Reedley College Catalog 2018-19

206 2018-2019 Catalog Environmental Horticulture - Film 48 LANDSCAPE DESIGN 3 units, 2 lecture hours, 3 lab hours ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, and Mathematics 201. The study and implementation of the art and science of landscape design, including principles of design, the design process, drafting, graphics, and presentation methods. Project emphasis is placed upon residential and small commercial sites. (A, CSU) 383 HOME FOOD PRODUCTION 0 units, 3 lab hours The planting, growing, harvesting, and processing methods for various food crops including fruit trees, berry vines, perennial and annual edible plants used in the landscape. 384 ORNAMENTAL & VEGETABLE GARDENING PROJECTS 0 units, 3 lab hours Application of skills in the following landscape horticulture areas: general gardening, vegetable, greenhouse, ornamentals, etc. Individual projects to be determined by student interest in consultation with instructor. ETHNIC STUDIES (ETHNST) 5 AFRICAN PEOPLE IN THE NEW WORLD 3 units, 3 lecture hours, pass/no pass (See also History 5) ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 and 126. This course provides a survey of the historical contributions of African people in South America, Central America, the Caribbean and the United States from the 16th century to the present. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) 32 HISTORY OF THE MEXICAN AMERICAN PEOPLE 3 units, 3 lecture hours, pass/no pass (See also History 32) ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 and 126. This course traces the history of the Mexican American people from the pre-Columbian era to the present. Topics covered include the indigenous origins of Mexican society, the Spanish colonial period, the Spanish and Mexican roots of the contemporary American Southwest, and the role played by Mexican Americans in the social, economic, political, and cultural development of the United States from the Mexican War (1846- 1848) to the present. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) FILM (FILM) 1 INTRODUCTION TO FILM STUDIES 3 units, 3 lecture hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 1A or 1AH. A course demonstrating the uses of photography, editing, and sound in the telling of film stories; it will explore film and social issues, filmic meaning, and the main issues of film theory and criticism. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) 2A HISTORY OF CINEMA: 1895-1960 3 units, 3 lecture hours ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 or English 126. This course provides a survey of significant moments in the creation, delivery, reception, and influence of cinema from the 1890’s to 1960. Instruction will include the origins of film technology and its increasing usefulness for narrative, historical documentary, and political argument or indoctrination, and aesthetics. Analysis will include the discovery of how technology, society, public taste, history and social concerns shaped the medium. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) 2B HISTORY OF CINEMA: 1960 TO PRESENT 3 units, 3 lecture hours ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 or English 126. This course is a survey of significant films and advances in the creation, reception and influence of cinema from 1960 to the present. Instruction will include the international reach and commercial success of the film industry, the hegemony of Western film, the maintenance and the re-tooling of Hollywood as a labor force from the Classical period to the present. Also, this course charts the filmic conventions and advancements of narrative and documentary film, and how film is used as a political argument or as indoctrination. Analyses will include varying film criticisms from feminist to Marxist to reception theory, among others. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) 5 DIGITAL FILMMAKING 3 units, 3 lecture hours ADVISORIES: Film 1 and eligibility for English 125 or 126. Participation in this course serves as an introduction to digital filmmaking from both assigned topics and original scripts, including techniques for shooting, light set up, sound capture and dubbing and editing of short films. Emphasis is on the application of personal creative expression with guidance from a script of fictional work, and inspiration from professional and well-regarded examples. (A, CSU, UC)