Courses - CMS Spring 2021
Listings for future quarters are tentative and subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, please consult the UW Time Schedule. For a listing of all courses potentially offered, see the Course Catalog.
Spring 2021
CMS 240 A: Writing in Cinema and Media Studies
- MW 10:30am - 12:20pm / * *
SLN: 12428
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Department Requirements Met:
- Composition and W-courses
GE Requirements Met:
- C
- W
A critical approach to film and/or media texts and a workshop on writing papers in English. Topics vary. Offered: AWSpS.
CMS 240 C: Writing in Cinema and Media Studies
- MW 1:30pm - 3:20pm / * *
SLN: 12430
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
- Composition and W-courses
GE Requirements Met:
- C
- W
A critical approach to film and/or media texts and a workshop on writing papers in English. Topics vary. Offered: AWSpS.
CMS 272 A: Perspectives on Film: Genre
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12431
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Introduction to study of film and/or television genre. Literary, mythic, and historic aspects of film and/or television genre.
CMS 295 A: Study Abroad
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12432
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Equivalency for 200-level CMS courses taken on UW Study Abroad programs or direct exchanges.
CMS 301 A: Film and Media Studies: Analysis
- MW 10:30am - 12:20pm / * *
SLN: 12433
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Department Requirements Met:
- Cinema & Media Studies Core
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Introduction to the analysis of film. Covers major aspects of cinematic form: mise en scene, framing and camera movement, editing, and sound and color. Considers how these elements are organized in traditional cinematic narrative and in alternative approaches.
CMS 314 A: History of Television
- TTh 12:30pm - 2:20pm / * *
SLN: 12434
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Covers issues, problems, and themes in the history of televsion. Topic may include changes in television styles and representional forms, television's historical relationship with other media, transitions from broadcast to satellite through cable and digital distribution, and television's changing audiences.
CMS 370 A: Basic Screenwriting
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12435
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Students develop collaborative critical and creative skills; studying screenwriting manuals and techniques; adapt stories for screenplays; and/or write synopses, treatments, and first acts of their own screenplays.
CMS 395 A: Study Abroad
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12436
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Equivalency for 300-level CMS courses taken on UW Study Abroad programs or direct exchanges.
CMS 397 A: Special Topics in Cinema and Media Studies
- TTh 10:30am - 12:20pm / * *
SLN: 12437
Instructor:
- Kimberlee Gillis-Bridges
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
- SSc
- A&H
Varying topics relating to film in social contexts. Offered by resident or visiting faculty.
CMS 470 A: Advanced Screenwriting
- TTh 1:30pm - 3:20pm / * *
SLN: 12438
Instructor:
- Warren Etheredge
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Students hone their understanding of screenwriting techniques; enhance their editing/critiquing skills; and develop their own screenplays, synopses, and treatments of various genres, including but not limited to silent, poetic, dramatic, and news-based scripts. Course overlaps with: T FILM 450. Prerequisite: CMS 370.
CMS 480 A: Senior Capstone
- TTh 10:30am - 12:20pm / * *
SLN: 12439
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Department Requirements Met:
- Capstone for Cinema
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Capstone course in cinema and media studies. Includes research, creative, and/or reflective project. Topics vary. Prerequisite: CMS 301.
CMS 490 A: Directed Study or Research
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12440
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Individual study of topics in cinema and media studies by arrangement with the instructor and the Comparative Literature, Cinema, and Media Department advising office.
CMS 491 A: Internship
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12441
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Supervised experience in local businesses and other agencies. Open to upper-division cinema and media studies majors with approval of departmental internship supervisor.
CMS 573 A: Aesthetics
- W 12:30pm - 3:50pm / * *
SLN: 12443
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Inquiry into such areas as the sensory perception, cultural valuation, or close analysis of cinema and media. Formal, theoretical, and philosophical approaches. Content varies. Offered: AWSp.
CMS 590 A: Master of Arts Essay
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 20960
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Research and writing project under the supervision of a faculty member. Offered: jointly with C LIT 590; AWSpS.
CMS 597 A: Special Topics in Cinema and Media Studies
- F 11:00am - 2:20pm / * *
SLN: 21569
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Varying topics in cinema and media studies. Offered by resident or visiting faculty.
CMS 599 A: Special Seminar or Conference
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12444
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Group seminars or individual conferences scheduled to meet special needs. Prerequisite: permission of graduate program adviser. Offered: jointly with C LIT 599.
CMS 599 B: Special Seminar or Conference
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12445
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Group seminars or individual conferences scheduled to meet special needs. Prerequisite: permission of graduate program adviser. Offered: jointly with C LIT 599.
CMS 600 A: Independent Study or Research
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12446
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 600.
CMS 800 A: Doctoral Dissertation
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12447
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Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 800.