Courses - 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 / MGH 074
SLN: 12423
Instructor:
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 / MGH 082A
SLN: 12424
Instructor:
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 / AND 008
SLN: 12425
Instructor:
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 / KNE 210
SLN: 21321
Instructor:
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.
CMS 271 A: Perspectives on Film: Great Directors
- TTh 12:30pm - 2:20pm / GWN 301
SLN: 21320
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
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 / MLR 316
SLN: 12429
Instructor:
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 / JHN 111
SLN: 12430
Instructor:
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 / OUG 141
SLN: 12432
Instructor:
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 / MGH 231
SLN: 12433
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
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 / DEM 124
SLN: 12437
Instructor:
- Warren Etheredge
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 / JHN 111
SLN: 12438
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
- Capstone for Cinema
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Capstone course in cinema and media studies. Topics vary. Prerequisite: CMS 301.
CMS 490 A: Directed Study or Research
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12439
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
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 / SAV 138
SLN: 12441
Instructor:
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 / BNS 117
SLN: 21313
Instructor:
- Warren Etheredge
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 / CMU 218D
SLN: 12442
Instructor:
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 / SMI 107
SLN: 12443
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 600.
CMS 600 B: Independent Study or Research
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12449
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 600.
CMS 800 A: Doctoral Dissertation
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12450
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 800.
CMS 240 A: Writing in Cinema and Media Studies
- MW 10:30am - 12:20pm / MGH 074
SLN: 12423
Instructor:
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 / MGH 082A
SLN: 12424
Instructor:
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 / AND 008
SLN: 12425
Instructor:
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 / KNE 210
SLN: 21321
Instructor:
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.
CMS 271 A: Perspectives on Film: Great Directors
- TTh 12:30pm - 2:20pm / GWN 301
SLN: 21320
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
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 / MLR 316
SLN: 12429
Instructor:
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 / JHN 111
SLN: 12430
Instructor:
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 / OUG 141
SLN: 12432
Instructor:
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 / MGH 231
SLN: 12433
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
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 / DEM 124
SLN: 12437
Instructor:
- Warren Etheredge
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 / JHN 111
SLN: 12438
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
- Capstone for Cinema
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Capstone course in cinema and media studies. Topics vary. Prerequisite: CMS 301.
CMS 490 A: Directed Study or Research
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12439
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
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 / SAV 138
SLN: 12441
Instructor:
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 / BNS 117
SLN: 21313
Instructor:
- Warren Etheredge
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 / CMU 218D
SLN: 12442
Instructor:
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 / SMI 107
SLN: 12443
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
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
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 600.
CMS 600 B: Independent Study or Research
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12449
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 600.
CMS 800 A: Doctoral Dissertation
- to be arranged / * *
SLN: 12450
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 800.
C LIT 240 B: Writing in Comparative Literature
- TTh 10:30am - 12:20pm / THO 331
SLN: 11788
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
- Composition and W-courses
GE Requirements Met:
- C
- W
Comparative approach to literature and a workshop in writing comparative papers in English. Emphasis on cross-cultural comparison of literary works. Readings in English with an option to read selected texts in the original languages Offered: AWSp.
C LIT 240 C: Writing in Comparative Literature
- MW 11:30am - 1:20pm / ART 006
SLN: 11789
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
- Composition and W-courses
GE Requirements Met:
- C
- W
Comparative approach to literature and a workshop in writing comparative papers in English. Emphasis on cross-cultural comparison of literary works. Readings in English with an option to read selected texts in the original languages Offered: AWSp.
- MTWTh 12:30pm - 1:20pm / SAV 264
SLN: 11790
Instructor:
- Barbara Henry
- Biljana Konatar
Department Requirements Met:
- Pre-req to Declare Literature Major
GE Requirements Met:
- SSc
- A&H
Study of literature in its relation to culture. Focuses on literature as a cultural institution, directly related to the construction of individual identity and the dissemination and critique of values.
- MW 1:30pm - 3:20pm / SAV 166
SLN: 11791
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
- Pre-req to Declare Literature Major
GE Requirements Met:
- SSc
- A&H
Study of literature in its relation to culture. Focuses on literature as a cultural institution, directly related to the construction of individual identity and the dissemination and critique of values.
- MW 2:30pm - 4:20pm / THO 334
SLN: 11792
Instructor:
- Sasha Senderovich
Department Requirements Met:
- Pre-req to Declare Literature Major
GE Requirements Met:
- SSc
- A&H
Study of literature in its relation to culture. Focuses on literature as a cultural institution, directly related to the construction of individual identity and the dissemination and critique of values.
C LIT 251 A: Introduction to Comparative Literature: Themes
- MW 12:30pm - 2:20pm / MGH 254
SLN: 11793
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
- Pre-req to Declare Literature Major
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Reading and analyzing literature based upon rotating themes such as love, sex, and murder, haunted houses, and dreams and memory. Selections drawn from European, English, and American literature, not limited to period and genre.
C LIT 252 A: Introduction to Comparative Literature: Genres
- TTh 12:30pm - 2:20pm / CDH 109
SLN: 11794
Instructor:
- Marianne Stecher-Hansen
Department Requirements Met:
- Pre-req to Declare Literature Major
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Reading and analyzing literature based upon rotating genres such as sci-fi, detective fiction, romance, love, poetry, and comedy. Draws from world literature.
C LIT 252 B: Introduction to Comparative Literature: Genres
- TTh 12:30pm - 2:20pm / SMI 120
SLN: 11795
Instructor:
- Galya Diment
Department Requirements Met:
- Pre-req to Declare Literature Major
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Reading and analyzing literature based upon rotating genres such as sci-fi, detective fiction, romance, love, poetry, and comedy. Draws from world literature.
C LIT 252 C: Introduction to Comparative Literature: Genres
- TTh 12:30pm - 2:20pm / CMU 226
SLN: 11796
Instructor:
- Piotr Florczyk
- Anna Learn
Department Requirements Met:
- Pre-req to Declare Literature Major
GE Requirements Met:
- A&H
Reading and analyzing literature based upon rotating genres such as sci-fi, detective fiction, romance, love, poetry, and comedy. Draws from world literature.