Media Studies (MD-UY)

Media Studies Level 1 Transfer

Media Studies Level 2 Transfer

Media Studies Level 3 Transfer

This course covers the history and social impact of mass media from Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press until today. The focus is not only on the technological aspects of these media, but also on how their development and later widespread adoption directly and indirectly affected the contemporary socio-cultural environment. | Prerequisites: Completion of first year writing requirements. Co-requisites: None. Notes: Satisfies a HuSS elective.

This course covers the history and social impact of mass media from Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press until today. The focus is not only on the technological aspects of these media, but also on how their development and later widespread adoption directly and indirectly affected the contemporary socio-cultural environment. | Prerequisites: Completion of first year writing requirements. Co-requisites: None. Notes: Satisfies a HuSS elective.

This critical survey of cinema, from the Lumière brothers to the immediate post–World War II period, covers genres including include short and feature formats in documentary, drama and animation. Works will be examined in detail, with attention to their place in the development of the form and their cultural and social context. | Prerequisites: Completion of first year writing requirements. Co-requisites: None. Notes: Satisfies a HuSS elective.

This critical survey of cinema, from the Lumière brothers to the immediate post–World War II period, covers genres including include short and feature formats in documentary, drama and animation. Works will be examined in detail, with attention to their place in the development of the form and their cultural and social context. | Prerequisites: Completion of first year writing requirements. Co-requisites: None. Notes: Satisfies a HuSS elective.

This course introduces students to the complex relationship between interactivity and storytelling. Students analyze how an interactive structure creates narrative. Works explored in this course range from nonlinear novels, experimental literature, audio narratives, theater/performance to film as narrative databases and games. The study of the structural properties of narratives that experiment with digression, multiple points of view, disruptions of time, space, and storyline is complemented by theoretical texts about authorship/readership, plot/story, and characteristics of interactive media. | Prerequisite: Completion of first year writing requirements. Note: Satisfies HuSS elective.

This course introduces students to the complex relationship between interactivity and storytelling. Students analyze how an interactive structure creates narrative. Works explored in this course range from nonlinear novels, experimental literature, audio narratives, theater/performance to film as narrative databases and games. The study of the structural properties of narratives that experiment with digression, multiple points of view, disruptions of time, space, and storyline is complemented by theoretical texts about authorship/readership, plot/story, and characteristics of interactive media. | Prerequisite: Completion of first year writing requirements. Note: Satisfies HuSS elective.

This course is an introduction to the theoretical discourse used to analyze contemporary media in all of its forms. Students will develop an understanding of the media theories that have had a strong influence on the critical understanding of media over the past 100 years. From Marxism to Postmodernism, students will read original texts, texts that extrapolate from those key works, and general overviews of the field. The texts come from the disciplines of political economy, semiotics, philosophy, media studies, and science fiction. Through class discussions, writing assignments, and creative activities, students’ are expected to demonstrate informed, articulate insights about media and its cultural impact. | Prerequisites: Completion of first year writing requirements. Notes: Satisfies a HuSS elective.

This course is an introduction to the theoretical discourse used to analyze contemporary media in all of its forms. Students will develop an understanding of the media theories that have had a strong influence on the critical understanding of media over the past 100 years. From Marxism to Postmodernism, students will read original texts, texts that extrapolate from those key works, and general overviews of the field. The texts come from the disciplines of political economy, semiotics, philosophy, media studies, and science fiction. Through class discussions, writing assignments, and creative activities, students’ are expected to demonstrate informed, articulate insights about media and its cultural impact. | Prerequisites: Completion of first year writing requirements. Notes: Satisfies a HuSS elective.

This is a critical survey of cinema from the immediate post-WWII period to 2000. Genres covered will include documentary, comedy, drama, and experimental. Works will be discussed in detail in terms of their place in the development of the form, and in terms of their cultural and social context. | Prerequisites: Completion of first year writing requirements. Co-requisites: None.

This is a writing intensive critical survey of cinema from the immediate post-WWII period to 2000. Genres covered will include documentary, comedy, drama, and experimental. Works will be discussed in detail in terms of their place in the development of the form, and in terms of their cultural and social context. | Prerequisites: Completion of first year writing requirements. Co-requisites: None.

This course will introduce students to the historical, technological, and philosophical milieu that contextualizes and composes the creative use of digital technology. The course will be (1) delving into the history that is the foundation for our current context, (2) contemplating the theoretical implications for technological cultural production, (3) comparing the differences between analogue and digital art that are sometimes subtle and sometimes blatant, and (4) considering the complexity of defining personal expression in light of the technological, social meshwork that is the digital domain. As a result, digital art will be considered in the context of technological art and its history and implications. | Prerequisites: Completion of first year writing requirements. Notes: Satisfies a HuSS elective.

This course will introduce students to the historical, technological, and philosophical milieu that contextualizes and composes the creative use of digital technology. The course will be (1) delving into the history that is the foundation for our current context, (2) contemplating the theoretical implications for technological cultural production, (3) comparing the differences between analogue and digital art that are sometimes subtle and sometimes blatant, and (4) considering the complexity of defining personal expression in light of the technological, social meshwork that is the digital domain. As a result, digital art will be considered in the context of technological art and its history and implications. | Prerequisites: Completion of first year writing requirements. Notes: Satisfies a HuSS elective.

This advanced seminar looks at contemporary developments in media communications from a global perspective. Students are expected to participate actively through presentations on specific subjects and through vigorous seminar discussion and debate. Credits: Variable. | Prerequisites: MS 3163W.

This advanced seminar looks at contemporary developments in media communications from a global perspective. Students are expected to participate actively through presentations on specific subjects and through vigorous seminar discussion and debate. Credits: Variable. | Prerequisites: MS 3163W.

This advanced seminar looks at contemporary developments in media communications from a global perspective. Students are expected to participate actively through presentations on specific subjects and through vigorous seminar discussion and debate. Credits: Variable.| Prerequisites: EW 1013 (or equivalent) and EW 1023 (or equivalent).

This advanced seminar looks at contemporary developments in media communications from a global perspective. Students are expected to participate actively through presentations on specific subjects and through vigorous seminar discussion and debate. | Prerequisites: Completion of first year writing requirements.