Studies in Cinema and Media Culture B.A.

Studies in cinema and media culture (SCMC) examines cinema and media by emphasizing its location within the intricate social, historical, and cultural matrix of audiovisual forms and practices. Core courses and electives are offered not only in the Department of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature (CSCL), but also in a number of other contributing departments. Through the program's interdisciplinary framework, students explore the sounds and images of cinema and media as they have changed throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Print, photography, radio, television, video, and digital media are also considered crucial to understanding our media cultures. Students develop the ability to "read" the production and circulation of meaning in cinema and media, especially within the institutions of mass culture; examine the history of cinema and media cultures; engage the cross-cultural and global dynamics of production and reception; and explore the theoretical models that have shaped thinking about the cinema and media.

Although the major includes a production component, its principal focus is on cultural contexts, history, and theory.

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