This track offers students the opportunity to study relationships among different forms of media, cinema, and digital culture. Students will be able to analyze film, television, social networks, video games, and other media from critical, historical, and theoretical perspectives.  

In addition, students will be able to explore historical and contemporary developments in media and cultural power, media technologies, industry structures, formal conventions, and global media cultures.  

Track Requirements

Track H: Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies

ENGLISH 215Introduction to English Studies3
Select two of the following:6
ENGLISH 290Introduction to Film Studies
ENGLISH 291Introduction to Television Studies
ENGLISH 294Game Culture
Select one of the following:3
ENGLISH 301Survey of English Literature, Beginnings to 1500
ENGLISH 302Survey of English Literature, 1500-1660
ENGLISH 303Survey of English Literature, 1660-1798
ENGLISH 304Survey of English Literature, 1798-1900
ENGLISH 305Survey of English Literature: 1900 to the Present
ENGLISH 306Survey of Irish Literature
ENGLISH 307Survey of American Literature to 1865
ENGLISH 308Survey of American Literature, 1865-1965
ENGLISH 309Survey of Contemporary American Literature
ENGLISH 325The Art of Fiction:
ENGLISH 326The Development of the Novel:
ENGLISH 327The Development of the Short Story
ENGLISH 332LGBTQ+ Literature:
ENGLISH 381World Literatures Written in English:
ENGLISH 404Language, Power, and Identity
ENGLISH 414Special Topics in Creative Writing:
ENGLISH 415Fiction Workshop
ENGLISH 425 - ENGLISH 438
ENGLISH 451 - ENGLISH 547
ENGLISH 390Classical Film Criticism and Theory3
or ENGLISH 391 Television Criticism and Theory
Select 12 credits in media, cinema, and digital studies (including at least 3 credits from each area and no more than 3 credits in 200-level courses): 12
Media
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 286Writing about Film and Television
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 291Introduction to Television Studies (if not selected above)
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 380Media and Society:
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 391Television Criticism and Theory
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 393Entertainment Industries:
ENGLISH 395Feminist Media Criticism and Theory:
ENGLISH 414Special Topics in Creative Writing: (Zines and Self-Publishing)
ENGLISH 431Topics in Advanced Communications: (with appropriate subtitle) (Contact Track H Coordinator)
FILMSTD 212Intermediate Topics in Film and Television Studies: (with appropriate subtitle)
Cinema
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 286Writing about Film and Television
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 290Introduction to Film Studies (if not selected above)
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 295Women and Film
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 312Topics in Film, Television and Digital Studies:
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 316World Cinema:
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 320Studies in Film and Television Authorship:
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 329Film and Literature
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 383Cinema, Television, and Genre:
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 390Classical Film Criticism and Theory
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 394Theories of Digital Culture:
ENGLISH 414Special Topics in Creative Writing: (Screenwriting – Story/Structure)
FILMSTD 212Intermediate Topics in Film and Television Studies: (with appropriate subtitle)
FILMSTD/JEWISH 350Global Jewish Film and Television:
FILMSTD 412Global Cinema and Media:
FILMSTD 669Screening Sexuality:
FILMSTD 690Seminar in Contemporary Cinema and Media: (if not selected as capstone)
Digital Studies
ENGLISH 394Theories of Digital Culture:
ENGLISH 294Game Culture (if not selected above)
ENGLISH/FILMSTD 312Topics in Film, Television and Digital Studies: (Cinema and Digital Studies)
ENGLISH 414Special Topics in Creative Writing: (Animated Texts)
ENGLISH 436Technical Documentation
ENGLISH 515Literature and the Other Arts: (From Dada to the Web)
FILMSTD 212Intermediate Topics in Film and Television Studies: (with appropriate subtitle)
Select 6 credits in upper-level electives6
FILMSTD 690Seminar in Contemporary Cinema and Media: (capstone seminar experience) (satisfies L&S research requirement)3
Total Credits36
Contact

Prospective Undergraduate Students (not yet enrolled at UWM)

Prospective students, contact our admissions counselor at let-sci@uwm.edu or 414-229-7711.

Current Undergraduate Students

General questions such as how to declare, how to change a major, general education requirements, etc. should be directed to the college advising office at ls-advising@uwm.edu or 414-229-4654.

Specific questions about English, such as research opportunities, internship opportunities, major requirements, etc., should be directed to the English department.

Interested in this Plan?

For more information about the Media, Cinema, and Digital Studies plan, contact Professor Tami Williams at tamiw@uwm.edu.

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