Undergraduate Course: Film, Religion and Ethics 3/4 (THET10028)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | A critical study of religious and theological approaches to film, through an examination of cinematic narratives, directorial intentions and audience responses to selected films. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | "The Religion and Film Reader" (Routledge, 2007) is the course book and is available from bookshops / online. It is approximately £20-24. There is no photocopied readings book, but there are readings placed on Web CT at no cost to students. All primary set films will be screened on Tuesdays and are available to borrow from New College library (no cost). |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Divinity/Religious Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
- View films in a more critical, discerning and imaginative fashion
- Summarise, compare and critically write about specific approaches to 'religious and theological film-analysis'
- Use appropriate key concepts employed in film criticism when interpreting the moral and religious world of specific films
- Demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings
- Demonstrate good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies.
- Deconstruct the ethical virtues, value commitments and world views enacted in selected films
- Describe and critically analyse the religious and theological significance of specific films produced both in Hollywood and beyond
- Develop transferable skills in web research, writing about film and visual literacy
- Demonstrate an ability to identify key terms and their meanings
- Demonstrate good judgement about how to judge the relative importance of items on course bibliographies
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Viewings Tuesdays 4-6 (optional)- Films available in New College Library |
| Keywords | FilmRE |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Jolyon Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)50 8922
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Course secretary | Ms Joanne Hendry
Tel: (0131 6)50 7227
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