Courses by Category
Course Requirement Categories
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Core Course (1)
0001 Art of the Moving Image (ILVS-0051, TPS-0020)
Core Course (2), choose one of the following:
0002 Global History of Cinema (ILVS-0052)
0006 Television History (TPS-0024)
0094 A Cultural History of the Internet (new offering in fall 2025)
Core Course (3)
0190 FMS Seminar
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0044 Introduction to Media Culture and Theory (TPS-0022, ILVS-0054)
0052 The Horror Film
0065 Film Theory (ILVS-0061)
0066 Philosophy and Film (PHIL-00540)
0087 Postmodernism and Film (ENG-0081)
0182 Dark Places: Sound in Noir, Horror, and SciFi (MUS-0194) [+Upper Level]
0186 How Films Think (ENG-0186) [+Upper Level]
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0010 Film and Media Production I: The Basics of Visual Storytelling
0012 Producing for Film (TPS-0151)
0013 Documentary Film: History and Practice
0014 From Script to Screen
0015 Crafting Your Vision: Intermediate Visual Storytelling
0016 Cinematography
0017 Sound in Filmmaking
0018 Storytelling and Film Editing
0019 Experimental Film: From Concept to Practice
0020 Screenwriting I (PS-0079)
0021 Screenwriting II (PS-0178)
0022 New Forms of Screen Narrative (ENG-0012)
0023 TV Writing: Pitch to Script
0024 Acting for the Camera (TPS-0052)
0025 Costume Design (TPS-0071)
0027 Dance on Camera (DNC-0077)
0028 Scene Design (TPS-0070)
0030 Creative Writing: Journalism (ENG-0007)
0031 Intermediate Journalism (ENG-0011, CVS-0041)
0034 Creating Children's Media (CSHD-0169)
0035 The Art and Business of Crafting Compelling Media Campaigns
0051 Storytelling: Radio/Podcasts (MDIA-0166)
0067 Composition for Film: Film and Multimedia Composition (MUS-0017)
0134 Screenwriting III (TPS-0179)
0136 Directing for Film (TPS-0150)
0137 Advanced Documentary Production [+Upper Level]
0138 Advanced Filmmaking
0139 Independent Filmmaking
0140 Independent Filmmaking-Post Production
0160 Branding Theory and Practice [+Upper Level]
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Media Studies
0032 PR & Marketing: A History of Theory and Tactics
0033 Social Marketing: Theory and Practice
0036 AI in Motion: Ethics, Innovation, and Impact in Digital Media Industries (CVS-0013, STS-0036)
0037 Online Video Platforms: Algorithms, Content Creation, & Social Impact (CVS-0047)
0039 Ethnographic Film, Media, and Beyond (ANTH-0039)
0042 Children and the Mass Media (CSHD-0167, CVS-0147)
0045 Media Literacy (CSHD-0113, CVS-0139, TSC-0022)
0094 Special Topics: Media Ethics (PHIL-0091)
0161 Digital Dystopia: Hate and Extremism (SOC-0185) [+Upper Level]
0164 Seminar in Children and the Mass Media (CSHD-0267) [+Upper Level]
0163 Seminar: New Media, New Politics (PS-0104 & TCS-0104) [+Upper Level]
0164 Seminar in Children and the Mass Media (CSHD-0267) [+Upper Level]
Social Science
0041 Cultures of Computing (ANTH-0136)
0043 Media, Culture, and Society (SOC-0040)
0161 Digital Dystopias: Hate and Extremism Online (SOC-0185) [+Upper Level]
0163 Seminar: New Media, New Politics (PS-0104 & TCS-0104) [+Upper Level]
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0047 Media of the Middle East (ANTH-0144, ILVS-0144)
0050 Disney Studios Meets Studio Ghibli (JPN-0083, ILVS-0078)
0056 Women's Visions in Global Film (ILVS-0084)
0057 Russian & Eastern European Cinema (ILVS-0081)
0059 World War II on Film (ILVS-0092)
0060 Global Indigenous Film & Media (RCD-0094-04, TPS-0037)
0061 French Cinema (FR-0061)
0063 Love and War in French Film (FR-0075)
0068 From Beijing to Bollywood: Cinema of India and China (CHNS-0083, ENG-0091, ILVS-0091)
0069 Latin American Cinema (HAA-0084)
0076 Arab and Middle Eastern Cinema (ILVS-0087, ARB-0057)
0077 Italian Film (ITAL-0075)
0078 Japanese Film (JPN-0080)
0079 German Film (GER-0085)
0080 Russian Film: Arts, Politics, & Society (RUS-0080)
0083 Latinx Theatre and Film (TPS-0016, LST-0051)
0084 Jewish Experience On Film (ILVS-0143, JS-0142, REL-0142)
0085 Film & Nation: Russia & Central Asia (ILVS-0086 & RUS-0085)
0086 Classics of World Cinema (ILVS-0100 & WL-0101)
0088 Introduction to Chinese Cinema (CHNS-0080, ILVS-0100)
0091 New Chinese Cinema (CHNS-0081, ILVS-0081)
0094 Special Topics: Iranian Cinema and Theatre (TPS-0094) [Non-U.S.]
0169 Latin American Cinema (FAH-0184)
0175 Visualizing Colonialism (cross listed ARB-0155, ILVS-010, CST-0010) [+ Upper Level]
0178 War & Cultural Memory in Literature and Cinema of Middle East (ARB-0157, ILVS-0157)
0181 New Latin American Film (SPN-0151)
0183 Mexican Cinema and Identity (SPN-0184)
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0137 Advanced Documentary Production [+Practice]
0160 Branding [Theory, and Practice [+Practice]
0161 Digital Dystopia: Hate and Extremism (SOC-0185) [+Social Science]
0163 Seminar: New Media, New Politics (PS-0104 & TCS-0104) [+Social Science]
0164 Seminar in Children and the Mass Media (CSHD-0267) [+Media Studies]
0165 TV in the Age of Change (ILVS-0072, TPS-0121) [Upper Level]
0175 Visualizing Colonialism (ARB-0155, ILVS-010, CST-0010) [+Non-U.S.]
0176 The Horror Film [Upper Level]
0179 Film and the Avant-Garde (FAH-0159, ILVS-0091)
0180 Psychoanalysis and Cinema (ENG-0180) [+Elective]
0182 Dark Places: Sound in Noir, Horror, and SciFi (MUS-0194) [+Theory]
0184 Film and Modernism (ILVS, FAH-0150, ENG)
0186 How Films Think (ENG-0186) [+Theory]
0187 SoundTracks: Studies in Audio-Vision (MUS-0193) [+Elective]
0194 Special Topics: Seminar in English: Political Cinema (ENG-0191) [Upper Level]
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0026 Dance and the Hollywood Musical (DNC-0085)
0029 The Designer's Eye: History of Style & Decor (TPS-0031)
0046 Anthropology of Journalism (ANTH-0133)
0048 Visual Anthropolgy (ANTH-0135)
0049 Political Cinema (ENG-0082)
0058 Warrior Nation (RUS-0078, ILVS-0088)
0059 World War II on Film (ILVS-0092)
0062 Imagining the Holocaust on Stage and Screen (TPS-0025, TPS-0125, JS-0025)
0064 The Music of John Williams and Star Wars (MUS-0055)
0070 Histories of Film, Part One 1895-1955 (VMS-0010)
0071 History of Film II: 1955-Present (VMS-0011)
0072 Cinematic Cities (VMS-0105)
0073 History and Aesthetics in Hitchcock (VISC-010)
0074 Neo-Noir and Its Contexts (VMS-0101)
0082 Music On Film, Film On Music (MUS-0056)
0089 African American Theater and Film (TPS-0018 & AFR-0048)
0092 Film Noir and the American Tradition (ENG-0088)
0094 Special Topics: Media Culture Now (SMFA-0182)
0094 Special Topics: Migrant Narratives (ILVS-0092)
0094 Special Topics: Philosophy of Humor (PHIL-0091)
0094 Special Topics: Law and Performance (TPS-0093)
0095 Creative Careers and Artistic Life Seminar (TPS-0100)
0099 FMS Media Internship [counts toward practice degree totals, but not toward the Practice category]
0187 SoundTracks: Studies in Audio-Vision (MUS-0193) [+Upper Level]
0189 How to Pay Attention (ANTH-0189)
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0195 Directed Study
0198-01 Senior Honors Thesis 1/Production Projects
0198-02 Senior Honors Thesis 1/Written Projects
0199-01 Senior Honors Thesis 2/Production Projects
0199-02 Senior Honors Thesis 2/Written Projects
Legacy Course Requirement Categories
Students who matriculated before fall 2024 and plan on earning their degree by spring 2027 have the option to choose the current Course Requirements or the Legacy Course Requirements.
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0001 Art of the Moving Image (cross listed ILVS-0051, TPS-0020)
Choose one:
0002 Global History of Cinema (cross listed ILVS-0052)
0006 Television History (cross listed TPS-0024)
0194 Cultural History of the Internet
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0036 AI in Motion: Ethics, Innovation, and Impact in Digital Media Industries [Theory, Practice]
0037 Online Video Platforms: Algorithms, Content Creation, and Social Impact [Theory, Practice]
0044 Introduction to Media Culture and Theory (cross listed TPS-0022, ILVS-0054) [Theory, Social Science]
0048 Visual Anthropology (cross listed ANTH-0135) [Theory, Social Science]
0049 Political Cinema (cross listed ENG-0082) [Theory]
0060 Global Indigenous Film & Media (cross listed RCD-0094-04, TPS-0037) [Theory]
0065 Film Theory (cross listed ILVS-0061) [Theory]
0066 Philosophy and Film (cross listed PHIL-0054) [Theory]
0066 The Horror Film [Theory]
0081 Hitchcock: Cinema, Gender, Ideology (cross listed ENG-0080, ILVS-0057) [Theory]
0087 Postmodernism and Film (cross listed ENG-0081) [Theory]
0094 Special Topics: Seminar: Studies in Film Festivals [Theory, Practice]]
0094 Special Topics: Media Ethics (cross listed PHIL-0091) [Theory]
0094 Special Topics: The Horror Film: Gender, Race, and Genre [Theory]
0094 Special Topics: Women's Visions in Global Film (cross listed ILVS-0091) [Theory, Non-U.S.]
0165 TV in the Age of Change (cross listed ILVS-0072, TPS-0121) [Theory, Upper Level]
0180 Psychoanalysis and Cinema (cross listed ENG-0180) [Theory, Upper Level]
0186 How Films Think (cross listed ENG-0186) [Theory, Upper Level]
0194 Special Topics: Media and the Environment [Theory, Upper Level]
0194 Special Topics: Screening Paranoia [Theory, Upper Level]
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0010 Film and Media Production I: The Basics of Visual Storytelling [Practice]
0012 Producing for Film (cross listed TPS-0151) [Practice]
0013 Documentary Film: History and Practice [Practice]
0014 From Script to Screen [Practice]
0015 Crafting Your Vision: Intermediate Visual Storytelling [Practice]
0016 Cinematography [Practice]
0017 Sound in Filmmaking [Practice]
0018 Storytelling and Film Editing [Practice]
0019 Experimental Film: From Concept to Practice [Practice]
0020 Screenwriting I (cross listed TPS-0079) [Practice]
0021 Screenwriting II (cross listed TPS-0178) [Practice]
0022 New Forms of Screen Narrative (cross listed ENG-0012) [Practice]
0023 TV Writing: Pitch to Script [Practice]
0024 Acting for the Camera (cross listed TPS-0052) [Practice]
0025 Costume Design (cross listed TPS-0071) [Practice]
0026 Dance and the Hollywood Musical (cross listed DNC-0085) [Practice]
0027 Dance on Camera (cross listed DNC-0077) [Practice]
0028 Scene Design (cross listed TPS-0070) [Practice]
0029 The Designer's Eye: History of Style & Decor (cross listed TPS-0031) [Practice]
0030 Creative Writing: Journalism (cross listed ENG-0007) [Practice]
0031 Intermediate Journalism (cross listed ENG-0011, CVS-0041) [Practice]
0032 PR & Marketing: A History of Theory and Tactics [Practice, Social Science]
0033 Social Marketing: Theory and Practice [Practice]
0034 Creating Children's Media (cross listed CSHD-0169) [Practice, Social Science]
0035 The Art and Business of Crafting Compelling Media Campaigns [Practice]
0036 AI in Motion: Ethics, Innovation, and Impact in Digital Media Industries [Practice, Theory]
0037 Online Video Platforms: Algorithms, Content Creation, and Social Impact [Practice]
0038 Half the History: Finding, Creating, and Amplifying Women’s Historical Stories through Media (cross listed WGSS-0085, TPS, CSHD) [Practice]
0051 Storytelling: Radio/Podcasts (cross listed MDIA-0166) [Practice]
0067 Composition for Film: Film and Multimedia Composition (cross listed MUS-0017) [Practice]
0094 Special Topics: Seminar: Studies in Film Festivals [Practice, Theory]
0094 Special Topics: Acting for TV and Film (cross listed TPS-0093) [Practice]
0094 Special Topics: Costume Design for Film, TV, and New Media (cross listed TPS-0094) [Practice]
0094 Special Topics: Solo Dance on Camera (cross listed TPS-0091-80) [Practice]
0134 Screenwriting III (cross listed TPS-0179) [Practice]
0136 Directing for Film (cross listed TPS-0150) [Practice]
0137 Advanced Documentary Production [Practice, Upper Level]
0138 Advanced Filmmaking [Practice]
0139 Independent Filmmaking [Practice]
0140 Independent Filmmaking-Post Production [Practice]
0160 Branding Theory and Practice [Practice, Social Science, Upper Level]
0187 SoundTracks: Studies in Audio-Vision (cross listed MUS-0193) [Practice, Upper Level]
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0032 PR & Marketing: A History of Theory and Tactics [Social Science, Practice]
0034 Creating Children's Media (cross listed CSHD-0169) [Social Science, Practice]
0041 Cultures of Computing (cross listed ANTH-0136) [Social Science]
0042 Children and the Mass Media (cross listed CSHD-0167, CVS-0147) [Social Science]
0043 Media, Culture, and Society (cross listed SOC-0040) [Social Science]
0045 Media Literacy (cross listed CSHD-0113, CVS-0139, TSC-0022) [Social Science]
0046 Anthropology of Journalism (cross listed ANTH-0133) [Social Science]
0047 Media of the Middle East (cross listed ANTH-0144, ILVS-0144) [Social Science, Non-U.S.]
0048 Visual Anthropology (cross listed ANTH-0135) [Social Science, Theory]
0094 Special Topics: Ethnographic Film, Video, and Beyond (cross listed ANTH-0039) [Social Science]
0094 Special Topics: Sociology of Film (cross listed SOC-0094) [Social Science]
0160 Branding Theory and Practice [Social Science, Practice, Upper Level]
0161 Digital Dystopias: Hate and Extremism Online (cross listed as SOC-0185) [Social Science, Upper Level]
0163 Seminar: New Media, New Politics (cross listed PS-0104 & TCS-0104) [Social Science, Upper Level]
0164 Seminar in Children and the Mass Media (cross listed CSHD-0267) [Social Science, Upper Level]
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0047 Media of the Middle East (cross listed ANTH-0144, ILVS-0144) [Non-U.S., Social Science]
0050 Disney Studios Meets Studio Ghibli (cross listed JPN-0083, ILVS-0078) [Non-U.S.]
0057 Russian & Eastern European Cinema (cross listed ILVS-0081) [Non-U.S.]
0059 World War II on Film (cross listed ILVS-0092) [Non-U.S.]
0061 French Cinema (cross listed FR-0061) [Non-U.S.]
0063 Love and War in French Film (cross listed FR-0075) [Non-U.S.]
0068 From Beijing to Bollywood: Cinema of India and China (cross listed CHNS-0083, ENG-0091, ILVS-0091) [Non-U.S.]
0069 Latin American Cinema (cross listed HAA-0084) [Non-U.S.]
0075 World of Japanese Animation: Culture, Cult, and Commerce (cross listed JPN-0081) [Non-U.S.]
0076 Arab and Middle Eastern Cinema (cross listed ILVS-0087 & ARB-0057) [Non-U.S.]
0077 Italian Film (cross listed ITAL-0075) [Non-U.S.]
0078 Japanese Film (cross listed JPN-0080) [Non-U.S.]
0079 German Film (cross listed GER-0085) [Non-U.S.]
0080 Russian Film: Arts, Politics, & Society (cross listed RUS-0080) [Non-U.S.]
0083 Latinx Theatre and Film (cross listed TPS-0016, LST-0051) [Non-U.S.]
0084 Jewish Experience On Film (cross listed ILVS-0143, JS-0142, REL-0142) [Non-U.S.]
0085 Film & Nation: Russia & Central Asia (cross listed ILVS-0086 & RUS-0085 ) [Non-U.S.]
0086 Classics of World Cinema (cross listed ILVS-0100 & WL-0101) [Non-U.S.]
0088 Introduction to Chinese Cinema (cross listed CHNS-0080, ILVS-0100) [Non-U.S.]
0090 Major Japanese Film Directors: The World of Studio Ghibli (cross listed JPN-011) [Non-U.S.]
0091 New Chinese Cinema (cross listed CHNS-0081, ILVS-0081) [Non-U.S.]
0094 Special Topics: Imagining Black Europe (cross listed RCD-0094-03, ILVS-0093-03, AFR-0047-01) [Non-U.S.]
0094 Special Topics: Iranian Cinema and Theatre (cross listed TPS-0094) [Non-U.S.]
0094 Special Topics: Politics of Middle East Film (cross listed ARB-0092-01) [Non-U.S.]
0094 Special Topics: Screening Palestine (cross listed ARB-0092) [Non-U.S.]
0094 Special Topics: The Sonic Middle East (cross listed ARB-0091) [Non-U.S.]
0094 Special Topics: Third Cinema and its Geographies (cross listed ARB-009) [Non-U.S.]
0094 Special Topics: Women's Visions in Global Film (cross listed ILVS-0091) [Non-U.S., Theory]
0169 Latin American Cinema (cross listed FAH-0184) [Non-U.S., Upper Level]
0175 Visualizing Colonialism (cross listed ARB-0155, ILVS-010, CST-0010) [Non-U.S., Upper Level]
0178 War & Cultural Memory in Literature and Cinema of Middle East (cross listed ARB-0157, ILVS-0157) [Non-U.S., Upper Level]
0181 New Latin American Film (cross listed SPN-0151) [Non-U.S]
0183 Mexican Cinema and Identity (cross listed SPN-0184) [Non-U.S.]
0194 Special Topics: Film Representation in Latin America (cross listed SPN-0155) [Non-U.S., Upper Level]
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0137 Advanced Documentary Production [Upper Level, Practice]
0160 Branding [Theory, and Practice [Upper Level, Practice, Social Science]
0161 Digital Dystopia: Hate and Extremism (cross listed as SOC-0185) [Upper Level, Social Science]
0163 Seminar: New Media, New Politics (cross listed PS-0104 & TCS-0104) [Upper Level, Social Science]
0164 Seminar in Children and the Mass Media (cross listed CSHD-0267) [Upper Level, Social Science]
0165 TV in the Age of Change (cross listed ILVS-0072, TPS-0121) [Upper Level, Theory]
0169 Latin American Cinema (cross listed FAH-0184) [Upper Level, Non-U.S.]
0175 Visualizing Colonialism (cross listed ARB-0155, ILVS-010, CST-0010) [Upper Level, Non-U.S.]
0176 The Horror Film [Upper Level]
0177 Religion and Film (cross listed REL-0100) [Upper Level]
0178 War & Cultural Memory in Literature and Cinema of Middle East (cross listed ARB-0157, ILVS-0157) [Upper Level, Non-U.S.]
0179 Film and the Avant-Garde (cross listed FAH-0159, ILVS-0091) [Upper Level]
0180 Psychoanalysis and Cinema (cross listed ENG-0180) [Upper Level, Theory]
0182 Dark Places: Sound in Noir, Horror, and SciFi (cross listed MUS-0194) [Upper Level]
0184 Film and Modernism (cross listed ILVS, FAH-0150, ENG) [Upper Level]
0186 How Films Think (cross listed ENG-0186)[Upper Level, Theory]
0187 SoundTracks: Studies in Audio-Vision (cross listed MUS-0193) [Upper Level, Practice]
0194 Special Topics: Media and the Environment [Upper Level, Theory]
0194 Special Topics: Screening Paranoia [Upper Level, Theory]
0194 Special Topics: Seminar in English: Political Cinema (cross listed ENG-0191) [Upper Level]
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0062 Imagining the Holocaust on Stage and Screen (cross listed TPS-0025, TPS-0125, JS-0025)
0064 The Music of John Williams and Star Wars (cross listed MUS-0055)
0070 Histories of Film, Part One 1895-1955 (cross listed VMS-0010)
0071 History of Film II: 1955-Present (cross listed VMS-0011)
0072 Cinematic Cities (cross listed VMS-0105)
0073 History and Aesthetics in Hitchcock (cross listed VISC-010)
0074 Neo-Noir and Its Contexts (cross listed VMS-0101)
0082 Music On Film, Film On Music (cross listed MUS-0056)
0089 African American Theater and Film (cross listed TPS-0018 & AFR-0048)
0092 Film Noir and the American Tradition (cross listed ENG-0088)
0094 Special Topics: Cinema of Apocalypse (cross list JPN-0091, ILVS-0091)
0094 Special Topics: Directions in Contemporary Film (cross listed VMS-0193)
0094 Special Topics: Eastern European Cinema (cross listed ILVS-0092, RUS-0092)
0094 Special Topics: Media Culture Now (cross listed SMFA-0182)
0094 Special Topics: Migrant Narratives (cross listed ILVS-0092)
0094 Special Topics: Philosophy of Humor (cross listed PHIL-0091)
0094 Special Topics: Directions in Contemporary Film (cross listed VMS-0193-04)
0094 Special Topics: Eastern European Cinema (cross listed ILVS-0092, RUS-0092)
0095 Creative Careers and Artistic Life Seminar (cross listed TPS-0100)
0099 FMS Media Internship [counts toward practice degree totals, but not toward the Practice category]
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0195 Directed Study
0198-01 Senior Honors Thesis 1/Production Projects
0198-02 Senior Honors Thesis 1/Written Projects
0199-01 Senior Honors Thesis 2/Production Projects
0199-02 Senior Honors Thesis 2/Written Projects