| 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.
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| 5.International Perspective |
| 6.Social Concern |
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| Course Content and Homework/Schedule/Tests Schedule |
| Week |
Course Content |
| Week 1 |
Introduction |
| Week 2 |
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| Week 3 |
Social Order – High Noon (1952)(85m)
* The role in preventing crime. |
| Week 4 |
Social Order – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) (80m)
* What is rumor? |
| Week 5 |
Cultures - Black Narcissus (1947) (101m)
* The Problem with power cultures. |
| Week 6 |
The First Assessment |
| Week 7 |
No Class |
| Week 8 |
Love and Family – Brief Encounter (1945)(86m)
* How do you choose whether to stay or go? |
| Week 9 |
Love and Family – Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) (93m)
* What do you feel during a relationship breakdown? |
| Week 10 |
Love and Family – Kramer VS. Kramer (1979)(105m)
* Child custody in divorce. |
| Week 11 |
Friendship - Ruby Sparks (2012)(104m)
* Progammed to Love. |
| Week 12 |
The Second Assessment |
| Week 13 |
Gender – Gaslight (1940)(84m)
(N.B. This is NOT the Ingrid Bergman’s version in 1944.)
* The origin of ”gaslighting effect”.
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| Week 14 |
Gender – Suffragette (2015)(106m)
* Women’s fights for equal rights of the late 19th century. |
| Week 15 |
Gender – Gregory’s Girl (1980)(91m)
* The gender issue in modern education and how media represent Scotland. |
| Week 16 |
Life - Never Let Me Go (2010)(105m)
* Is human cloning real in humans? |
| Week 17 |
The Third Assessment |
| Week 18 |
Self-directed learning (no class) |
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| Evaluation |
Attitude (40 percent of total grade)
The First Assessment (20 percent of total grade)
The Second Assessment (20 percent of total grade)
The Third Assessment (20 percent of total grade)
Self-directed learning (bonus total grade)
Register Taking (each absence -10)
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| Textbook & other References |
| Daniel Shaw, Film and Philosophy: Taking Movies Seriously (New York: Wildflower, 2008). |
| Teaching Aids & Teacher's Website |
Erik Barnouw, Documentary: A History of the Non-fiction Film (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993).
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| Office Hours |
| By appointment |
| Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs(Link URL) |
| 04.Quality Education 05.Gender Equality | include experience courses：N |
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