Learning Goals in the Film Studies Major

Film Studies at Connecticut College approaches the study of moving images in a unique and comprehensive manner. The program integrates theory with practice and combines film scholarship with creative work in film production. Coursework is designed to educate students in the language of moving images while firmly framing the study within the traditions and goals of the liberal arts. As budding film scholars, students are asked to critically analyze the moving image in many forms, such as documentary, narrative (from Hollywood to numerous national cinemas), experimental film, animation, and television. Film Studies offers an array of production classes to give students the technical training and stylistic devices to author their own creative projects.

Film Studies Learning Goals

• 1. Use and apply film terminology through the critical analysis and  creation of moving image works.

  2. Construct argumentative essays about film, television, and new media.

  3. Identify the distinct formal and cultural motifs of cinemas outside of Hollywood.

  4.  Identify and apply classical and contemporary screen histories and theories through the production of essays and moving image works.

  5.  Integrate fundamental skills of motion picture production through the creation of original moving image works.

  6. Identify and critically study the history and politics of representation through the analysis and production of moving image works.