Middlebury: Learning Goals for the Major http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/fmmc/goals en http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/fmmc/goals/node/266785 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h4>Learning Goals<br /></h4> <ul><li>to expose students to a broad background in film and electronic media across historical eras and international borders</li> <li>to teach students a disciplinary vocabulary and help develop the ability to analyze, interpret and evaluate the properties of film and media</li> <li>to help students develop the research skills and methods, and deepen their theoretical background, as necessary to write and communicate about film and media from a range of academic perspectives</li> <li>to foster an understanding of the relationship between film and media as sites of representation, and their creators, industries, audiences, and cultural contexts</li> <li>to prepare students with the skills to create media works that are influenced by works they have studied, and that in turn shape their critical analytical abilities</li> </ul><h4>Learning Outcomes</h4> <ul><li>Familiarity with major trends in film and electronic media within specific historical and national contexts.</li> <li>Application of a disciplinary vocabulary toward analysis, interpretation and evaluation of film and media texts.</li> <li>Ability to choose, apply, and undertake appropriate research methods and theoretical frameworks to explore specific questions concerning film and media, expressing arguments in written and oral forms.</li> <li>Compose fluently written essays connecting film and media texts and representations to their creators, industries, audiences, and cultural contexts.</li> <li>Produce original media works demonstrating the influence of works studied in the curriculum and competency in their creative craft.</li> </ul></div></div></div> Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:04:00 +0000 Francisca Drexel fdrexel@middlebury.edu 266785 at http://www.middlebury.edu