Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Winter Quarter 2012
• Spring Quarter 2012

Eric C. Ames
SCAND 190
Seattle Campus

Crime Scenes: Investigating the Cinema and Its Cultures

Teaches students how to analyze film by closely studying crime scenes from historical and contemporary German and Scandinavian cinema. Directors studied include Fritz Lang, Carl Th. Dreyer, Billy Wilder, and Lars von Trier. Offered jointly with GERMAN 190.

Class description

Student learning goals

General method of instruction

Recommended preparation

Class assignments and grading

Regular, active participation in class discussions and completion of all in-class writing assignments (10%) Two quizzes (30%) Three 3-4 page papers (30%) Final exam (30%)

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