Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: AMERICAN NOIR

Department: First-Year Writing Intensive

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: From its emergence in 1930s crime novels, to the solidification of its tropes in post-WWII films, the Noir has always critiqued American exceptionalism and prosperity. This course will encourage students to look past the hard-boiled detectives to see the cultural ambiguities that lurk within the mysteries that the genre offers.