Americans get much of their beliefs and understanding of the world,
including scientific from television, VCR videos, and films at movie
theaters.  Even the Learning Channel broadcasts programs about UFOs
and other ideas and concepts very questionable scientifically.  This
course deals with a number of issues of folk belief and world view
reinforced, debated, propagated, and spread by video and film, and it
will also explore ways of critically viewing and examining belief on
tape and film.  Students will examine videos of their choice for
critical examination, including such topics as Atlantis, the Ark of
the
Covenant, Bigfoot, the Shroud of Turin, the Bermuda Triangle, Ghosts,
UFOs, Alien Abductions, the Alien Autopsy, Loch Ness, and Near Death
Experiences.  As Mulder says, “The Truth is out there.” Perhaps you
can find it in this class.