Marvel’s Cinematic Universe Now Offered As College Course

[cloud cloddie]

http://www.inquisitr.com/1488378/marvels-cinematic-universe-now-offered-as-college-course/

 

I wish there would've been more classes like this when I was in school.

[Jiminy_Cricket-migration]

http://www.inquisitr.com/1488378/marvels-cinematic-universe-now-offered-as-college-course/

 

I wish there would've been more classes like this when I was in school.

 

[ChrisInBaltimore]

I've mentioned this before, but I took a Graphic Novel course in college about 10 years ago. It was awful. The professors were weird comic elitists. I've never sat in an college level English course and actually heard professors tell people their interpretations were dead wrong. These guys did it though.

 

The course you linked isn't all that far from me, although I've never heard of the school…

[ChicksCosmiComics]

I had an elective course in College History Of Rock and Roll. The text book was a Rolling Stone Encyclopdeia of Rock..Only 4.0 in 5 1/2 years of college

[ChrisInBaltimore]

I need credits to keep my certification…

[ChrisInBaltimore]

I had an elective course in College History Of Rock and Roll. The text book was a Rolling Stone Encyclopdeia of Rock..Only 4.0 in 5 1/2 years of college

 

I took a History of Hip Hop course. It was really interesting- especially since I wasn't a fan of Hip Hop. It gave me an appreciation for the course.

 

I took a ton of interesting courses. English electives were a blast.

[Psithyrus]

Doesn't Bendis teach a course?

[Speedy-D]

Back in my day, we read books in English class.

[cloud cloddie]

The best elective I took was Intro to Film Studies. We got together every Wednesday night, watched a movie then talked about it. Best gen ed class ever for me

[ChrisInBaltimore]

Professor is curator at Geppi Museum. I think I need to figure out how to take this class.

[ChrisInBaltimore]

Back in my day, we read books in English class.

 

We read plenty of books

 

http://www.amazon.com/Cant-Stop-Wont-History-Generation/dp/0312425791/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411315073&sr=1-1&keywords=can%27t+stop+won%27t+stop

[Heronext]

I hope in the next couple of years we get a behind-the-scenes book about how the Marvel cinematic U was put together.

[DavidTheDavid]

I've mentioned this before, but I took a Graphic Novel course in college about 10 years ago. It was awful. The professors were weird comic elitists. I've never sat in an college level English course and actually heard professors tell people their interpretations were dead wrong. These guys did it though.

 

The course you linked isn't all that far from me, although I've never heard of the school…

 

Speaking as someone with two degrees in literature, people do mis-interpret texts. Not every interpretation is valid.

[ChrisInBaltimore]

I've mentioned this before, but I took a Graphic Novel course in college about 10 years ago. It was awful. The professors were weird comic elitists. I've never sat in an college level English course and actually heard professors tell people their interpretations were dead wrong. These guys did it though.

 

The course you linked isn't all that far from me, although I've never heard of the school…

 

Speaking as someone with two degrees in literature, people do mis-interpret texts. Not every interpretation is valid.

 

Yes- speaking as an English teacher, that is very true. I think it was more the guys attitude about it that was off putting.

 

It was also off putting that they came in one night, put on the first Spider-Man movie, and walked out. It was unnecessary. They just did some odd things- maybe my one example wasn't great.

[Jeffro.]

I'd rather take a course on the non cinematic Marvel Universe

[ChrisInBaltimore]

I'd rather take a course on the non cinematic Marvel Universe

 

Those are a dime a dozen though. Heck, even my high school that has cut almost every elective in English because of budget cuts still has a history of film class.

[ChrisInBaltimore]

Talking with the prof. now. If it works within my schedule, I'm all over the course!

[cloud cloddie]

Talking with the prof. now. If it works within my schedule, I'm all over the course!

 

I hope you get in, because I'm curious to see what the class ends up being like. (thumbs u

[ArnoldTBlumberg]

I've taught Comic Book Lit. for 15 years and a number of other courses on superheroes and mythology before getting the chance to teach this course.

 

I would *never* do anything as appalling as what those professors did. In fact it's a point I make in the beginning of every semester - these are classes in observation, interpretation, and finding meaning in media. The students' opinions, as long as they can support them with examples (and I give wide latitude) are just as important and in fact *more* important than mine. I know what I think - I want them to decide what *they* think, and then share it.

[ArnoldTBlumberg]

I haven't been a curator at the museum mentioned since 2010. Free agent here.