BIS Concentration Check Sheet
Film and Media Studies
Online
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2011-2012
Concentration Advising: Location: LL 641, E-mail: filminfo@asu.edu, Phone: (480) 965-6747
Description:
The film and media studies concentration is useful for students who want to explore the critical and creative study
of film and media. Students can select to study a range of courses that emphasize media and society, media
industries, styles and genres and screenwriting.
Requirements:
1) Core 9 Hours
FMS 100 Introduction to Film (3)
FMS 200 Film History (3)
FMS 300 Television and Cultural Studies (3)
2) Electives – 9 Upper Division Hours Required
Select in consultation with a Film and Media Studies advisor.
FMS 300 Television & Cultural Studies (3)
FMS 312 Film, Media, and Politics Today (3)
FMS 313 Anti-Semitism in the Media (3)
FMS 327
FMS 340 Contemporary American Film and Popular Culture (3)
FMS 345 Asian Pacific Americans and Film (3)
FMS 350 Virtual Reality in Film and Media (3)
FMS 351Emerging Digital Media (3)
FMS 352 Chicana/o Film (3)
FMS 370 Signs of Aliens: Semiotics of Film and Popular Culture (3)
FMS 376 Virgin Mary in History, Film and Culture (3)
FMS 377 Baseball Film and American Dreams (3)
FMS 394 Special Topics (1-4)
FMS 394 [*CANA*POP*CULTU*] Topic: Canadian Popular Culture (1-4)
FMS 450 Technology, Culture, and Media (3)
FMS 460 Masculinity and Film (3)
FMS 462
FMS 465 Chicana/o and Latina/o History on Film (3)
FMS 467
FMS 468 Crime and Violence in American Film (3)
FMS 470 Race, Sex, and Identity Online (3)
FMS 471Latinos in Hollywood (3)
FMS 494 [*CINE*JUSTICE*]
FMS 494 [*IDEN*WORL*FILM*]
FMS 487 Religion and Film (3)
FMS 499 Individualized Instruction (1-3)
WSH 470
FMS 494 Special Topics (1-4)
FMS 354 Critical Studies in Animation (3)
FMS 369
FMS 374 American Visions: Innovators in Popular Media (3)
FMS 440 Los Angeles: Movies and Culture (3)
FMS 441 Global Cinema (3)
FMS 461Film Theory and Criticism (3)
FMS 464 Latina/o Literature (3)
FMS 486 Holocaust on Film (3)
FMS 302 U.S. Media Now (3)
FMS 327
FMS 351
FMS 374
FMS 440
FMS 450
FMS 480
FMS 481
FMS 482
FMS 483
FMS 499
FMS 302
FMS 309
FMS 340
FMS 409
FMS 410 OR FMS 494 [*SCREEN*WORK*]
Notes:
• Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours including 12 of upper division hours for this
concentration.
• Students must complete a minimum of 12 upper division (300-400 level) hours.
• All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.
• Courses used to fill the Core requirement may not be used in the Elective area.
What you will see on your DARS:
FILM AND MEDIA STUDIES Concentration
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
--------------------------------------------------NOTE: Grade of C (2.00) or better required.
Minimum 12 upper division hours required.
----------------------------------------------------> NEEDS: 18.00 HOURS 2 SUB-GROUPS
- 1) CORE - 9 hours
Courses used to fill the Core requirement may not be
used in the Electives area.
NEEDS: 9.00 HOURS
COURSE LIST: FMS 100 FMS 200 FMS 300
- 2) ELECTIVES - 9 upper division hours
See Film and Media Studies advisor for list
of acceptable courses.
NEEDS: 9.00 HOURS
COURSE LIST: FMS 300 FMS 312 FMS 313 FMS 327
FMS 345 FMS 352 FMS 370 FMS 376
FMS 394 [*COM* APP*] FMS 394 [ASIAN* PAC*]
FMS 394 [AMER* POL*] FMS 377
FMS 394 [*CANA*POP*CULTU*] FMS 450 FMS 460
FMS 462 FMS 465 FMS 467 FMS 468 FMS 470 FMS 471
FMS 494 [*CINE*JUSTICE*] FMS 494 [*IDEN*WORL*FILM*]
FMS 487 FMS 499 WSH 470 FMS 394 [*BEY* MEM*]
FMS 494 [*ART* FIL*] FMS 394 [*COM* APP*]
FMS 494 [*SEX* LOV*] FMS 394 [*AM* POL*]
FMS 494 [*WOM* POP*] FMS 340 FMS 350 FMS 351
FMS 354 FMS 369 FMS 370 FMS 374 FMS 377
FMS 394 [*AMER*DIREC*] FMS 394 [*HIST*ANIME*]
FMS 394 [*MUS* VID*] FMS 394 [*FIL*FRA*FOR*COPP*]
FMS 394 [*CHI*FIL*CIVIL*] FMS 394 [*DOCU*FILM*]
FMS 394 [*MOB*MED*HIS*] FMS 440 FMS 441 FMS 461
FMS 464 FMS 486 FMS 494 [*SOU* AS* CIN*]
FMS 494 [*EXPER*NARRA*] FMS 494 [*ART*FILM*]
FMS 494 [*ITALI*CINEMA*]
FMS 494 [*STUD*IN*GER*FIL*]
FMS 494 [*LAT*AMER*DOC*FIL*] FMS 494 [*BRAZ*FILM*]
FMS 494 [*ETHNO*FILM*] FMS 300 FMS 302 FMS 327
FMS 351 FMS 374 FMS 394 [*FAN*CULT*]
FMS 394 [*CANA*POP*CULTU*] FMS 394 [*MOBILE*MEDIA*]
FMS 440 FMS 450 FMS 480 FMS 481 FMS 482 FMS 483
FMS 494 [*TELE*THEOR*] FMS 494 [*TELE*STUD*REAL*]
FMS 499 FMS 302 FMS 309 FMS 340 FMS 409 FMS 410
OR FMS 494 [*SCREEN*WORK*] FMS 494 [*ADAPTATION*]
FMS 494 [*BROA*COM*WRI*] FMS 494 [*STO* ANA*]
FMS 494 [*WRIT* *FIL*] FMS 494 [*WRIT* *TEL*]
FMS 494 [*WRIT* NEW*]
Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS)
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