GER 199
Undergraduate Open Seminar
Credit: 1 to 5 hours.
May be repeated.
| CRN | Type | Section | Time | Days | Location | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10279 | independent study | ARRANGED | ||||
| Instructor Approval Required | ||||||
| 33575 | practice | C | ARRANGED | Lawrence, F | ||
| 1 hours The UIUC German Choir is looking for new members to join us Tues 8-10 pm in St. Andrews Lutheran Chapel, 909 S. Wright St. Call 367-5127 or Email <flawrenc@uiuc.edu> for further information. | ||||||
| 46603 | lecture- discussion | DIS | 03:00 PM - 04:50 PM | TR | room 30 Wohlers Hall | Pinkert, A |
| 3 hours Discovery course. Restricted to Discovery students. TOPIC: - Action Heroes: Popular Movies and Global Change What makes a movie last in our imagination? Popular movies can be entertaining and fun to watch but, at their best, they also engage in important social and moral questions. They explore the struggle between good and evil, how people make choices, how to make the world a better place or how to make a difference in our individual lives. In this course we examine this trend in popular movies of various genres, including action movies (The Matrix, I am Legend, The Dark Knight), animation (Ratatouille, Wall-E), TV shows (Joan of Arcadia) as well as political films (Ghandi, Lives of Others) and romantic comedies (Love Actually, The Visitor). The course will teach you how to watch popular movies more reflectively, providing the basic tools and terms of film analysis. Once, we have this foundation, we will examine more closely how the different genres appeal to both our desire for entertainment and our wish to better understand ourselves and the world around us. In addition, we will focus on the production, marketing, and reception of popular movies that bring global and individual awareness to the audience. Throughout the semester, we will discuss the wide-ranging meanings of heroism and the ways in which film and the media shape our understanding of this concept (weekly movie responses, interactive web discussions, midterm, final paper). First year Discovery Program course. Registration restricted to Freshmen. Students should enroll in only one Discovery course. Restricted to students with Freshman class standing. | ||||||
| 33576 | lecture- discussion | X2 | 05:00 PM - 06:20 PM | W | room 1136 Foreign Languages Bldg | Bergvelt, A |
| lecture- discussion | X2 | 05:00 PM - 06:50 PM | M | room 1136 Foreign Languages Bldg | Bergvelt, A | |
| This section is for Engineering students only and is scheduled to begin late in the term. Start date is February 18. | ||||||