SWAN 352 - Animation in Film

3 Credits
three hours per week. three lecture hours.

This course uses the formal workings and aesthetics of film to examine animation. Through lecture and screenings, students are introduced to masterworks of animation with respect too artistic techniques of storytelling. Portrayals of race, class, and gender are also explored from the earliest cartoons, to anime and new Disney and Pixar 3-D animated films. Research includes critical essays and collaborative multimedia projects in some sections.

Prerequisite(s) SWAN 345 must be completed with a grade of “C” or higher
Offered (OFFERED AS NEEDED)