Spring Course Descriptions

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Course Offerings

The Media Studies curriculum is divided between core courses (those which are restricted to Media Studies majors) and electives. Below is a listing of the core courses.

Core Courses

  • MDST 2000 Introduction to Media Studies
  • MDST 2010 Introduction to Digital Media Studies
  • MDST 3000 Theory and Criticism of Media
  • MDST 3050 The History of Media
  • MDST 3800 Independent Study in Media Studies
  • MDST 4000 Fourth Year Seminar
  • MDST 4960 Advanced Projects in Media Studies
  • MDST 4970/4980 Distinguished Majors Program

Please be aware that elective course offerings change with each semester.  Some of our elective offerings are listed below as examples of the courses of study that we offer and may not be available every semester.

Elective Courses

  • MDST 3100 - Film and Television in the 1960s
  • MDST 3102 - Copyright, Culture, and Commerce
  • MDST 3104 - News and the Construction of Reality
  • MDST 3105 - Latina/o Media Studies
  • MDST 3206 - Documentary Film
  • MDST 3402 - War and the Media
  • MDST 3403 - Special Topics in Issues & Controversies in the Media
  • MDST 3404 - Democratic Politics in the New Media Environment
  • MDST 3405 - Media Policy
  • MDST 3410 - Media Ethics
  • MDST 3500 - Topics in the History of Media
  • MDST 3501 - Special Topics in Directors and Auteurs
  • MDST 3502 - Special Topics in Film Genre
  • MDST 3600 - Women and Television
  • MDST 3601 - Screening History: Media and Cultural Memory
  • MDST 3610 - Film under Fascism: Ideology and Entertainment
  • MDST 3620 - World Cinema
  • MDST 3701 - New Media Culture
  • MDST 3702 - Computers and Languages
  • MDST 3703 - Introduction to the Digital Liberal Arts
  • MDST 3804 - Scriptwriting for Film & TV
  • MDST 3830 - History of Film I
  • MDST 3840 - History of Film II
  • MDST 3850 - History of Film III
  • MDST 4101 - Privacy & Surveillance
  • MDST 4102 - Qualitative Methods in Media Audience Research
  • MDST 4103 - Representing Violence
  • MDST 4104 - History of U S Broadcasting
  • MDST 4106 The Kennedy Era and the Media
  • MDST 4200 - Sex and Gender Go To The Movies
  • MDST 4300 - Global Media
  • MDST 4301 - Global Indigenous Media
  • MDST 4700 - Theory of New Media
  • MDST 4702 - Cyberculture
  • MDST 4703 - Technology and Media
  • MDST 4801 - Introduction to Documentary Production
  • MDST 4802 - Video Production