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Course Outline of Record Los Medanos College 2700 East Leland Road Pittsburg CA 94565 (925) 439-2181 Course Title: The Color of Media: A Journey Through African American Life in Film, Television and Theatre Subject Area/Course Number: DRAMA-072 New Course OR Existing Course Instructor(s)/Author(s): Josephine Perry-Folino/Nicholaus Garcia Subject Area/Course No.: Drama 72 Units: 3 Course Name/Title: The Color of Media: A Journey Through African American Life in Film, Television and Theatre Discipline(s): Dramatic Arts, Film Studies Pre-Requisite(s): none Co-Requisite(s): none Advisories: Eligibility for English 100 Catalog Description: This course explores how dramatists, television writers and filmmakers have used these three mediums as tools to explore African American cultural, political and social realities in America during the 20th and 21st centuries. The Color of Media surveys a range of texts that offer insights into personal experiences, social issues, and political/legal contexts that emerge from the African American experience and is translated into a dramatic form. Focus is on how race, class, gender, sexual orientation, philosophical and religious underpinnings and physical and mental abilities have all impacted the development of the African American community in the United States. Schedule Description: The Color of Media will take you on a unique journey through the films, television series and theatrical plays of African Americans of the 20th and 21st centuries. We will focus on series such as HBO’s “The Wire” to look closely at urban life, plays like George C. Wolfe’s The Colored Museum to understand the origins of stereotypes and films like Spike Lee’s “Do the Right Thing” that break artistic ground. It will be an engaging, challenging and exciting ride through some great theatrical genres. Hrs/Mode of Instruction: Lecture: __54__ Scheduled Lab: ____ HBA Lab: ____ Composition: ____ Activity:_____Total Hours 54 (Total for course) Credit Credit Degree Applicable (DA) Grading Pass/No Pass (P/NP) Repeatability 0 Credit Non-Degree (NDA) Letter (LR) 1 (If Non-Credit desired, contact Dean.) Student Choice (SC) 2 3 Last date of Assessment: ___n/a____________ Cohort #: __3___ Please apply for: LMC General Education Requirement(s): Arts& Humanities and Ethnic/Multicultural (Please list the proposed area(s) this course meets, or indicate “none”) Transfer to: CSU UC IGETC Area __3__ CSU GE Area_C1, C2___ C-ID Number ______ Course is Baccalaureate Level: Yes No Form Revised 082013 Page 1 of 8 Course Outline of Record Los Medanos College 2700 East Leland Road Pittsburg CA 94565 (925) 439-2181 Course Title: The Color of Media: A Journey Through African American Life in Film, Television and Theatre Subject Area/Course Number: DRAMA-072 Signatures: Department Chair Date Librarian Date Dean Date Curriculum Committee Chair Date President/Designee Date CCCCD Approval Date (Board or Chancellor's Office) Date For Curriculum Committee Use only: STAND ALONE COURSE: YES NO FOR OFFICE OF INSTRUCTION ONLY. DO NOT WRITE IN THE SECTION BELOW. Begin in Semester ______________ Catalog year 20____/20_____ Class Max: ________________ Dept. Code/Name:_______________ T.O.P.s Code: _____________ Crossover course 1/ 2: _____________ ESL Class: ____Yes / No___________ DSPS Class: ____Yes / No_____ Coop Work Exp: ___Yes / No_____ Class Code A Liberal Arts & Sciences SAM Code A Apprenticeship Remediation Level B Basic Skills B Developmental Preparatory B Advanced Occupational NBS Not Basic Skills C Adult/Secondary Basic Education C Clearly Occupational D Personal Development/Survival D Possibly Occupational E For Substantially Handicapped E* Non-Occupational F Parenting/Family Support F Transfer, Non-Occupational G Community/Civic Development *Additional criteria needed H General and Cultural 1 One level below transfer I Career/Technical Education 2 Two levels below transfer J Workforce Preparation Enhanced 3 Three levels below transfer K Other non-credit enhanced Not eligible for enhanced Course approved by Curriculum Committee as Baccalaureate Level: _Yes / No_ LMC GE Approved by the Curriculum Committee: _________________ Distribution: Original: Office of Instruction Copies: Admissions Office, Department Chairperson Form Revised 082013 Page 2 of 8 Course Outline of Record Los Medanos College 2700 East Leland Road Pittsburg CA 94565 (925) 439-2181 Course Title: The Color of Media: A Journey Through African American Life in Film, Television and Theatre Subject Area/Course Number: DRAMA-072 Institutional Student Learning Outcomes Check the institutional student learning outcomes (or category of outcomes) below that are reflected in your course: General Education SLOs (Recommended by GE Committee) At the completion of the LMC general education program, a student will: 1. read critically and communicate effectively as a writer and speaker. 2. understand connections among disciplines and apply interdisciplinary approaches to problem solving. 3. think critically and creatively 4. consider the ethical implications inherent in knowledge, decision-making and action. 5. possess a worldview informed by diverse social, multicultural and global perspectives. (Each of the above student learning outcomes for the general education program has a written explanation with illustrations and examples of its application within courses, as well as specific assessment criteria. Consult the GE program information pages.) Program-Level Student Learning Outcomes (PSLOs) PSLOs for AAT in Theatre Arts 1. To analyze, dissect and critically evaluate a script or theatrical event or film with working knowledge of its historical, cultural and societal origins and contexts. 2. To use strongly developed physical, vocal and emotional foundations to build a personalized acting process for approaching a text or character in order to effectively communicate on stage or in film. 3. To understand how and be able to write, produce, direct, manage, promote and star in a theatrical event or film. 4. To be academically and fundamentally prepared to enter the entertainment industry or transfer to a 4 year acting or film program with an advanced standing. Course-Level Student Learning Outcomes (CSLOs): 1. Critically read, analyze and discuss African American plays/screenpays/teleplays or create research project/paper from an African American socio-historic and/or artistic perspective; write critical evaluations of African American plays/screenplays/teleplays using the vocabulary, skills, tools and language of drama. (PSLO 1, 4) GESLO 1, 2, 3 2. Analyze the structure, content and impact of African American theater, films and television series and teleplays on society. (PSLO 1) GESLO 3 3. Identify and evaluate ethical dilemmas and moral issues inherent in the actions of African American characters in films, television series and teleplays and in theatrical plays by studying the acting choice through the physical, emotional and vocal choices that actors make based on their characters. (PSLO 1, 2) GESLO 4 4. Compare and contrast how the cultural context of an African American dramatic work conveys meaningful connections and experiences across various cultures in order to Form Revised 082013 Page 3 of 8 Course Outline of Record Los Medanos College 2700 East Leland Road Pittsburg CA 94565 (925) 439-2181 Course Title: The Color of Media: A Journey Through African American Life in Film, Television and Theatre Subject Area/Course Number: DRAMA-072 explore the process of writing, producing, managing, promoting and starring in a theatrical event, film or television series. (PSLO 3) GESLO 5 Assessments: 1. CSLO 1: Critically read, analyze and discuss African American plays/screenplays/teleplays or create a research project/paper from an African American socio-historic and/or artistic perspective; write critical evaluations of African American plays/screenplays/teleplays using the vocabulary, skills, tools and language of drama. Performance Review or Research Paper: The student shall attend a live African American theater production(s) and write review(s) that evaluate in detail, his/her observation of the six elements of theatre (actor, director, script, space, design, and audience). Or the student may select to write a 5-7 page research paper on a controversial topic related to an African American play/screenplay/television series that requires student to evaluate, critique and analyze the subject of play/screenplay/television series Rationale: This assignment allows students to analyze critique and evaluate a live theatre or controversial theatre topic in relationship to African American dramatic art forms using the skills, tools, vocabulary and language of drama. Group Presentations/Peer Review: From a list of African American plays/screenplays/teleplays a group of students research one particular one from at least three perspectives such as biographical information about the author, the cultural context of the work, the cultural context during the time the work was written, the history of the work itself, moral and ethical dilemmas, and artistic perspectives explored through the work. Each student is responsible for researching a specific focus of the dramatic work and make a presentation. The student audience reviews the presentation and writes a peer review about the presentation documenting what he/she learned about the African American work. Rationale: This assignment allows students to analyze African American dramatic works from a socio-historic and artistic perspective using the language