Courses - CMS Summer 2023

Listings for future quarters are tentative and subject to change. For the most up-to-date information, including instructor and location, please consult the UW Time Schedule. For a listing of all courses potentially offered, see the Course Catalog.

Summer 2023 A-term

CMS 240 A: Writing in Cinema and Media Studies

  • MTWTh 9:10am - 11:20am
SLN: 10769
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 B: Writing in Cinema and Media Studies

  • MTWTh 1:10pm - 3:20pm
SLN: 10770
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 397 A: Special Topics in Cinema and Media Studies

  • TTh 12:00pm - 2:40pm
SLN: 10775
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • SSc
  • A&H
Varying topics relating to film in social contexts. Offered by resident or visiting faculty.

Summer 2023 B-term

CMS 274 A: Perspectives on Media: Critical Concepts

  • MTWTh 9:40am - 11:50am
SLN: 10771
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Provides an introduction to media studies, with particular attention to critical concepts including, but not limited to, audience studies, formal analysis, and ideological critique. Specific media analyzed varies. Course overlaps with: TCOM 247.

CMS 310 A: History of Film: 1895-1929

  • MTWTh 12:00pm - 2:10pm
SLN: 10773
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Film history from its beginnings in the 1890s through the golden era of silent film in the 1920s. Topics include the invention of major film techniques, the creation of Hollywood and the studios, and movements such as expressionism, constructivism, and surrealism.

Summer 2023 Full-term

CMS 295 A: Study Abroad

  • to be arranged
SLN: 10772
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Equivalency for 200-level CMS courses taken on UW Study Abroad programs or direct exchanges.

CMS 395 A: Study Abroad

  • to be arranged
SLN: 10774
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • A&H
Equivalency for 300-level CMS courses taken on UW Study Abroad programs or direct exchanges.

CMS 490 A: Directed Study or Research

  • to be arranged
SLN: 10776
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: 10777
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 599 A: Special Seminar or Conference

  • to be arranged
SLN: 14332
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: 14333
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 600.

CMS 800 A: Doctoral Dissertation

  • to be arranged
SLN: 14367
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
Offered: jointly with C LIT 800.