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Media Studies Concentration
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contact: Babli Sinha (Director)
The Media Studies concentration at Kalamazoo College offers an
interdisciplinary, liberal arts approach to the study of various
kinds of media, including film, television, video, theatre arts
and technologies, print and broadcast journalism, photography, popular
music, and digital art. The concentration, when catered to students’
specific needs and interests, provides an excellent background for
media-related pursuits, including graduate school, film school,
and a wide variety of production-related jobs.
Requirements
for the Concentration in Media Studies
Number of Units: Six are required.
Required Course (choose one):
Global Media and Visual Culture OR Reading Film
Five Additional Courses, with at least
One from each Category:
History/Theory/Criticism
ARTX 215 History of Photography
ARTX/SEMN 214 Framing Difference—Documentary Practices in Fine Art Photography
ARTX 224 20th Century Art
ENGL 130 Reading Film
ENGL 260 Studies in film (various topics, year by year)
ENGL 436 Critical Theory
MUSC 335 Western Music in 20th Century
PHIL 109 Existentialism and Film
THEA 270 Theatre of Illusionism: Western Theatre History from
the Renaissance to Early Film
International Media
CHIN 245 Chinese Film and Culture (taught in English)
GERM 136 Weimar German Cinema (taught in English)
GERM 420 Introduction to German Cinema (taught in German)
GERM 421 Classic German Cinema (taught in German)
GERM 422 The Films of Fritz Lang
PHIL 307 Contemporary Continental Philosophy: Zizek & Film
JAPN 240 Japanese Culture through Film (taught in English)
SPAN 401 Topics in Hispanic Culture (when the topic is film) |
Applied
ARTX 116 Photography I
ARTX 216 Photography II
ARTX 316 Photography III
ARTX 110 Digital Art
ARTX 101 Introduction to Documentary Video Production
ARTX 201 Advanced Documentary Video Production
ARTX 200 TV Studio Production (1/4 credit)
ENGL 105 Journalism I
ENGL 207 Arts Journalism
ENGL 205 Feature Writing
THEA 120 Fundamentals of Acting
THEA/ENGL 255 Playwrighting
THEA 210 Stage Lighting
THEA 380 Directing
*Possible other media-based courses, as they are added to
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*It is likely that media-based courses will be added to the
curriculum. These courses, when approved by the director in consultation
with the student and instructor, will be added to the choices in Category 1, 2 and 3.
Below
is a list of Kalamazoo College faculty who teach or have research
interests in media:
Carol Anderson, Religion Dept.
Karen Berthel, Theatre Arts Dept.
Kevin Brady, Art Dept.
Rose Bundy, Japanese Language Dept.
Shreena Gandhi, Religion Dept.
Gary Gregg, Psychology Dept.
Christine Hahn, Art Dept.
Marin Heinritz, English Dept.
Yue Hong, Chinese Dept.
Richard Koenig, Art Dept.
Christopher Latiolais, Philosophy Dept.
Emily Lenning, Anthropology/Sociology Dept.
Ed Menta, Theatre Arts Dept.
Andy Mozina, English Dept.
Babli Sinha, English Dept.
Michael Sosulski, German
Language Dept.
Dhera Strauss, Information
Services/Art Dept.
Siu-Lan Tan, Psychology Dept.
Les Tung, Music Dept.
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