CMS Subjects: Full List and Pre-approved Electives

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Full Subject List

Course CMS: Comparative Media Studies

Subject Number (Undergraduate)	Subject Number (Graduate)	Subject Name		HASS, CI-H/M
CMS.100		Introduction to Media Studies		HASS-H, CI-H
CMS.150/24.912/21H.106/21L.008/ 21W.741/WGS.190		Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies		HASS-A, HASS-H, CI-H
CMS.300	CMS.841	Game Studies		HASS-H
CMS.301		Game Design Methods		HASS-A
CMS.303/21M.365	CMS.803	DJ History, Technique, and Technology		HASS-A
CMS.305/21L.484/21M.222	CMS.805	Rap Theory and Practice		HASS-A
CMS.306	CMS.806	Making Comics & Sequential Art		HASS-A
CMS.307	CMS.807	Critical Worldbuilding		HASS-A
CMS.308		The Visual Story: Graphic Novel, Type to Tablet		HASS-A
CMS.309/ 21W.763	CMS.809	Transmedia Storytelling: Modern Sci-Fi		HASS-A
CMS.311/21F.055		Media in Weimar and Nazi Germany		HASS-H
CMS.330/21L.706	CMS.830	Studies in Film		HASS-H
CMS.334/ 21W.788		South Asian America: Transnational Media, Culture, and History		HASS-H
CMS.335/21W.790	21W.890	Short Attention Span Documentary		HASS-A
CMS.336/ 21W.786	CMS.836	Social Justice and the Documentary Film		HASS-A
CMS.337/WGS.137		Narratives of Disability and Neurodiversity		HASS-S
CMS.338	CMS.838	Innovation in Documentary: Technologies and Techniques		HASS-A
CMS.339	CMS.839	Virtual Reality and Immersive Media Production		HASS-A
CMS.340	CMS.865	Immersive Media Studies		HASS-H
CMS.341	CMS.941	Immersive Social Worlds		HASS-S
CMS.344	CMS.874	Spatial Sound:  Culture, Theory, and Practice		HASS-A
CMS.351/21G.067	21G.567	Digital Media in Japan & Korea		HASS-H
CMS.352/21G.094	21G.594	Japanese Cinema		HASS-A
CMS.353/21G.072		The New Latin American Novel		HASS-H, CI-H
CMS.354/21G.065	21G.593	Japanese Media Cultures		HASS-H, CI-H
CMS.355/21G.070/21L.436		Latin America and the Global Sixties: Counterculture and Revolution		HASS-H, CI-H
CMS.357/21G.731/21H.274		Creation of a Continent: Media Representations of Hispanic America, 1492 to present		HASS-H
CMS.358/21G.736/21L.437/WGS.210		The Short Form: Literature and New Media Cultures in the Hispanic World		HASS-H
CMS.359/21G.042/21H.352/21L.492		Three Kingdoms: From History to Fiction, Comic, Film, and Game		HASS-H
CMS.361	CMS.861	Networked Social Movements: Media and Mobilization		HASS-S
CMS.375	CMS.875	Reading Climate Through Media		HASS-H
CMS.376	CMS.876	History of Media and Technology		HASS-H, CI-H
CMS.379/21W.779		The Modern Newsroom: Principles and Practices		HASS-H
CMS.400		Media Texts and Transformations		HASS-H, CI-H
CMS.401	CMS.881	The Algorithmic Eye: Computing and Visual Media		HASS-H, CI-M
CMS.405		Visual Design		HASS-H, CI-M
CMS.406/21A.505/STS.065		The Anthropology of Sound		HASS-S
CMS.418/WGS.118		Gender in the Visual Arts		HASS-A
CMS.422/21L.474/WGS.230		Representing Girlhood		HASS-H
CMS.425/21L.027/WGS.258		Children and Culture		HASS-H, CI-H
CMS.427/21L.500/21T.247		How We Got to Hamilton		HASS-A
CMS.435/21L.435	CMS.840	Literature and Film		HASS-H
CMS.481/WGS.181		Queer Cinema and Visual Culture		HASS-H
CMS.524/STS.024		Thinking on Your Feet: Dance as a Learning Science		HASS-A
CMS.560	CMS.960	K-12 Computer Science Education: Tracing the Past and Plotting the Future		HASS-S
CMS.586/11.124		Introduction to Education: Looking Forward and Looking Back on Education		HASS-S, CI-H
CMS.587/11.125		Introduction to Education: Understanding and Evaluating Education		HASS-S
CMS.590/11.127	11.252J / CMS.863J	Design and Development of Games for Learning		HASS-H
CMS.591/11.129		Educational Theory and Practice I		HASS-S
CMS.592/11.130		Educational Theory and Practice II
CMS.593/11.131		Educational Theory and Practice III		HASS-S
CMS.594	CMS.894	Education Technology Studio		HASS-S
CMS.595	CMS.895	Learning, Media, and Technology		HASS-S
CMS.603	CMS.995	Independent Study
CMS.605	CMS.606	Media Internship		HASS-A
CMS.609/21W.764	CMS.846	Computational and Experimental Writing Workshop		HASS-A
CMS.611/6.4570		Creating Videogames		HASS-A
CMS.614/ 21W.791.WGS.280	CMS.867	Critical Internet Studies		HASS-H, CI-M
CMS.616/21W.768/WGS.125	CMS.868	Games and Culture		HASS-A
CMS.618/21W.765/21L.489	CMS.845	Interactive Narrative		HASS-A, CI-M
CMS.619/ WGS.111		Gender and Media Studies		HASS-H
CMS.621	CMS.821	Fans and Fan Culture		HASS-H, CI-M
CMS.627	CMS.827	Imagination, Computation and Expression Studio		HASS-A
CMS.628	CMS.828	Advanced Identity Representation		HASS-A
CMS.631	CMS.831	Data Storytelling Studio		HASS-A
CMS.633	CMS.833	Digital Humanities: Topics, Techniques, and Technologies		HASS-H
CMS.636	CMS.855	Extending the Museum		HASS-H
CMS.637/WGS.273		Activism in the Archives		HASS-H
CMS.701	CMS.901	Current Debates in Media		HASS-H, CI-M
CMS.702	CMS.802	Qualitative Research Methods		HASS-S
21W.748	CMS.848	Apocalyptic Storytelling		HASS-A
CMS.S61	CMS.S97	Special Subject: CMS
CMS.S62	CMS.S98	Special Subject: CMS
CMS.S63	CMS.S99	Special Subject: CMS
CMS.C35/6.C35/11.C35/IDS.C35	CMS.C85	Interactive Data Visualization and Society
CMS.THT		Comparative Media Studies Pre-Thesis Tutorial
CMS.THU		Undergraduate Thesis in Comparative Media Studies
CMS.URG / CMS.UR		Research in Comparative Media Studies (UROP)

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Pre-approved Electives in Other Departments

This is a sampling of classes that CMS majors have used to fulfill the elective requirement in the past; this list is not exhaustive. With permission from their CMS Major advisor, students may substitute relevant classes from other departments not found on this list, relevant cross-registered classes from Wellesley, Harvard, or MassArt, or pre-approved classes from study abroad.

Course 4 – Architecture

Subject Number (Undergraduate)	Subject Number (Graduate)	Subject Name	HASS, CI-H/M
4.341		Introduction to Photography and Related Media	HASS-A
4.352		Advanced Video and Related Media	HASS-A
4.354		Introduction to Video and Related Media	HASS-A
4.374		Advanced Projects in Visual Arts	HASS-A
4.602		Modern Art and Mass Culture	HASS-A, CI-H

Course 21A – Anthropology

Subject Number (Undergraduate)	Subject Number (Graduate)	Subject Name	HASS, CI-H/M
21A.500J / STS.075J		Technology and Culture	HASS-S
21A.502		Fun and Games: Cross-Cultural Perspectives	HASS-S
21A.503/ 24.913/ STS.070		Language and Technology	HASS-S
21A.508		Anthropology Through Speculative Fiction	HASS-S
21A.550/ STS.064		DV Lab: Documenting Science through Video and New Media	HASS-S

Course 21G – Global Studies and Languages

Subject Number (Undergraduate)	Subject Number (Graduate)	Subject Name	HASS, CI-H/M
21G.011		Topics in Indian Popular Culture	HASS-H, CI-H
21G.030/ WGS.236		Introduction to East Asian Cultures: From Zen to K-Pop	HASS-H
21G.036 / CMS.356	CMS.888	Advertising and Media: Comparative Perspectives	HASS-H
21G.038	CMS.888	China in the News: The Untold Stories	HASS-H
21G.039/ 21A.143		Gender and Japanese Popular Culture	HASS-H
21G.046		Modern Chinese Fiction and Cinema	HASS-H, CI-H
21G.052		French Film Classics	HASS-H
21G.063		Anime: Transnational Media and Culture	HASS-H

Course 21H – History

Subject Number (Undergraduate)	Subject Number (Graduate)	Subject Name	HASS, CI-H/M
21H.214		War and American Society	HASS-H
21H.315		American Consumer Culture	HASS-H

Course 21L – Literature

Subject Number (Undergraduate)	Subject Number (Graduate)	Subject Name	HASS, CI-H/M
21L.011		The Film Experience	HASS-A, CI-H
21L.012		Forms of Western Narrative	HASS-H, CI-H
21L.021		Comedy	HASS-H, CI-H
21L.430	SP.492, CMS.920	Popular Culture and Narrative	HASS-H
21L.432	CMS.915	Understanding Television	HASS-H
21L.433		Film Styles and Genres	HASS-H
21L.434		Science Fiction and Fantasy	HASS-H
21L.435	CMS.840	Literature and Film	HASS-H
21L.486		Modern Drama	HASS-H
21L.706	CMS.830	Studies in Film	HASS-H, CI-M
21L.707		Problems in Cultural Interpretation	HASS-H
21L.715	CMS.871	Media in Cultural Context	HASS-H

Course 21M – Music and Theater Arts

Subject Number (Undergraduate)	Subject Number (Graduate)	Subject Name	HASS, CI-H/M
21M.283		The Musical	HASS-A
21M.284	CMS.925	Film Music	HASS-A
21M.624		Acting with the Camera	HASS-A
21M.840	21M.841	Performance Media	HASS-A
21M.846	21M.847	Topics in Performance Studies	HASS-A

Course 21W – Writing

Subject Number (Undergraduate)	Subject Number (Graduate)	Subject Name	HASS, CI-H/M
21W.733		Debating about Society and Engineering
21W.744		The Art of Comic Book Writing	HASS-A
21W.752	21W.824	Making Documentary: Audio, Video and More	HASS-A
21W.787	CMS.837	Film, Music, and Social Change: Intersections of Media and Society	HASS-H

Course MAS – Media Arts and Sciences

Subject Number (Undergraduate)	Subject Number (Graduate)	Subject Name	HASS, CI-H/M
MAS.110		Fundamentals of Computational Media Design	HASS-A, CI-H

Course STS – Science, Technology, and Society

Subject Number (Undergraduate)	Subject Number (Graduate)	Subject Name	HASS, CI-H/M
STS.008		Technology and Experience	HASS-S, CI-H
STS.056		Science on Screen	HASS-A
STS.085, 6.805	STS.487	Foundations of Information Policy	HASS-S