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FILM 339  Media and Culture at the End of the 20th Century  Units: 3.00  
This course will focus on the rapid technological changes of the 1990s and their effects on media, including cinema, advertising, music, and television. Topics may include: teen markets and popular culture; the rise of specialty channel television; racial diversity and the family sitcom; changing music videos aesthetics; New Queer Cinema; etc.
Learning Hours: 108 (36 Lecture, 24 Laboratory, 48 Private Study)  
Requirements: Prerequisite (Registration in a FILM, MAPP, or COFI Plan) or (FILM 236/3.0 or FILM 240/3.0 or FILM 260/3.0).  
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science  

Course Learning Outcomes:

  1. Develop an advanced understanding of critical concepts in film and media theory, with specific regard for feminist, queer, and critical race studies.
  2. Form connections across weeks, critically charting historical developments in technology and society.
  3. Recognize the recurrence of technologies, aesthetics, and images from the 1990s in today's culture.
  4. Synthesize, critique, and apply key theoretical concepts to texts screened in-class.
  5. Understand 1990s history and its impact on artistic strategies in filmmaking and beyond.