Course Schedule

Introduction

Early Cinema (1893-1914)

READING:

Lewis, “Early Cinema, 1893-1914” (pp. 3-43)

SCREENING:

Selections from Eadweard Muybridge, W. K. L. Dickson, Louis and Auguste Lumière,
Georges Méliès, Edwin S. Porter, and Alice Guy-Blaché

The Silent Era (1915-1928)

READING:

Lewis, “The Silent Era, 1915-1928” (pp. 44-95)

SCREENING:

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F. W. Murnau, 1927)

Technical Innovations (1927-1938)

READING:

Lewis, “Technical Innovation and Industrial Transformation, 1927-1938” (pp. 96-149)

SCREENING:

It Happened One Night (Frank Capra, 1934)

Hollywood in Transition (1939-1945) Part I

READING:

Lewis, “Hollywood in Transition, 1939-1945” (pp. 150-172)

SCREENING:

Rebecca (Alfred Hitchcock, 1940)

Hollywood in Transition (1939-1945) Part II

READING:

Lewis, “Hollywood in Transition, 1939-1945” (pp. 172-195)

SCREENING:

Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944)

Adjusting to Postwar America (1945-1955) Part I

READING:

Lewis, “Adjusting to Postwar America, 1945-1955” (pp. 196-219)

SCREENING:

The Lady from Shanghai (Orson Welles, 1947)

Adjusting to Postwar America (1945-1955) Part II

READING:

Lewis, “Adjusting to Postwar America, 1945-1955” (pp. 219-237)

SCREENING:

The Bigamist (Ida Lupino, 1953)

Midterm

Moving Toward New Hollywood (1955-1967) Part I

READING:

Lewis, “Moving Toward New Hollywood” (pp. 238-266)

SCREENING:

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford, 1962)

Moving Toward New Hollywood (1955-1967) Part II

READING:

Lewis, “Moving Toward New Hollywood” (pp. 266-289)

SCREENING:

The Graduate (Mike Nichols, 1967)

Hollywood Renaissance (1968-1980) Part I

READING:

Lewis, “A Hollywood Renaissance, 1968-1980” (pp. 290-324)

SCREENING:

Raging Bull (Martin Scorsese, 1980)

Hollywood Renaissance (1968-1980) Part II

READING:

Lewis, “A Hollywood Renaissance, 1968-1980” (pp. 324-355)

SCREENING:

Wanda (Barbara Loden, 1970)

Beyond the New Hollywood Cinema (1981-1999) Part I

READING:

Lewis, “A New New Hollywood, 1981-1999” (pp. 356-376)

SCREENING:

Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)

Beyond the New Hollywood Cinema (1981-1999) Part II

READING:

Lewis, “A New New Hollywood, 1981-1999” (pp. 377-409)

SCREENING:

Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (Leslie Harris, 1993)

New Millennium (1999-2017)

READING:

Lewis, “Movies for a New Millennium, 1999-2017” (pp. 410-445) &
"Epilogue: The End of Cinema (As We Knew It), 2018 and Beyond" (pp. 446-457)

SCREENING:

Carol (Todd Haynes, 2015)

Final

Important Dates Summer 2025:

Day Class Begins:  June 2

Last Day to Drop Class for 100% Refund:  June 5

Last Day to Add:  June 10

Last Day to Drop Without 'W':  June 10

Last Day to Drop With 'W':  July 14

Last Day to Select P/NP:  July 14

Day Class Ends:  July 27

Final Grades Available via MyRam: August 6

Assignments:

Our class starts at 8am on Monday, June 2nd. The course consists of 17 Modules. This SUMMER class covers 2 Modules each week. You will be able to read material, watch films, and complete assignments for each week beginning each Monday at 8am. All assignments and quizzes for each week must be completed by 11:59pm on Sundays. Most weeks will require a discussion post, a response post, and a quiz. 

All quizzes are fill-in-the-blank and consist of 5 questions. You will have 10 minutes for each weekly quiz. Both the midterm and final consist of 25 fill-in-the-blank questions. You will have 35 minutes to complete the midterm and 35 minutes to complete the final. A study guide will be distributed one week before the midterm and final. The midterm covers Modules 1-8 and the final covers Modules 10-16.

The class requires a minimum of about 8 hours of work per Module (16 hours per week). You will fall behind if you do not plan ahead and complete the work throughout each week. You will not be able to watch feature films, complete the reading (and take quiz(zes) on the reading) and write a discussion post/response post for each Module if you wait until the weekend to complete the work. Discussion assignments make up the majority of the final grade and they require time to receive full points. I cannot open Modules before their scheduled time to accommodate travel plans, vacation etc.

Attendance:

Students must login and complete work on Canvas in order to stay in the class. Students who do not complete all work from the first week by Sunday, June 8th at 11:59pm may be dropped from the class. I will maintain work completion records via Canvas and will let you know if you are not completing assignments. If you miss an assignment you will receive a notification via Canvas. Students who do not log into the class for more than one week or do not complete more than 2 consecutive weeks of assignments may be dropped from the class at any point. Any student whose grade drops below 60% after Week 4 will be dropped. I will make my best effort to contact students at least once before dropping them from the course, but keep in mind I typically have over 120 students per semester. I will contact students via Canvas Inbox. Please make sure that you check your Canvas Inbox and/or link Canvas messaging to your CCSF email or preferred email address.

Do not rely on the instructor to DROP YOU in time for a refund. It is each student's responsibility to meet deadlines to do so.

Discussions

All students will be separated into two discussion groups for each discussion assignment. The discussion groups allow you to engage with fewer posts in more detail as opposed to reading 60-80 posts each week. The people in your discussion group may change as I try to maintain even numbers in each group as the semester progresses. When you enter a discussion assignment, your discussion group will be visible to you at the top of the page.

I have provided detailed grading rubrics in each discussion assignment that outline how posts are graded. The discussions are graded from 0 points to 3 points. You must meet word count requirements, include embedded media (image) in your initial post, and respond to at least one classmate to earn full points for each discussion assignment.

Quizzes

All quizzes contain five questions. You will have ten minutes for each quiz. The questions will ask you about the reading, Module content, and details about the feature film in each Module. IMPORTANT: You have to watch the feature film in each Module carefully: take notes on character names, relationships between people, pivotal scenes and events in the film etc. Some questions will present a shot from the film and ask you about people and events in relationship to that shot. You cannot Google the answers to these questions, they are designed to give easy points to those who watched the film and provide zero points to those who did not. These film questions make up at least two questions in each quiz. I will grade your quiz as soon as I can after the deadline. Correct answers will not be revealed to you until I grade your quiz. Please take quizzes via an Ethernet connected device (desktop/laptop computers). I cannot reset quizzes because your Wi-Fi was disconnected. I cannot reschedule quizzes. You have one attempt for each quiz in the course.

Midterm

The midterm consists of twenty-five questions that ask you to identify films, terms, people, concepts, and events from course materials. IMPORTANT: You must study and watch every film clip in each Module in the first half of the course to pass the midterm. The midterm contains at least ten questions where you will be presented with a shot from a Module clip and you must identify the film it comes from. You will have thirty-five minutes to complete the midterm. A study guide will be provided in Canvas at least one week before the midterm. The midterm covers the first half of the course.

I will grade your midterm as soon as I can after the deadline. Correct answers will not be revealed to you until I grade your midterm. Please take the midterm via an Ethernet connected device (desktop/laptop computers). I cannot reset the midterm because your Wi-Fi was disconnected. I cannot reschedule the midterm. You have one attempt to take the midterm.

Final

The final consists of twenty-five questions that ask you to identify films, terms, people, concepts, and events from course materials. IMPORTANT: You must study and watch every film clip in each Module in the second half of the course to pass the final. The final contains at least ten questions where you will be presented with a shot from a Module clip and you must identify the film it comes from. You will have thirty-five minutes to complete the final. A study guide will be provided in Canvas at least one week before the final. The final covers the second half of the course.

I will grade your final as soon as I can after the deadline. Correct answers will not be revealed to you until I grade your final. Please take the final via an Ethernet connected device (desktop/laptop computers). I cannot reset the final because your Wi-Fi was disconnected. I cannot reschedule the final. You have one attempt to take the final.

Grading

Discussion Posts & Response Posts (60% of Final Grade)     

Quizzes (20% of Final Grade)

Midterm (10% of Final Grade)

Final (10% of Final Grade)

Late assignments cannot be accepted except in severe circumstances. You will not receive any points for late work. Also, please keep an eye on the “Announcements” link on the left side of the course homepage. Recent Announcements will also appear on the course home page.

Final Grades

100-90 = A

89-80 = B

79-70 = C

69-60 = D

< 59   = F

Standards of Conduct

Students who register in CCSF classes are required to abide by the CCSF Student Code of Conduct, for this class especially
Number 8:

Academic or intellectual dishonesty such as cheating, plagiarism, or the use of generative tools (including but not limited to GPT-4, ChatGPT, Claude, Cohere), without the permission of the instructor to produce responses to school tasks or activities.

Violation of the code is basis for referral to the Student Conduct Coordinator or dismissal from the course or CCSF. You are expected to do your own work, and have your own unique answers to questions. Anyone found cheating or plagiarizing the work of others will receive a zero on the assignment and face disciplinary action at the college. 

PLAGIARISM = copying/citing the words, images, videos, or ideas of others without giving them credit. 

It is not acceptable to generate work for this class with the use AI/Chat GPT. It will be obvious and will not meet the requirements.

DSPS Accommodations

Disabled Students Programs & Services

If you need classroom or testing accommodations because of a disability, or have emergency medical information to share with me, or need special arrangements, please make an appointment with me as soon as possible.

Students seeking disability related accommodations are encouraged to also register with Disabled Students Programs and Services located in Room 323 of the Rosenberg Library (415) 452-5481. Please see the DSPS website for more information and alternate locations