Approved Courses

Courses on the Approved list may be applied to the concentration in Media Studies; students may petition the Program Director to apply other courses to their concentration. Students must complete all prerequisites prior to enrolling in courses on the Approved list.

Africana Studies 236. African Cinema (1)

American Culture 287. American Television Culture (1)

Anthropology 259. Soundscapes: Anthropology of Music (1)
(same as Music 259)

Anthropology 263. Anthropology Goes to the Movies:Film, Video, and Ethnography (1)

Anthropology 351. Language and Expressive Culture (1)
(depending upon topic)

Anthropology 361. Consumer Culture (1)

Anthropology 364. Tourism (1)

Art 264. The Avant-Gardes, 1889-1929 (1)

Art 265. Modern Art and Mass Media, 1929-1968 (1)

Art 268. The Times, 1968-now (1)

Art 364. Seminar in Twentieth Century Art (1)

Art 366. Seminar in African American Art and Cultural History (1)
(same as Africana Studies 366 and Women Studies 366)

Chinese 217. Chinese Film and Contemporary Fiction (1)

Chinese/Japanese 250. Chinese Popular Culture (1)

English 275. Caribbean Discourse (1)

English 325. Studies in Genres (selected topics) (1)

English 362. Text and Image (1)

English 370. Transnational Literatures (1)

Film 210. World Cinema to 1945 (1)

Film 211. World Cinema After 1945 (1)

Film 212. Genre: The Musical (1)

Film 215. Genre: Science Fiction (1)

Film 219. Genre: Film Noir (1)

Film 230. Women in Film (same as Women Studies 230) (1)

Film 231. Minorities in the Media (1)

Film 233. The McCarthy Era and Film (1)

Film 260. Documentary: History and Aesthetics (1)

Film 392. Research Seminar in Film History and Theory (1)

French 212. Reading French Literature and Film (1)

French 213. Media and Society (1)

German Studies 230. Contemporary German Culture and Media (1)

German Studies 235. Introduction to German Cultural Studies (1)

German Studies 265. German Film in English Translation (1)

Italian 250. Italian Cinema in English (1)

Italian 255. Four Italian Filmmakers (in English) (1)

Japanese 222. Narratives of Japan: Fiction and Film (1)

Japanese 224. Japanese Popular Culture and Literature (1)

Jewish Studies 315. Jews, Jewish Identity, and the Arts (1)

Music 238. Music in Film (same as Film 238) (1)

Philosophy 240. Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics (1)

Physics 180. Science of Sound (1)

Political Science 234. Media and Politics (1)

Russian 231. Russian Screen and Stage (1)

Sociology 256. Mass Media and Society (1)

Sociology 265. News Media in America (1)

Sociology 273. Sociology of the New Economy (1)
(sames as Science, Technology, and Society 273)

Sociology 356. Culture, Commerce, and the Public Sphere (1)

Sociology 365. Class, Culture, and Power (1)

Sociology 380. Art, War, and Social Change (1)

Science, Technology, and Society 200. Science and Technology Studies (1)

Women’s Studies 240. Construction of Gender: Representations of Gender in American Popular Media. (1)