Courses - CMS Summer 2025

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.

Summer 2025 A-term

CMS 240 A: Writing in Cinema and Media Studies

  • MTWTh 9:10am - 11:20am / ARC 160
SLN: 10712
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 240 B: Writing in Cinema and Media Studies

  • MTWTh 1:10pm - 3:20pm / CHL 105
SLN: 10713
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 240 C: Writing in Cinema and Media Studies

  • MTWTh 11:30am - 1:30pm / BAG 331A
SLN: 10714
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 275 A: Perspectives on Visual Culture: Sex, Race and Power

  • MTWTh 10:20am - 12:30pm / BNS 115
SLN: 10715
Instructor:
Department Requirements Met:
GE Requirements Met:
  • DIV
  • SSc
  • A&H
An introduction to the study of visual texts such as film, television, comics, or digital media. Focus on the representation of cultural differences including, but not limited to, sexuality, gender, ability, and race. Topics vary.

CMS 397 A: Special Topics in Cinema and Media Studies

  • MW 12:30pm - 4:20pm / CHL 021
SLN: 10718
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.

Summer 2025 Full-term

CMS 295 A: Study Abroad

  • to be arranged / * *
SLN: 10716
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 395 A: Study Abroad

  • to be arranged / * *
SLN: 10717
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 490 A: Directed Study or Research

  • to be arranged / * *
SLN: 10719
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: 10720
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.