Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2024-2025
FWIS 234 - MEDICINE AT THE MOVIES
Long Title: DEEP CUTS: MEDICINE AT THE MOVIES
Department: First-Year Writing Intensive
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: With a focus on mainstream and experimental cinematic treatments of medicine produced in the United States, France, and Spain, this writing-intensive seminar explores how films depict medicine’s and culture’s intersections through representations of the body, clinical practices, and healthcare institutions.