ENCM 3200-3240 - Topics in Media Studies

Goals: To critically analyze and evaluate the systems shaping (and constraining) global and local media. To have students intervene in current scholarly debates on how digital and other media have transformed, or should transform, our conceptions of politics, communication, art, law, and life.

Content: A critical study of a specific topic about and through different media. Topics vary from year to year. Recent examples: Media in Global Perspective; Irish Film and Culture; Spike Lee in conversation with other filmmakers; Critical Digital Media Theory.

A student may register for this course more than once for different topics.

Taught: Annually

Prerequisite: FYW 1120 or its equivalent

Note: The department recommends that students take ENCM 3000 or 3010 prior to taking this course.

Credits: 4