COMMUNICATION, MEDIA AND FILM
CMF@UWINDSOR
CMF PATHS OF STUDY — 2015-2016 (updated April 2015)
Students may choose to concentrate on one or more of the following cluster of courses or are able to take courses across
all clusters/paths based on their interests.
N.B. Our curriculum is updated regularly, and is therefore subject to change. Please consult with the Department’s
Undergraduate Advisor for the most current information. Some courses may be listed in more than one area of focus.
INTRODUCTION TO ALL PROGRAMS
40-101 Introduction to Media and Society (required of all CMF students and those in combined CMF programs)
NEW/SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL CULTURE
40-200 Critical Digital Literacies
40-201 New Media Studies
40-203 New Media and Social Movements
40-213 Podcasting and Internet Media
40-270 Speaking Truth to Power: Voices and Activism
40-301 Digital Technologies and Everyday Life
40-304 Privacy, Surveillance and Security in the Digital Age
40-364 Media, Technology and the Environment
40-370 Alternative Media and Digital Activism
40-382 Advertising in the New Media Era: Contemporary Issues and Practices
40-401 Advanced Topics in New Media and Digital Culture
40-463 Gender and Technology
DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION
40-112 Introduction to Media Design and Production
40-205 Introductory Photography
40-213 Podcasting and Internet Media
40-218 Digital Media Production I
40-219 Digital Media Production II
40-221 The Art of Photoblogging
40-260 Fundamentals of Writing for Media
40-318 Field and Studio Sound Recording
40-319 Digital Documentary Production
40-350 Scriptwriting for Visual Media
40-327 Digital Video Editing and Post-Production
40-423 Advertising/Marketing Campaign Production
40-424 Advanced Non-Fiction Media Production
40-428 Senior Project
40-489 Selected Topics in Media Production
ADVERTISING, PUBLIC RELATIONS AND MESSAGE DESIGN
40-210 Speech Communication to Inform
40-260 Fundamentals of Writing for Media
40-272 Theory of Message Design
40-350 Scriptwriting for Visual Media
40-360 Public Relations, Media and Society
40-381 Advertising in Historical and Cultural Context
40-382 Advertising in the New Media Era: Contemporary Issues and Practices
40-426 Advanced Message Design
POPULAR CULTURE/MEDIA LITERACY
40-201 New Media Studies
40-225 Media Literacy
40-270 Speaking Truth to Power: Voices and Activism
40-301 Digital Technologies and Everyday Life
40-302 Popular Culture
40-334 Methods of Mass Media Criticism
40-375 Critical Approaches to Media and Culture
40-381 Advertising in Historical and Cultural Context
40-382 Advertising in the New Media Era: Contemporary Issues and Practices
40-403 Advanced Studies in Media Culture
40-425 Advanced Sociology of News Media
40-462 Communication Perspectives and Aboriginal People, Race and Ethnicity
COMMUNICATION THEORY, POLICY AND RESEARCH METHODS
40-234 Research Methods in Communication
40-245 Communication and Cultural Policy in Canada
40-275 Theories of Communication and Media
40-322 Labour, Workplace and Communication
40-334 Methods of Mass Media Criticism
40-375 Critical Approaches to Media and Culture
40-403 Advanced Studies in Media Culture
40-436 Advanced Research Methods
40-450 Border Culture
40-475 Advanced Communication Theory
40-476 Canadian Communication Thought
FILM STUDIES AND CINEMA HISTORY
40-140 Introduction to Film Studies
40-240 Cinema History I (Pre-War)
40-241 Cinema History II (Post-War)
40-243 Media Aesthetics
40-343 Cinema and/in Culture
40-443 Film Theory and Criticism
INTERNSHIPS AND INDEPENDENT STUDY
40-398 Internship I
40-399 Internship II
40-489 Selected Topics in Media Production
40-490 Selected Topics in Communication/Media Studies
40-495 Directed Reading
40-498 Internship III
40-499 Internship IV