Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionThis course examines the emergence of a category, or genre, of film within the context of film history. Each time the course is offered, it focuses one or more genres (e.g., the Western, gangster film, musical, film noir) and the societal and economic context in which specific film types emerge. Students view representative films in order to identify and analyze techniques and conventions unique to the genre under consideration. 