Laura Kissel, Director

Overview

Film and Media Studies students learn to explain and reimagine a society saturated by audio-visual media-from cinema and radio to television, mobile microscreens and video games. Major and minor programs of study cultivate foundational skills in problem solving, writing, research, analysis, oral communication, and collaboration. Students apply those skills to investigations of past, present, and future media artworks, industries and audiences.

Students who might want to major or minor in film and media studies should begin with either FAMS 240 Film and Media Analysis (CC-AIU) or FAMS 300 (CC-GHS) Film and Media History (CC-GHS). FAMS 110 Media Culture (CC-AUI) is designed for non-majors. 

Programs and Courses

Programs

• Film and Media Studies Minor
• Film and Media Studies, BA

Courses

• FAMS 110 - Media Culture
• FAMS 180 - Film Culture
• FAMS 240 - Film and Media Analysis
• FAMS 300 - Film and Media History
• FAMS 301 - Media, Power and Everyday Life
• FAMS 308 - Global Media Industries
• FAMS 310 - Special Topics In Popular Media
• FAMS 311 - Classical Hollywood Cinema
• FAMS 316 - Music and the Hollywood Film
• FAMS 325 - Superheroes across Media
• FAMS 328 - The Blockbuster
• FAMS 330 - Special Topics in Non-Film Media
• FAMS 332 - American Television
• FAMS 338 - Contemporary British Television Industry
• FAMS 350 - Introduction to Comics Studies
• FAMS 360 - Special Topics in Global Media
• FAMS 361 - Middle East on Screen
• FAMS 363 - Hong Kong Action Cinema
• FAMS 365 - Screening China
• FAMS 380 - Special Topics in Alternative Media
• FAMS 381 - History of Experimental Film
• FAMS 383 - Documentary Studies
• FAMS 399 - Independent Study
• FAMS 470 - Genre Studies in Film and Media
• FAMS 499 - Internship in Film and Media Studies
• FAMS 510 - Special Topics in Film and Media Histories
• FAMS 511 - Special Topics in Film and Media Studies
• FAMS 566 - Special Topics in U.S. Film and Media
• FAMS 581 - Critical Interactives
• FAMS 598 - Special Topics in Global Film and Media