Courses

ENG 354 NATURE WRITING   3.0 Credit(s)
Prerequisite: Take ENG-110 or FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

ENG 359 SPECIAL TOPICS IN WRITING   3.0 Credit(s)
Course description varies each time the course is offered. Prerequisite: Take ENG-110 or FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

ENG 360 HIST & STRUC OF ENGLISH LANG   3.0 Credit(s)
A survey of the major changes in structure, vocabulary, and uses of the language from the earliest times to the present. Explores important aspects of modern linguistic scholarship. Required for secondary education. Usually offered as an independent study for students needing the course as a Connecticut state teaching requirement; see the English Department chair. Prerequisite: Take FYS or FYWS 125
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

ENG 361 LITERARY THEORY   3.0 Credit(s)
An overview of the history and major concepts of critical theory from Nietzsche through Marx, Freud, Lacan, Barthes, Foucault, Kristeva, Cixous, Derrida, Gates, and others. Important schools of thought include the New Criticism, semiotics, phenomenology, structuralism, neo-Marxism, deconstruction, gender studies, African-American criticism, and postcolonialism. Required for all English majors.
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

ENG 380 INDEPENDENT STUDY   1.0-6.0 Credit(s)
Work on a special topic to be arranged with an instructor who will direct this work. Permission of the department chair is granted to qualified English majors on the basis of a written prospectus.
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

ENG 381 INTERNSHIP   1.0-3.0 Credit(s)

Offered: As Needed Contact Department

CM 399 INDEPENDENT STUDY   3.0 Credit(s)
Work on a special topic or production to be arranged with an instructor who will direct the work. Permission is granted to qualified Media Studies majors on the basis of a written prospectus from the department chair for Communication Studies. Prerequisite: TAKE CM-101
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

CM 300 SP TOPICS IN MULTIMEDIA PROD   1.0-3.0 Credit(s)
New or occasional courses in advanced video production such as approaches to editing, audio recording techniques, digital storytelling, or computer-aided design. Course title is shown on the student's transcript. Consult the current course schedule for available topics and required prerequisites. Prerequisite: TAKE CM-101
Offered: All Semesters All Years

CM 301 ADVANCED SEMINAR IN COMM.   3.0 Credit(s)
An interdisciplinary study of contemporary theories of mass communications. Presents an overview of the impact of mass communication by considering them as codes, symbolic systems, and manipulative powers on both the conscious and subconscious levels. Reading, writing, discussion, and research are required. Prerequisite: TAKE CM-101
Offered: All Semesters All Years

CM 311 NEWS WRITING & REPORTING   3.0 Credit(s)
This advanced workshop simulates a newspaper magazine publishing atmosphere. Students are assigned roles as writers or editors for individual sections to create a student news magazine as part of the newspaper staff. Prerequisite: Take CM-211 or ENG-211
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

CM 321 ADV TOPICS IN FILM & TV PRODUCTION   3.0 Credit(s)
Topics in film and TV productions. Prerequisite: TAKE CM-101
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

CM 322 TV STUDIO PROD. II   3.0 Credit(s)
An introduction to multi-camera studio production. Prerequisite: TAKE CM-222
Offered: Fall Semester All Years

CM 325 VISUAL FX/MOTION GRAPHICS   3.0 Credit(s)
Students will learn cutting-edge techniques in graphic programs and develop and complete several creative projects guided by an instructor who is an industry professional. Prerequisite: TAKE CM-101
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

CM 351 WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISION   3.0 Credit(s)
Films are cultural artifacts. Each film contains within itself a complex social system reflecting the attitudes, values, and morals of the society that produced it. This course uncovers the values that encode the function of women on screen including the images they project, roles they assume, values they encode, and relationships they establish with men, children, and each other. Readings, screenings, and written assignments required. Prerequisite: TAKE CM-101
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

CM 353 NATIONAL CINEMAS   3.0 Credit(s)
Examines a particular national cinema or moment in national cinemas (e.g., New German Cinema, French New Wave, Italian Neorealism) whose contributions to the history of cinema have been significant. Attention is given to the social and cultural context, production, distribution, and reception circumstances and stylistic innovations of the different filmmaking practices. Readings, screenings, and written assignments required. Prerequisite: TAKE CM-101
Offered: As Needed Contact Department