HUM 317 - Unsung Stories and New Expressions

(Same as FTV 317.) Prerequisite, consent of instructor. This class provides the opportunity for students to present untold and meaningful stories in today’s evolving media environment, providing students with investigative and research technique as well as practical pitching and project development. This course will hone their qualitative research skills to deeply engage in the world around them though a humanistic understanding of inequality and social justice. This interdisciplinary course is designed to highlight social rights activism in the face of oppression and human rights abuse, through primary and secondary source research including books, oral histories, legal records, archives, personal interviews. This course will also examine how similar stories have been (mis)represented or appropriated in traditional media and explore issues of ethics in storytelling. Students will next create a proposal for a media project based upon their research and create a project presentation suited for any of the streaming, internet, tv or theatrical venues that are prevalent or emerging today. Letter grade with Pass/No Pass option. Repeatable for credit if the topic is different. (Offered fall semester.) 3 credits