FTV 98T
Course Title Media Parks: The Cinematic and Televisual History of Theme Parks
Indicate if Seminar and/or Writing II course Seminar
1 Check the recommended GE foundation area(s) and subgroups(s) for this course
Foundations of the Arts and Humanities Literary and Cultural Analysis Philosophic and Linguistic Analysis Visual and Performance Arts Analysis and Practice ✔ Foundations of Society and Culture Historical Analysis Social Analysis Foundations of Scientific Inquiry (IMPORTAN: If you are only proposing this course for FSI, please complete the updated FSI information sheet. If you are proposing for FSI and another foundation, complete both information sheets) Physical Science With Laboratory or Demonstration Component must be 5 units (or more) Life Science
With Laboratory or Demonstration Component must be 5 units (or more)
2. Briefly describe the rationale for assignment to foundation area(s) and subgroup(s) chosen.
This course’s focus on fostering critical media literacy and humanistic inquiry fits into the “Foundations of the Arts and Humanities” GE foundation area. More specifically, as it focuses on visual forms of artistic expression, including film, television, and media-based theme park spaces, it applies to the “Visual and Performance Arts Analysis and Practice” subsection. Through an in-depth exploration of what is often considered a peripheral site of media display, consumption, and cultural production, the seminar invites students to not only think about the relationships between theme parks and moving image media, but also to develop an understanding of our broader relationship to moving image media in contexts outside conventionally understood sites of consumption such as the theater, home, computer, and mobile phone. Through the active application of media studies methodologies and theoretical frameworks, the course provides students the skills to think more critically about larger cultural issues of how we navigate, are affected by, and impact our increasingly mediated world.
3. "List faculty member(s) who will serve as instructor (give academic rank):
Heather Birdsall, Teaching Fellow; Chon Noreiga, faculty mentor
Do you intend to use graduate student instructors (TAs) in this course? Yes No ✔ If yes, please indicate the number of TAs
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4. Indicate when do you anticipate teaching this course over the next three years: 2018-19 Fall Winter Spring Enrollment Enrollment Enrollment 2019-20 Fall Winter Spring X Enrollment Enrollment Enrollment 2020-21 Fall Winter Spring Enrollment Enrollment Enrollment 5. GE Course Units Is this an existing course that has been modified for inclusion in the new GE? Yes No ✔ If yes, provide a brief explanation of what has changed:
Present Number of Units: Proposed Number of Units:
6. Please present concise arguments for the GE principles applicable to this course.