Official Course Information
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Humanities Courses:
| HUM147 - Popular Cinema |
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3 Catalog Description: Examines the popular genres of feature films, including science-fiction, Westerns, spy and suspense films, musicals, horror and crime films. Explores the feature film as a reflection of contemporary society. Prerequisite: Completion of Genesee community College's reading requirement. Three class hours. full catalog description » |
| HUM220 - Western Humanities 1 |
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4 Catalog Description: Searches for moral, social, and political alternatives and meaning embodied in the institutions, culture, and literature of Western Civilization, from the beginnings to 1600. The course provides a narrative history of the designated period. Writing-intensive. Course offered only in Summer. Prerequisite: ENG 102 or ENG 105. full catalog description » |
| HUM240 - Horror in Films |
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3 Catalog Description: Traces our facination with horror stories and explores certain formulaic horror sequences and images that have become staples of popular culture. Investigates the staying power of horror myths and legends (e.g. Dracula, Jeckyll and Hyde, and Frankenstein). Charts the transformation of real horror into artificial horror in an effort to distinguish between terror and horror. Prerequisite: completion of Genesee Community College's reading requirement. full catalog description » |
| HUM242 - Female Role in Film |
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3 Catalog Description: Examines how American films from 1920 to the present depict women in a variety of genres: melodrama, romance, comedy, film noir, etc. Studies how societal changes affected the way women were presented in Hollywood. Prerequisite: completion of Genesee Community College's reading requirement. full catalog description » |
| HUM244 - Film Comedy |
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3 Catalog Description: Examines comic films about 20th century life, politics, morality, and science. Moves from zany, screwball comedy to slapstick comedy and then to sophisticated comedy, including the works of such master comics as Mel Brooks and Woody Allen. Prerequisite: completion of Genesee Community College reading requirement. full catalog description » |
| HUM245 - Hitchcock Films |
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3 Catalog Description: Presents an in-depth examination of Alfred Hitchcock's directorial style and its formation from 1922-1976. Analyzes one of Hitchcock's favorite themes; an innocent man involved through unusual circumstances, falsely accused of murder, and forced to find the real murderer himself. Prerequisite: Completion of Genesee Community College's Reading Requirement. Prerequisite: Completion of Genesee Community College's Reading Requirement. full catalog description » |
| HUM246 - American Cinema |
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3 Catalog Description: Explores Hollywood motion pictures as an art form, as an industry, and as a system of representation and communication. Examines how Hollywood films work technically, artistically, and culturally to reinforce and challenge American's national self-image. Defines elements of film language, such as shot, cinematography, film noir, mise en scene, and montage. Studies popular genres such as Westerns, comedy, and combat film. Students learn to become active and critical viewers. Prerequisite: completion of Genesee Community College's reading requirement. full catalog description » |