Courses - CMS Spring 2023

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 2023

CMS 240 A: Writing in Cinema and Media Studies

  • MW 10:30am - 12:20pm
SLN: 12423
Department Requirements Met:
  • Composition and W-courses
GE Requirements Met:
  • C
A critical approach to film and/or media texts and a workshop on writing papers in English. Topics vary. Offered: AWSpS.

CMS 240 B: Writing in Cinema and Media Studies

  • MW 11:30am - 1:20pm
SLN: 12424
Department Requirements Met:
  • Composition and W-courses
GE Requirements Met:
  • C
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

  • TTh 10:30am - 12:20pm
SLN: 12425
Department Requirements Met:
  • Composition and W-courses
GE Requirements Met:
  • C
A critical approach to film and/or media texts and a workshop on writing papers in English. Topics vary. Offered: AWSpS.

CMS 270 B: Perspectives on Film: Introduction

  • MW 10:30am - 12:20pm
SLN: 21321
Department Requirements Met:
  • Pre-req to Declare Cinema & Media Studies Major
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Introduction to film form, style, and techniques. Examples from silent film and from contemporary film. Course equivalent to: BIS 261 and T FILM 201.

CMS 271 A: Perspectives on Film: Great Directors

  • TTh 12:30pm - 2:20pm
SLN: 21320
Department Requirements Met:
  • Pre-req to Declare Cinema & Media Studies Major
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Introduction to authorship in the cinema. The work of a major director or directors.

CMS 295 A: Study Abroad

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12428
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Equivalency for 200-level CMS courses taken on UW Study Abroad programs or direct exchanges.

CMS 297 A: Special Topics in Cinema and Media Studies

  • TTh 3:30pm - 5:20pm
SLN: 12429
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Varied topics related to film and/or media. Offered: AWSpS.

CMS 301 A: Film and Media Studies: Analysis

  • MW 3:30pm - 5:20pm
SLN: 12430
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 313 A: History of Film: 1989-Present

  • TTh 8:30am - 10:20am
SLN: 12432
Department Requirements Met:
  • Cinema & Media Studies Core
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Addresses the latest trends in international filmmaking typically with an emphasis on world cinema and issues of globalization and diaspora. Sometimes taught in conjunction with the Seattle International Film Festival.

CMS 321 A: Oppositional Cinema/Media

  • TTh 10:30am - 12:20pm
SLN: 12433
Department Requirements Met:
  • Cinema & Media Studies Core
GE Requirements Met:
  • DIV
  • A&H
Approaches film and related media as socially and politically engaged practice, with focus on screen media produced or received in "opposition" to dominant cultural and entertainment industry norms. Topics vary.

CMS 395 A: Study Abroad

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12435
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 B: Special Topics in Cinema and Media Studies

  • MW 11:30am - 1:20pm
SLN: 12437
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • SSc
  • A&H
Varying topics relating to film in social contexts. Offered by resident or visiting faculty.

CMS 480 A: Senior Capstone

  • MW 10:30am - 12:20pm
SLN: 12438
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: 12439
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: 12440
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 497 A: Special Topics in Cinema and Media Studies

  • TTh 12:30pm - 2:20pm
SLN: 12441
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Varying topics in cinema studies. Offered by resident or visiting faculty.

CMS 497 B: Special Topics in Cinema and Media Studies

  • MW 2:30pm - 4:20pm
SLN: 21313
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Varying topics in cinema studies. Offered by resident or visiting faculty.

CMS 570 A: Media Lab

  • M 1:30pm - 4:50pm
SLN: 12442
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Practical approaches to cinema and media studies. May include archival research, production of videographic or audiographic criticism, film programming, public scholarship, or hands-on work with media devices and technologies. Offered: AWSp.

CMS 572 A: Historiography

  • W 1:30pm - 4:50pm
SLN: 12443
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Assessment of processes through which film and/or media histories are constructed. Incorporates methodologies for retrieving and analyzing primary materials relevant to course subject matter. Content varies. Offered: AWSp.

CMS 590 A: Master of Arts Essay

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12444
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 599 A: Special Seminar or Conference

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12446
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: 12447
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: 12448
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 600.

CMS 600 B: Independent Study or Research

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12449
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 600.

CMS 800 A: Doctoral Dissertation

  • to be arranged
SLN: 12450
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 800.