Students work independently with a faculty mentor to complete a project. Students electing the research option will write an original research paper and deliver a public oral presentation. Students who select the creative media project will produce a short film, a website, a multimedia project, or an investigative journalism project and give a public screening/presentation. Credit hours: 4. Prerequisite: MAC 3310 and 3311.
- Teacher: Jennifer Gauthier
A critical study of significant works in media and cultural studies and a review of research methods and theory. Students will lay the groundwork for their senior research by formulating a research question and exploring related secondary sources. They will also determine a research method and theoretical framework. The course culminates in a formal research proposal. Credit hours: 4. Prerequisite: MAC 3310 and 3311.
- Teacher: Jennifer Gauthier
This course focuses on how bodies are represented in popular culture and how media works as both an agent and gatekeeper of change in our understanding of how bodies function as signifiers of identity. Using theories from sociology, critical studies, and feminist studies, students will investigate the meanings we attach to bodies, differences in bodies (gender, race, sex, class, ability, size, age), and how the body operates as a site of social control across institutions as varied as education, sport, medicine, and technology. Credit hours: 4. (CI, WI)
- Teacher: Lorin Shellenberger
This course is a basic introduction to filmmaking in the digital format; no previous filmmaking experience is necessary. It will familiarize students with the components of the digital video camera, the process of creating a moving image from single digital images, and the basics of non-linear digital editing. Identical with ARTS 2279. Taught concurrently with MAC 3376. Credit hours: 4. Prerequisite: ARTS/MAC 1181R or ARTH/MAC 2277 or permission of instructor. (AE)
- Teacher: Jennifer Gauthier
- Teacher: John Keener
- Teacher: Suman Mukherjee
An examination of the social construction of difference in late 20th and early 21st century America. This course focuses on social groups and communities that live on the physical and metaphorical borders of American culture such as addicts, queers, criminals, and illegal immigrants. Particular attention will be given to the ways in which their presence shapes contemporary ideological discourse. Hours credit: 4. Prerequisite: sophomore standing or permission of the instructor. Alternate years.
- Teacher: Julio Rodriguez