Media Studies

• Description: A survey of the language, technology, theory, and aesthetics of the moving image as an art form. Emphasizes an introduction to the critical analysis of film and video.
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• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in F TV 1, MDIA 1H or VART 1.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hours lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: A survey of the language, technology, theory, and aesthetics of the moving image as an art form, with an emphasis on the critical analysis of film and media. The honors section offers an enriched and rigorous study in film analysis and introductory film theory. Completion of the honors section requires in-depth analytic readings and completion of critical analysis essays. Assessment of exams and essays is rigorous. Strongly suggested for students planning to transfer to a four-year college or university in film and media studies.
• Prerequisite:
• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in F TV 1, MDIA 1 or VART 1.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hours lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: A survey of the advancement of cinematic art from 1945 to the present. Investigation and critical analysis of influential films, prominent filmmakers, and technological developments. Study of the economic, regulatory, cultural, and artistic forces at work in the evolution of film.
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• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in F TV 2B or VART 2B.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hours lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: Current trends of film, video, television, and internet media. Critical analysis of time-based linear and non-linear visual media. Emphasis on the visual experience of communicating ideas, stories, and events.
• Prerequisite:
• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in F TV 2C or VART 2C.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hours lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: Overview, history and critical analysis of popular culture as a window for understanding American society. Theories and methods of analyzing artifacts of popular culture. Overarching themes: history/social theories of popular culture; popular culture as a product of American multiculturalism; the relationship between a commodity culture and intellect/artistry; philosophical/ethical issues surrounding popular culture.
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• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Demonstrated proficiency in English by placement via multiple measures OR through an equivalent placement process OR completion of ESLL 125 & ESLL 249; not open to students with credit in F A 1, HUMN 11, HUMN 11H or MDIA 11H.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hours lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

• Description: Overview, history and critical analysis of popular culture as a window for understanding American society. Theories and methods of analyzing artifacts of popular culture. Overarching themes: history/social theories of popular culture; popular culture as a product of American multiculturalism; the relationship between a commodity culture and intellect/artistry; philosophical/ethical issues surrounding popular culture. The honors section offers deeper theoretical content, assignments that require more sophisticated cognition/critical thinking, more rigorous assessment, and an additional summative project.
• Prerequisite:
• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Demonstrated proficiency in English by placement via multiple measures OR through an equivalent placement process OR completion of ESLL 125 & ESLL 249; not open to students with credit in F A 1, HUMN 11, HUMN 11H or MDIA 11.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hours lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: Interdisciplinary overview of popular culture as a window for understanding American history and society. Theories and methods of analyzing the artifacts of popular culture. Overarching themes: 1) the interpretation of American history via popular culture media; 2) interaction between American historical events and trends, and popular culture.
• Prerequisite:
• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Demonstrated proficiency in English by placement via multiple measures OR through an equivalent placement process OR completion of ESLL 125 & ESLL 249; not open to students with credit in F A 2, HUMN 12, HUMN 12H, or MDIA 12H.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hours lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

Department Note:

• Description: Interdisciplinary overview of popular culture as a window for understanding American history and society. Theories and methods of analyzing the artifacts of popular culture. Overarching themes: 1) the interpretation of American history via popular culture media; 2) interaction between American historical events and trends, and popular culture.
• Prerequisite:
• Corequisite:
• Advisory: Advisory: Demonstrated proficiency in English by placement via multiple measures OR through an equivalent placement process OR completion of ESLL 125 & ESLL 249; not open to students with credit in F A 2, HUMN 12, HUMN 12H, or MDIA 12.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hours lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: The impact of game design and game technology on popular culture. Topics will include early history including the early hardware and software designers that emerged after World War II, the rise of the video game entrepreneurs and the resulting multi-billion dollar arcade industry, eight generations of home video game console inventors from the Magnavox Odyssey through the present day, the impact of the home computer on video games, the evolution of the handheld game console from early LCD games through the smart phone, online gaming from the first text-based games built by hobbyists through the current massively multi-player online role-playing games, and the validation of video games as an art form as evidenced by their addition to the collections of prominent institutions such as the Smithsonian and MoMA. For each historical era, the influence of video games on popular culture will be demonstrated through film, television, print, and music.
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• Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in MUS 11F or HUMN 13.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hours lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: Basic instruction on the use of the computer for video and film editing. Theory and practice of cinematic editing which is explored through projects, screenings, class exercises, and demonstration. Topics include montage, pace and rhythm, openings, cutting dialogue, use of sound.
• Prerequisite:
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• Advisory: Advisory: Not open to students with credit in F TV 84, VART 30 or 84.
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hours lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: Both
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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• Description: An introductory course in screenplay writing for narrative media, including film and episodic TV. The course emphasizes visual storytelling and the creative process through an examination of story theme, structure, and character development. Students study technical screenplay formatting and writing processes, taking their ideas from concept to finished professional script.
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• Advisory:
• Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
• Hours: 4 hours lecture per week, 1 hours lab per week. 60 hours total per quarter.
• Foothill GE Area:English
• Transferability: CSU
• Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
• Foothill Transfer GE Guide

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