Approved Courses
The following courses are offered annually or biannually:- Art 115 Foundation Photography
- Art 124 Foundation Photography
- Art 145 Foundation Photography
- Art 238 Computer-Generated Imagery
- Art 240 Motion Graphics
- Art 246 Graphic Design
- Art 248 Photography
- Art 249 Video Art Production
- Asian Studies 156 Contemporary China through Film
- Chinese 256 Chinese Drama and Film
- English 255 Journalistic Writing
- English 275 Literature and Film
- History 140 America Since World War II
- Music 225 Music in the Electronic Medium
- Physics 252 Musical Acoustics
The following courses are offered occasionally; some courses are often, but not always, media-related in content:
- American Studies 201-210 A Topical Approach
- American Studies 301 Seminar
- Art 250 U.S. Visions and Identities
- Art 256 History of Cinema: Beginnings to 1950s
- Art 257 History of Cinema: 1950s-Present
- Asian Studies 124 Introduction to Japanese Film
- Asian Studies 156 Contemporary China through Film
- English 226 19th Century Myths and 20th Century Movies
- English 345 Topics in American Racial and Multicultural Literatures
- Environmental Studies 270 Nature and the American Landscape
- French 373 Genre Studies
- German 350 German Literature Seminar (some years focuses on films)
- History 125 American Consumer Culture
- History 239 Media in American Society
- History 338 Problems of Contemporary America
- Integrative Studies 203 Performance Studies
- Physics 120 The Physics of Photography
- Political Science 227 Media and Politics
- Religion 229 Bergman and the Possibility of Christian Theology
- Russian and Central European Studies 265 Introduction to Russian and Soviet Film
- Russian and Central European Studies 382 The Russian Press
- Sociology/Anthropology 122 Culture and Sociology of Films
- Sociology/Anthropology 123 The 1970s and Beyond
Additional courses that count for Media Studies may be offered on a periodic or one-time basis. Students interested in having a course approved for Media Studies should consult with the program director.
