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| Dr. Glen Johnson 107 McMahon Hall - 202-319-5114 JohnsonG@cua.edu appointments Mon Tues Wed Fri 10-12, 1-3 by appointment |
Ms. Amy Horan 65horan@cua.edu |
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| Required texts: Robert Kolker, ed. Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho: A Casebook (Oxford, 2004) John Belton, ed. Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (Cambridge 2000) Charles Barr, Vertigo (British Film Institute, 2002) Instructional method: Film screenings, lecture and discussion, audio-visual examples. Course goals: The course provides students with a survey in depth of the works of a single major film "author." Contexts include history and aesthetics of film narrative, cultural background, critical theory and analytical methods.At the end of the course, the student should be familiar with a dozen major works and be able to discuss in depth Hitchcock's approach to film making and contribution to film history. In addition, the student should have a working knowledge of basic film vocabulary as well as of major theoretical approaches and analytical tools in the study of film and narrative. |
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| Course schedule: [This schedule will develop through the course and is subject to change; check it prior to each scheduled class meeting.] - class meets MWF 12:10-1 pm in McMahon 200 - film screenings are at 6:10 Mondays in McMahon 200 Mon, Aug 25 |
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| Expectations and Policies: Course work and grading: - 3 exams - 2 papers - attendance The exams and papers count approximately equally (i.e., 20%) in determining the final grade. Poor attendance will lower the average as follows: - 4 lecture absences: minus 8% - each additional lecture absence: minus 3% - two film showing absences: minus 10% - each additional film showing absence: minus 8% Attendance: You are expected to be present at all class sessions including film showings. Attendance will be taken. More than three absence from lecture sessions or more than one absence from film showings will affect your grade: see grading criteria above. If anything is interfering with your ability to attend class, inform me immediately. We can seek help, but the end of the semester will be too late. Film showings are mandatory. You may not skip a showing by claiming you have seen the film previously or by promising that you will watch it on your own. You are expected to be on time for each showing, to stay to the end, and to go in and out of the room only in emergencies. If you miss a film showing, you are still responsible for seeing the film. Note: I do not lend DVDs. Excused absence or make-up require a verifiable written excuse such as a letter from a doctor. Although I appreciate emails or calls telling me you will not be in class, this alone does not excuse an absence. Students who miss class to represent the university should consult http://policies.cua.edu/academicundergrad/classabsenceintercollegiateevents.cfm. CUA policy on attendance: "Good scholarship requires the presence of students at all class and laboratory meetings. The responsibility for prompt and regular class attendance rests upon the individual student. If, for any reason, a student is absent too frequently from class, it may become impossible for that student to receive a passing grade. Authority for excusing absences rests with the teacher who may request that the student obtain authentication of absences considered unavoidable" (from http://policies.cua.edu/academicundergrad//acregsfull.cfm#XII). Academic honesty: Academic honesty is expected of all CUA students. Faculty are required to initiate the imposition of sanctions when they find violations of academic honesty, such as plagiarism, improper use of a student’s own work, cheating, and fabrication. The following sanctions are presented in the University procedures related to Student Academic Dishonesty (from http://policies.cua.edu/academicundergrad/integrity.cfm): “The presumed sanction for undergraduate students for academic dishonesty will be failure for the course. There may be circumstances, however, where, perhaps because of an undergraduate student’s past record, a more serious sanction, such as suspension or expulsion, would be appropriate. . . . In the more unusual case, mitigating circumstances may exist that would warrant a lesser sanction than the presumed sanction.” Please review the complete texts of the University policy and procedures regarding Student Academic Dishonesty, including requirements for appeals, at http://policies.cua.edu/academicundergrad/integrityprocedures.cfm. |
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