Undergraduate Course: Modernism and the Cinema (LLLG07062)

Course Outline
School	Centre for Open Learning	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Modernism and the Cinema is designed to introduce students to the theories and practices of filmic modernism. The course will investigate the ways in which modernist filmmakers sought to overturn the realist and naturalistic style of Hollywood. Some of the major filmmakers to be discussed include Alain Resnais, Michelangelo Antonioni, Ingmar Bergman and Andrei Tarkovsky.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 16
Course Start	Lifelong Learning - Session 3
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	A 2000 word essay submitted after the course finishes, worth 100% of the total mark.
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to: - Understand the importance of modernism in film and its wide-ranging influence. - Describe the development of modernist cinema. - Explain the significance of individual modernist films and their relation to others.