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

FACULTY:
Jennifer Hayward, Chair
Ahmet Atay
Nii Nikoi

The Global Media concentration offers a solid foundation in media research, methods, and theory embedded in a transnational context, and prepares students to pursue a variety of career paths, including positions in media organizations, opinion research, commentary, teaching, and graduate studies.

Major in Global Media & Digital Studies: Global Media Track

Consists of ten courses:

GMDS 11000 - Intro to Global Media and Digital Studies
GMDS 12000 - Intro to Media and Cultural Studies
GMDS 21200 - Cultural Studies and Power
or
GMDS 25000 - Transnational Approaches on Media and Film
Junior IS: Choose one of four options, depending on pathway and interests:
GMDS 30000 - Research Methods in GMDS
COMM 35100 - Critical/Cultural Research Methods
ENGL 30010 - Post/Colonial Lit. and Film
ENGL 30018 - Medieval Cinema
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
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