RTF X77H RTF 377H Advanced Topics in Media Studies 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Focus on specialized topics and issues in media history, theory, and criticism. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Forty-five semester hours of college coursework and a University grade point average of at least 3.0.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Media and Popular Culture. Radio-Television-Film 370 (Topic: Media and Popular Culture) and 377H (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Topic 2: Queer Media Studies. Introduction to the critical analysis of queer media culture. Explores the dominant strategies used by the media industries to represent members of the LGBTQI community and their issues, as well as those utilized by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, queer, and intersexed folks in practices of self-representation. Also examines media reception practices among queer folks, as well as the alternative media economies developed by members of the LGBTQI community, and the intersections of queer identity, queer politics, and media culture. Only one of the following may be counted: Radio-Television-Film 359S (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 359S (Topic 5), 377H (Topic 2), Women's and Gender Studies 324 (Topic: Queer Media Studies), 335 (Topic 16).
Topic 3: Global Sports Media. Radio-Television-Film 377H (Topic: Global Sports Media) and 377H (Topic 3) may not both be counted.