World Cinema to 1945

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54 hours lecture per term. This is the first course in a two-course sequence that will provide a background in cinema history with a global perspective, following the growth of cinema from primarily a U.S. and European form of entertainment and communication to an international medium with significant production centers, cultural traditions, and production styles found in a variety of locations around the world. This course will focus on world cinema from its early development through the end of World War II. This course fulfills the Multicultural Education Requirement for graduation. (CSU) (UC) (Degree Credit) AA GE, CSU GE, IGETC