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FILM 100 –  Introduction to Film (CRN: 47801) at  Skyline College for Spring 2025

Skyline College Website Webbased Class Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Class

This course is offered online and it is recommended you complete a short self-assessment to ensure readiness before taking an online course.

FILM 100 Introduction to Film

A critical analysis of film history and culture, focusing on film and media literacy, and the cultural, social, and ethical impacts of mediated representations. Students learn to critique a range of film genres and forms, through an exploration of modes of production, narrative and non-narrative forms, visual design, editing, sound, genre, history, culture and ideology. Examines broad questions of form and content, aesthetics and meaning, and the diverse possibilities presented by the cinematic art form. Students develop a visual and ideological understanding of film. (Formerly offered as FILM 440.)

Units: 3
Degree Credit
Grade Option (Letter Grade or Pass/No Pass)
  • Lecture hours/semester: 48-54
  • Homework hours/semester: 96-108
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
AA/AS Degree Requirements: Area 9C2
Transfer Credit: CSU (CSU GE Area C1), UC (IGETC Area 3A)

Skyline College (Online Course)

Department: Film

Number of Units: 3


Section
OLH - Online
Meeting Date: 01/13-05/22
Meeting Time:
Days:
Online course Room: 0000
Instructor: Sean Uyehara
Critical Dates for this Course Date
Last day to add class January 27, 2025
Last day to drop with a refund January 27, 2025
Last day to drop without a "W" February 2, 2025
Last day to drop with a "W" April 23, 2025
Last day to change to Pass/No Pass Grading Option May 22, 2025
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