NCHU Course Outline

Course Name	(中) 電影中的社會變遷(0405)
	(Eng.) Social Change Through Movies
Offering Dept	General Education Center
Course Type	Required	Credits	2	Teacher	LIN, CHIH-LUNG
Department	General	Language	English	Semester	2026-SPRING
Course Description	This course examines social changes through the medium of movies. Topics for this course include race, social classes, immigration, family, ideology, authority, war, media and AI. Using movies analysis, this course will examine how social change has been represented on screen. Critical analysis of movies should account for the social context where it was mad. Every week we introduce one issue through movies and discuss how movies play in the understanding of our life.
Prerequisites				self-directed learning in the course	Y

Relevance of Course Objectives and Core Learning Outcomes(%)			Teaching and Assessment Methods for Course Objectives
Course Objectives	Competency Indicators	Ratio(%)	Teaching Methods	Assessment Methods
1.To learn about the historical and cultural background of contemporary society. 2.To gain an awareness of the political and economic realities and challenges of modern world.	5.International Perspective 6.Social Concern	50 50	Discussion Lecturing	Attendance Assignment
Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule
Week Course Content Week 1 Introduction Week 2 Social Order – High Noon (1952)(85m) * The role in preventing crime. Week 3 Social Order – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) (80m) * What is rumor? Week 4 The First Assessment Week 5 Gender – Gaslight (1940)(84m) * The origin of ”gaslighting effect”. Week 6 Love – Brief Encounter (1945)(86m) * How do you choose whether to stay or go? Week 7 4/6 Adjusted holiday Week 8 Family – Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) (93m) * What do you feel during a relationship breakdown? Week 9 Work and Married Life – Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)(105m) * Balancing work and parenting as a single parent. Week 10 Affluent Society – 84 Charing Cross Road (1987)(100m) *Rich mind, rich life. Week 11 Intelligence - Desk Set (1957) * Human or Computer Mind Week 12 The Second Assessment Week 13 Self and Society - The Truman Show (1998)(103m) * A Journal of Self-Discovery. Week 14 AI – Ruby Sparks (2012)(104m) * Progammed to love. Week 15 AI - Never Let Me Go (2010)(105m) * Is human cloning real in humans? Week 16 The Third Assignment. self-directed learning    03.Preparing presentations or reports related to industry and academia.
Evaluation
The top of the grading scale is capped at 100. The compositions are graded accordingly. Attitude in class (10 percent of total grade) The first assignment (30 percent of total grade) The second assignment (30 percent of total grade) The third assignment (30 percent of total grade) A student can make any grade item worth extra credit by submitting additional film criticism. A student who misses class is expected to present an excuse for every absence by email in two weeks or 10 points deducted off total grade for every absence.
Textbook & other References
1. Julianne Burton-Carvajal  The Social Documentary in Latin America University of Pittsburgh Press, 1990 ISBN 978-0822954194 2. Peter Sutoris Visions of Development: Films Division of India and the Imagination of Progress, 1948-75 Oxford University Press, 2016 ISBN  978-0190608323 3. Felicity Colman Film Theory Wallflower Press, 2014 ISBN 9780231169738 4. Matteo Pasquinelli. The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence Verso 2023 ISBN 9781788730068 5. Orian Brook Culture is Bad for you Manchester University Press, 2025 ISBN 9781526177810
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Office Hours
By appointment
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