The Cinema & Media Studies (CAMS) major combines the critical study of film and media with hands-on media production, reflecting a liberal arts philosophy in which critical thinking and creative making are mutually informing.

CORE COURSES

Seventy-two credits are required for the major; forty-two credits in core courses and thirty credits in elective courses.

• Two 100-Level Introductory Courses (12 credits):
o CAMS 110: Introduction to Cinema and Media Studies
o CAMS 111: Digital Foundations

• One 200-Level Studio Production Course (6 credits):
o CAMS 270: Nonfiction Video Production

• One 200-Level History Course (6 credits):
o CAMS 210: Film History
o CAMS 211: Film History II
o CAMS 241: History of Television and American Mass Media

• One 300-Level Theory Course (6 credits):
o CAMS 330: Film Theory and Analysis
o CAMS 340: Critical Social Theory and The Media

• CAMS 398: Comps Research Colloquium (6 credits)

• CAMS 400: Integrative Exercise (6 credits)

Students considering a major in the department are strongly encouraged to take CAMS 110 and CAMS 111 by the end of their sophomore year.

ELECTIVE COURSES

Thirty credits in elective courses are required for the major. Credit may be obtained by enrolling in any of the departmental and extra-departmental courses listed below, with the following stipulations:

• A maximum of 12 credits in elective production courses count towards the major:

o CAMS 271: Fiction Video Production
o CAMS 272: Advanced Editing Techniques
o CAMS 274: Special Projects Workshop
o CAMS 275: Audio Workshop
o CAMS 277: Studio Production
o CAMS 279: Screenwriting
o CAMS 281: Photography as New Media
o CAMS 282: Graphic Design
o CAMS 283: Site-Specific Media

• A maximum of 12 credits in extra-departmental elective courses count towards the major:

o ARTH 222: History of Photography
o ARTS 238: Photography I
o ARTS 350: Advanced Photo: Color Photography
o ARTS 350: Advanced Photo: Digital Imaging
o FREN 233: The French Cinema
o FREN 243: Topics in Cultural Studies: Cinema and Society
o FREN 250: Film & Society in Mali
o GERM 216: Studies in German Cinema
o JAPN 231: Japanese Cinema in Translation
o MUSC 115: Music and the Media
o PHIL 220: Philosophy of Film
o PHIL 395: Film and the Emotions
o POSC 204: Media and American Politics
o POSC 220: Politics and Political History in Film
o RUSS 255: Russian Cinema: History and Theory
o SPAN 250: Spanish Cinema

Elective Courses for the CAMS major:

CAMS 213: Italian Neorealism and Global Cinema
CAMS 215: American Film History
CAMS 217: Perspectives on French and German Cinema
CAMS 225: Film Noir: The Dark Side of the American Dream
CAMS 226: Film and the Melodramatic Imagination
CAMS 227: Representing Reality: Nonfiction Film and Video
CAMS 228: Cinema at the Edge: The Idea of the Avant-Garde
CAMS 229: Outsider’s Cinema: Fiction Film
CAMS 231: Major Film Directors
CAMS 236: European Women Filmmakers
CAMS 241: History of TV and American Mass Media
CAMS 241: Topics in Television Studies
CAMS 242: Sound and Music in Television and New Media
CAMS 243: Topics in Television Studies
CAMS 245: Documentary Video: History/Theory/Practice
CAMS 246: Environmental Issues and Media Representation
CAMS 247: Deconstructing Journalism
CAMS 249: Global Media and Transnational Culture
CAMS 250: Visual Culture and Media Analysis
CAMS 251: Visual Culture of America in the Fifties
CAMS 260: Cyberculture
CAMS 261: Digital Art
CAMS 271: Fiction Video Production
CAMS 272: Advanced Editing Techniques
CAMS 274: Special Projects Workshop
CAMS 275: Audio Workshop
CAMS 277: Studio Production
CAMS 278: Studio Production
CAMS 279: Screenwriting
CAMS 280: We Media: The Personal Media Revolution
CAMS 281: Photography as New Media
CAMS 282: Graphic Design
CAMS 283: Site-Specific Media
CAMS 284: New Media Workshop
CAMS 310: Moviegoing and Film Exhibition in America
CAMS 330: Film Theory and Analysis
CAMS 340: Critical Social Theory and the Media
ARTH 222: History of Photography
ARTS 238: Photography I
ARTS 350: Advanced Photo: Color Photography
ARTS 350: Advanced Photo: Digital Imaging
FREN 233: The French Cinema
FREN 243: Topics in Cultural Studies: Cinema and Society
FREN 250: Film and Society in Mali
GERM 216: Studies in German Cinema
JAPN 231: Japanese Cinema in Translation
MUSC 115: Music and the Media
PHIL 220: Philosophy of Film
PHIL 395: Film and the Emotions
POSC 204: Media and American Politics
POSC 220: Politics and Political History in Film
RUSS 255: Russian Cinema: History and Theory
SPAN 250: Spanish Cinema

COGNATE COURSES

The following courses are highly recommended but are not counted towards the CAMS major:

CHIN 250: Chinese Literature and Film in Translation
ENGL 362: Narrative Theory
LCST 245: Critical Methods: Structure/Gender/Culture
SPAN 356: Lorca, Bunuel, and Dali
AMST 267: Utopia, Distopia and Myopia