MDIA 311 Critical Approaches to Media
This course takes up advanced questions of meaning, interpretation, and critical method. Building on the exploration of text, author, and audience in Introduction to Media Studies, this course examines issues and methods in media studies and explores key critical debates in areas such as film and television theory, semiotics, discourse analysis, performance studies, sound studies, and audience and reception studies. Topics will be drawn from a variety of stylistic traditions, genres, themes and geographic locations. Required for majors in the critical studies track. If students do not meet requisite requirements, permission of the department is required.
Cross Listed Courses
COMM 344, ENG 344, MDIA 344
Prerequisite
MDIA 201 or department consent