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FILM 218 Media Theory and History Units: 3.00
This course explores foundational theories, texts, and aesthetic movements that conceptualize and articulate the changing relationship between media and culture. The course also offers an overview of the history of print, broadcast, electronic, and digital media technologies and their social contexts.
Learning Hours: 108 (24 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 12 Tutorial, 48 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a FILM, MAPP, or COFI Plan or ([FILM 110/6.0 or FILM 111/3.0 or FILM 112/3.0] and permission of the Department).
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Identify specific aesthetic and theoretical movements that constructed and expanded the boundaries of media studies.
- Describe the historical development of media technologies and their relations to political, social, and cultural contexts.
- Explain key concepts in media theory through written assignments.
- Critically evaluate major shifts in media movements and aesthetics.
- Critically evaluate media theories and formulate an opinion or conclusion through the experience of giving and receiving critical peer feedback.