Reel Issues Studies in Film

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Critical Issues in Human Inquiry deals with the critical issues people deal with personally and in society. In Studies in Film, we will look at how film characters deal with critical issues and try to manage them ethically and analyze them in the framework of Jesuit values. In this class we will view films and film clips to learn about film technique and how films express ideology to demonstrate the intersections of history, politics, cross-cultural exchange, and religious life. We will learn from the experiences of people different from ourselves and begin to articulate our own identities and experiences in meaningful ways. Students will additionally examine the critical issues that touch them individually through writing and presenting their own research projects and a film project. Through research and literary analysis, you will develop basic skills of critical reading, textual analysis, and contextual research. CO: COM 101 .