Film and Media Studies Guided Electives
- For the most current course list, please contact the Department of Film and Media Studies.
Any course with the FMS prefix, or from the list below, not used to satisfy Core or Creative skills requirements in the major may be used as a Major Elective.
No more than 15 hours of JMC courses may be used towards the FMS major work and no JMC courses may be used towards the FMS minor.
Approved Film & Media Studies Guided Electives
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| AFAM 4233 | Blacks and the Movies: Hollywood and Black Independent Film | 3 |
| ANTH 4443 | Visual Anthropology | 3 |
| ART 2873 | Video for the Artist I * | 3 |
| ART 3823 | Concepts in Electronic Media * | 3 |
| ART 3853 | Intermediate Traditional Photography * | 3 |
| ART 3863 | Intermediate Digital Photography * | 3 |
| ART 3873 | Video for the Artist II * | 3 |
| ART 4973 | Film and Video Studio Topics * | 3 |
| ATC 2853 | Image - Introductory Studio Practice * | 3 |
| ATC 2873 | Time - Introductory Studio Practice * | 3 |
| ATC 3883 | 2D Computer Animation * | 3 |
| ATC 4883 | Narrative Animation * | 3 |
| COMM 4643 | Mass Media Effects | 3 |
| DRAM 2503 | On-Camera Acting for Non-Majors * | 3 |
| ENGL 2243 | Film Narrative | 3 |
| ENGL 3023 | Thematic Approaches to Literature II (film topic) | 3 |
| ENGL 3243 | Special Topics in Film | 3 |
| ENGL 3363 | Films and Context | 3 |
| ENGL 3423 | Film and Other Expressive Forms | 3 |
| ENGL 4013 | Major Figure (With Subtitle) (film topic) | 3 |
| HIST 3313 | Israeli Culture Through Film | 3 |
| HIST 3430 | Topics in United States History (Topic: 20th C. U.S. in Film) | 1-5 |
| HIST 3430 | Topics in United States History (Topic: Jews & Hollywood) | 1-5 |
| HSTM 3493 | The History of Media | 3 |
| JMC 2643 | Sound, Light, and Motion * | 3 |
| JMC 3011 | Practicum (broadcast topics) * | 1 |
| JMC 3143 | Photojournalism * | 3 |
| JMC 3504 | Introduction to Professional Writing * | 4 |
| JMC 3613 | Single Camera Production * | 3 |
| JMC 3633 | Audio Production * | 3 |
| JMC 3703 | Backpack Reporting * | 3 |
| JMC 3723 | Introduction to Documentary | 3 |
| JMC 3753 | Electronic Media Criticism | 3 |
| JMC 3763 | Narrative Screenwriting * | 3 |
| JMC 4623 | Multi-Camera Production * | 3 |
| JMC 4633 | Advanced Single Camera Production * | 3 |
| JMC 4643 | Advanced Audio Production * | 3 |
| JMC 4683 | Multimedia Content Management * | 3 |
| JMC 4733 | Advanced Narrative Screenwriting * | 3 |
| JMC 4753 | Documentary Research and Writing * | 3 |
| JMC 4763 | Documentary Production * | 3 |
| JMC 4773 | After Effects * | 3 |
| JMC 4813 | Media Law | 3 |
| JMC 4853 | Race, Gender, Class and the Media | 3 |
| MLLL 3133 | Soviet and Post-Soviet Cinema | 3 |
| MLLL 3223 | Japan Through Film and Literature | 3 |
| MLLL 3373 | Italian Cinema | 3 |
| MLLL 3763 | Chinese Cinema | 3 |
| MLLL 3993 | Contemporary Brazilian Film | 3 |
| MUNM 2413 | Music in Film | 3 |
| MUSC 4970 | Undergraduate Seminar (Topic: Hollywood Movie Musical) | 1-3 |
| SOC 3993 | Sociology of Gender and Sexuality in the Media | 3 |
| WGS 3703 | Female Heroism in Hollywood | 3 |
| WGS 3713 | Gender and James Bond | 3 |
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These courses are adviser-approved Creative Skills. If used to meet the Creative Skills requirement, they cannot also be used as a major elective.