FILM COMEDY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain what makes a comedy a comedy Audience: Undergraduate 2. Draw pertinent distinctions among different forms and techniques of comedy Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize key theories of humor and evaluate their pros, cons, and overlaps Audience: Undergraduate 4. Discern formal, narrative, and rhetorical variables shaping particular comedic works Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify social and ethical values and pitfalls of humor and comedy Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Explain what makes a comedy a comedy Audience: Undergraduate 2. Draw pertinent distinctions among different forms and techniques of comedy Audience: Undergraduate 3. Summarize key theories of humor and evaluate their pros, cons, and overlaps Audience: Undergraduate 4. Discern formal, narrative, and rhetorical variables shaping particular comedic works Audience: Undergraduate 5. Identify social and ethical values and pitfalls of humor and comedy Audience: Undergraduate