FILM & MEDIA STUDIES
Fall 2015 Approved Course List
Required Courses
Core Course: FMS 20. Art of the Moving Image (requirement for FMS majors and minors)
Core Course: FMS 22. Media Literacy (requirement for FMS majors)
FMS 29. FMS Senior Colloquium (requirement for FMS majors taking two-semester Senior Project
capstone)
Elective Courses
Electives that fulfill FMS elective requirements for FMS majors are marked as follows: Non-US film and
media = [non-US]; theory = [THEORY]; upper level course = [UPPER]. All film and media practice
courses fulfill the practice elective requirement for FMS majors. Only courses marked [MINOR] fulfill the
practice elective requirement for FMS minors. Electives cannot be "double counted"—an elective can only
fulfill one FMS elective requirement.
The electives are subdivided into optional concentrations in Film Studies, Communications and Media
Studies, and Film and Media Practice.
FILM STUDIES
NB: Some Communications and Media Studies courses (see below) also cover film
American Studies 180-04/English 191-01. Metaphors of Globalization.
American Studies 180-10. American Highways, Routes and Roots
American Studies 194/Drama 51. Latino Theater and Film [non-US]
Arabic 91-01. Special Topics: The Literature and Cinema of Middle East Cities [non-US]
Chinese 72. Martial Arts in Chinese Literature & Film [non-US]
Chinese 91-01/English 91/ILVS 91. From Beijing to Bollywood: Cinema of India & China [non-US]
Experimental College 54-CF. Movie Stars and Stardom: A Cultural History
Japanese 191-01/R. Seminar: Special Topics: Japanese Film Director: Hayao Miyazaki [non-US]
[UPPER]
Portuguese 191. Images of Brazil: Contemporary Brazilian Cinema (in Portuguese) [non-US]
Religion 100. Religion and Film
Russian 80. Russian Film: Art, Politics and Society [non-US]
Spanish 191 A. Film and Representation in Latin America (Spanish required) [non-US]
Spanish 191 B. The Andes and the Amazon in Film and Literature (in Spanish) [non-US]
COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA STUDIES
Art and Art History 0092/0192. From Camera Work to the Americans: Photography in the U.S. 1893 to
1956
Child Development 267. Research Seminar: Children and Mass Media [UPPER][THEORY]
Chinese 70. Introduction to Chinese Popular Culture [non-US]
Chinese 125. Newspaper Readings (Chinese required) [non-US]
Community Health 99. Designing Health Campaigns Using Social Media
Experimental College 23F. Human Development in the Digital Age
Experimental College 50CF. Social Media
Experimental College 52CF. Public Relations and Marketing: Unraveling the Spin
Experimental College 53CF. Documentary: History, Theory and New Directions
Experimental College 57CF. ‘Grunt’: War Stories, Hollywood, and the Making of the U.S. Military
Experimental College 59CF. On the Record: Communicating for the Government
Sociology 94-03. Music in Social Context
FILM PRACTICE
Drama 47. Writing the Short Film
Drama 93. Special Topics: Filmmaking 1 [MINOR]
Experimental College 101CF. Advanced Filmmaking (By consent only. Contact Howard.Woolf@tufts.edu,
x73384.) [UPPER]
Studio Art: Selected courses in Video/Film (requires approval of FMS Director)
MEDIA PRACTICE
Computer Science 23-01. Game Development [MINOR]
Dance 91-03. Special Topics: Dance on Camera
English 11. Intermediate Journalism [MINOR]
Experimental College 51CF. Narrative and Documentary Practice [MINOR]
Experimental College 102CF. Advanced Digital Media (By consent only. Contact Howard.Woolf@tufts.edu,
x73384.) [UPPER]
Music 67-01. Composing Music for Multimedia
Studio Art: Selected courses in Video/Film, Computer Graphics, Photography, etc. (requires approval of FMS
Director)
OTHER APPROVED ELECTIVES
FMS 99. Internship (By consent only. Contact Leslie.Goldberg@tufts.edu, x72007.)
FMS 94. Directed Study