Courses - CMS Autumn 2024

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.

Autumn 2024

CMS 240 A: Writing in Cinema and Media Studies

MW 10:30am - 12:20pm

SLN: 12912

Department Requirements Met:

Composition and W-courses

GE Requirements Met:

A critical approach to film and/or media texts and a workshop on writing papers in English. Topics vary. Offered: AWSpS.

CMS 270 A: Perspectives on Film: Introduction

MW 10:30am - 12:20pm

SLN: 12915

Department Requirements Met:

Pre-req to Declare Cinema & Media Studies Major

GE Requirements Met:

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

T 10:30am - 12:20pm

SLN: 12916

Department Requirements Met:

Pre-req to Declare Cinema & Media Studies Major

GE Requirements Met:

Introduction to authorship in the cinema. The work of a major director or directors.

CMS 271 AA: Perspectives on Film: Great Directors

Th 10:30am - 11:20am

SLN: 12917

Department Requirements Met:

Pre-req to Declare Cinema & Media Studies Major

GE Requirements Met:

Introduction to authorship in the cinema. The work of a major director or directors.

CMS 271 AB: Perspectives on Film: Great Directors

Th 9:00am - 9:50am

SLN: 12918

Department Requirements Met:

Pre-req to Declare Cinema & Media Studies Major

GE Requirements Met:

Introduction to authorship in the cinema. The work of a major director or directors.

CMS 271 AC: Perspectives on Film: Great Directors

Th 9:00am - 9:50am

SLN: 12919

Department Requirements Met:

Pre-req to Declare Cinema & Media Studies Major

GE Requirements Met:

Introduction to authorship in the cinema. The work of a major director or directors.

CMS 271 AD: Perspectives on Film: Great Directors

Th 9:00am - 9:50am

SLN: 12920

Department Requirements Met:

Pre-req to Declare Cinema & Media Studies Major

GE Requirements Met:

Introduction to authorship in the cinema. The work of a major director or directors.

CMS 271 AE: Perspectives on Film: Great Directors

Th 10:30am - 11:20am

SLN: 12921

Department Requirements Met:

Pre-req to Declare Cinema & Media Studies Major

GE Requirements Met:

Introduction to authorship in the cinema. The work of a major director or directors.

CMS 271 AF: Perspectives on Film: Great Directors

Th 9:00am - 9:50am

SLN: 12922

Department Requirements Met:

Pre-req to Declare Cinema & Media Studies Major

GE Requirements Met:

Introduction to authorship in the cinema. The work of a major director or directors.

CMS 271 AI: Perspectives on Film: Great Directors

Th 11:30am - 12:20pm

SLN: 12925

Department Requirements Met:

Pre-req to Declare Cinema & Media Studies Major

GE Requirements Met:

Introduction to authorship in the cinema. The work of a major director or directors.

CMS 271 AJ: Perspectives on Film: Great Directors

Th 11:30am - 12:20pm

SLN: 12926

Department Requirements Met:

Pre-req to Declare Cinema & Media Studies Major

GE Requirements Met:

Introduction to authorship in the cinema. The work of a major director or directors.

CMS 295 A: Study Abroad

to be arranged

SLN: 12927

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

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

MW 2:30pm - 4:20pm

SLN: 23755

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

Varied topics related to film and/or media. Offered: AWSpS.

CMS 301 A: Film and Media Studies: Analysis

MW 12:30pm - 2:20pm

SLN: 12928

Department Requirements Met:

Cinema & Media Studies Core

GE Requirements Met:

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 303 A: Genre Studies

TTh 12:30pm - 2:20pm

SLN: 12929

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

Introduction to the history and significance of genre in film and/or television. May examine one or a selection of several genres, drawn from a list including, but not limited to, the western, melodrama, musical, thriller, sitcom, film noir, and documentary. Topics include form, ideology, authority, history, innovation, and parody. Offered: AWSp.

CMS 312 A: History of Film: 1960 - 1988

MW 10:30am - 12:20pm

SLN: 12930

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

Covers the vast changes in filmmaking since 1960. Topics include the continuing influence of the French New Wave, the New German Cinema of the 70s and the "New Hollywood" of the 70s, American independent film of the 80s, and the resurgence of Chinese filmmaking since 1980.

CMS 315 A: History of New Media

MW 3:30pm - 5:20pm

SLN: 12931

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

Study of new media histories and methodologies for research, with particular emphasis on new and emergent technologies such as the Internet and other digital forms. Specific media to be analyzed vary.

CMS 320 A: Cinema and Nation

TTh 8:30am - 10:20am

SLN: 12932

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

Examines the cinema of a particular national, ethnic or cultural group, with films typically shown in the original language with subtitles. Topics reflect themes and trends in the national cinema being studied. Offered: AWSpS.

CMS 320 B: Cinema and Nation

TTh 3:30pm - 5:20pm

SLN: 12933

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

CMS 321 A: Oppositional Cinema/Media

T 4:30pm - 5:50pm
T 6:00pm - 7:20pm

SLN: 12934

Department Requirements Met:

Cinema & Media Studies Core

GE Requirements Met:

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 370 A: Basic Screenwriting

MW 2:30pm - 4:20pm

SLN: 12935

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

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: 12936

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

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

TTh 12:30pm - 2:20pm

SLN: 12938

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

Varying topics relating to film in social contexts. Offered by resident or visiting faculty.

CMS 397 C: Special Topics in Cinema and Media Studies

MW 10:30am - 12:20pm

SLN: 23709

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

Varying topics relating to film in social contexts. Offered by resident or visiting faculty.

CMS 397 D: Special Topics in Cinema and Media Studies

T 4:30pm - 5:50pm
T 6:00pm - 7:20pm

SLN: 23763

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

Varying topics relating to film in social contexts. Offered by resident or visiting faculty.

CMS 423 A: East European Film

TTh 3:30pm - 5:20pm

SLN: 12939

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

Studies major East European film makers who left their countries at some point in their careers. Compares East European and Western production of those directors who worked partially in the West. Offered: jointly with SLAVIC 423.

CMS 490 A: Directed Study or Research

to be arranged

SLN: 12941

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: 12942

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 525 A: Cinema and Media Studies Pedagogy

W 1:30pm - 4:50pm

SLN: 12943

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

Pedagogical approaches to cinema and media studies. Introduces teaching tools, technologies and modes of practice. Offered: AWSp.

CMS 573 A: Aesthetics

T 1:30pm - 4:50pm

SLN: 12944

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: 12945

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: 12946

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: 12947

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: 12948

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

Offered: jointly with C LIT 600.

CMS 800 A: Doctoral Dissertation

to be arranged

SLN: 12949

Department Requirements Met:

GE Requirements Met:

Offered: jointly with C LIT 800.