Global Media & Digital Studies: Global Media Pathway, B.A.

Major in Global Media & Digital Studies: Global Media Pathway

Consists of ten courses:

• GMDS 11000 - Intro to Global Media & Digital Studies
• GMDS 12000 - Intro to Media & Cultural Studies

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• GMDS 21200 - Cultural Studies and Power

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• GMDS 25000 - Transnational Approaches on Media & Film

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• Junior IS: Choose one of four options, depending on pathway and interests:

• GMDS 30000 - Research Methods in GMDS
• COMM 35100 - Critical/Cultural Methodologies
• ENGL 30010 - Post/Colonial Lit. & Film
• ENGL 30018 - Medieval Cinema

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• Two Program Electives, to include:

            a) At least one course focused on Media/Film Production/Digital
                and/or Writing

            b) At least one course focused on Media Studies, Criticism, History,
                and/or Theory

• Two Cross-Listed Interdisciplinary Electives

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• GMDS 45100 - Senior Independent Study
• GMDS 45200 - Senior Independent Study

Cross-Listed courses/Electives

Category I Courses: National/Transnational Film and Media

• AFST 24400.   Cinema of Africa and the African Diaspora
• CHIN 22300.   Chinese Cinema as Translation of Cultures (in English)
• CMLT 23600.  Comparative Film Studies
• ENGL 30010.  Postcolonial Literature and Film
• GRMN 22802. German Film and Society (in English)
• GRMN 25000. Current Events in News and Social Media (in German)
• HIST 20900.    Europe Since 1945: Film and History
• HIST 27507.    Iranian Cinema and History
• RUSS 22000.  Russian Culture Through Film (in English)
• RUSS 24000.  Imagining Russia
• SPAN 28000.  Hispanic Film (in English)

Category II Courses: Film/Media/Digital Writing and Production

• ARTS 15900.   Introduction to Photography
• COMM 33200. Visual Communication
• ENGL 16002.   Travel Writing
• GMDS 41000.  Internship
• HIST 20201.    History Workshop: Historical Documentary Filmmaking
• THTD 10200.  Foundations of Theatrical Design
• THTD 30201.  Topics Visual: Scenic Design
• THTD 30203.  Topics Visual: Costume Design
• THTD 30209.  Topics Visual: Lighting Design
• THTD 303xx.   Topics in Physical Text

Category III Courses: Film/Media as Significant Course Component

• COMM 23300.  Mediated Gender, Race, and Sexuality
• COMM 23500.  Media, Culture, and Society
• CMLT 22200.   Classical Tradition in Modern Drama, Fiction, and Film
• CMLT 23600.   Comparative Film Studies
• CMLT 29004.   Filming the Occult
• ENGL 21014.   Religion in Black Film and Literature
• ENGL 23043.   Noir
• ENGL 24018.   Fidelity and Betrayal: The 19th Century British Novel on Film
• GRMN 25000.  Current Events in News and Social Media
• HIST 20101.    History of the News
• HIST 20107.    The Western: “new Wests” In Modern America
• HIST 29000.    Europe Since 1945: Film and History
• RELS 26400.   Religion and Film