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This track offers students the opportunity to study relationships among different forms of media, cinema, and digital culture. Students will be able to analyze film, television, social networks, video games, and other media from critical, historical, and theoretical perspectives.  

In addition, students will be able to explore historical and contemporary developments in media and cultural power, media technologies, industry structures, formal conventions, and global media cultures.  

Track Requirements

Track H: Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies

·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý215Introduction to English Studies3
Select two of the following:6
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý290Introduction to Film Studies
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý291Introduction to Television Studies
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý294Game Culture
Select one of the following:3
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý301Survey of English Literature, Beginnings to 1500
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý302Survey of English Literature, 1500-1660
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý303Survey of English Literature, 1660-1798
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý304Survey of English Literature, 1798-1900
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý305Survey of English Literature: 1900 to the Present
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý306Survey of Irish Literature
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý307Survey of American Literature to 1865
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý308Survey of American Literature, 1865-1965
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý309Survey of Contemporary American Literature
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý325The Art of Fiction:
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý326The Development of the Novel:
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý327The Development of the Short Story
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý332LGBTQ+ Literature:
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý381World Literatures Written in English:
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý404Language, Power, and Identity
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý414Special Topics in Creative Writing:
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý415Fiction Workshop
ENGLISH 425 - ENGLISH 438
ENGLISH 451 - ENGLISH 547
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý390Classical Film Criticism and Theory3
´Ç°ùÌý·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý391 Television Criticism and Theory
Select 12 credits in media, cinema, and digital studies (including at least 3 credits from each area and no more than 3 credits in 200-level courses): 12
Media
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 286Writing about Film and Television
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 291Introduction to Television Studies (if not selected above)
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 380Media and Society:
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 391Television Criticism and Theory
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 393Entertainment Industries:
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý395Feminist Media Criticism and Theory:
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý414Special Topics in Creative Writing: (Zines and Self-Publishing)
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý431Topics in Advanced Communications: (with appropriate subtitle) (Contact Track H Coordinator)
¹ó±õ³¢²Ñ³§°Õ¶ÙÌý212Intermediate Topics in Film and Television Studies: (with appropriate subtitle)
Cinema
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 286Writing about Film and Television
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 290Introduction to Film Studies (if not selected above)
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 295Women and Film
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 312Topics in Film, Television and Digital Studies:
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 316World Cinema:
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 320Studies in Film and Television Authorship:
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 329Film and Literature
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 383Cinema, Television, and Genre:
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 390Classical Film Criticism and Theory
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 394Theories of Digital Culture:
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý414Special Topics in Creative Writing: (Screenwriting – Story/Structure)
¹ó±õ³¢²Ñ³§°Õ¶ÙÌý212Intermediate Topics in Film and Television Studies: (with appropriate subtitle)
FILMSTD/JEWISH 350Global Jewish Film and Television:
¹ó±õ³¢²Ñ³§°Õ¶ÙÌý412Global Cinema and Media:
¹ó±õ³¢²Ñ³§°Õ¶ÙÌý669Screening Sexuality:
¹ó±õ³¢²Ñ³§°Õ¶ÙÌý690Seminar in Contemporary Cinema and Media: (if not selected as capstone)
Digital Studies
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý394Theories of Digital Culture:
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý294Game Culture (if not selected above)
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 312Topics in Film, Television and Digital Studies: (Cinema and Digital Studies)
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý414Special Topics in Creative Writing: (Animated Texts)
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý436Technical Documentation
·¡±·³Ò³¢±õ³§±áÌý515Literature and the Other Arts: (From Dada to the Web)
¹ó±õ³¢²Ñ³§°Õ¶ÙÌý212Intermediate Topics in Film and Television Studies: (with appropriate subtitle)
Select 6 credits in upper-level electives6
¹ó±õ³¢²Ñ³§°Õ¶ÙÌý690Seminar in Contemporary Cinema and Media: (capstone seminar experience) (satisfies L&S research requirement)3
Total Credits36
Contact

Prospective Undergraduate Students (not yet enrolled at 51ÁÔÆæ)

Prospective students, contact our admissions counselor at let-sci@uwm.eduÌý´Ç°ùÌý414-229-7711.

Current Undergraduate Students

General questions such as how to declare, how to change a major, general education requirements, etc. should be directed to the college advising office at ls-advising@uwm.eduÌý´Ç°ùÌý414-229-4654.

Specific questions about English, such as research opportunities, internship opportunities, major requirements, etc., should be directed to the English department.

Interested in this Plan?

For more information about the Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies plan, contact Professor Tami Williams at tamiw@uwm.edu.