Major Requirements

One from each of the following categories:   Underlined are offered Spring 24

A - Film & Media Action     

           DMF 101 - Film & Media Action     (New course required of all majors & minors)

B - Core Film Studies - One of the following:

            DMF 211 - Introduction to Film Studies

            DMF 251 - History of Cinema

            DMF 271 - World Cinema

C - DMF in Relation to Contemporary Society - Course to contextualize study of digital media and film in relation to contemporary society, global power structures, and representations of identity.  One of the following:

            DMF 169/SOC 169 – Intro to Sociology: Media & Society

            DMF 239/PCA 239 – Media Industries

            GNDR 103 – Gender & Society

            GS 101 – Intro to Global Studies I: Political Economy

            GS 102 – Intro to Global Studies II: Race, Culture, Identity

Students must complete 2 production courses from a selection of over twenty-five existing electives. A representative list of regularly offered production courses covering filmmaking, photography, media art, graphic design, journalism, screenwriting, podcasting, acting, directing, set design, music composition, and recording arts can be found here.

Spring 2024

AAH 259/DMF 259 - Photography I

AAH 262/DMF 262 - Video Art

AAH 269/DMF 269 - Digital Media and Culture I

AAH 360 - Photography III

AAH 3097/DMF 3097 - Digital Drawing

DMF 103/PCA 103 - Stagecraft

DMF 107/PCA 107 - Beginning Acting

DMF 220/MUS 220 - Music and Technology

DMF 306/ENG 306 - Advanced Screenwriting

DMF 3700/PCA 3075 – SopSem: Digital Storytelling

DMF 4001 - Filmmaking Workshop

FRPG 2128 - Introduction to Journalism Studies

GS 340 - Blogging the Globe

Fall 2023

AAH 259 - Photography I

AAH 3095 - Pinhole Cameras and Alternative Processes

DMF 281/MUS 281 - Music Video

DMF 3028/MUS 3028 - Film/Sound

DMF 4001 - Filmmaking Workshop

ENG 201/PCA 201 - Introduction to Journalism

GS 340 - Blogging the Globe

MUS 220 - Music and Technology

MUS 3025 - Laptop Music

MUS 227/PCA 227 - Recording Arts

PCA 103 - Stagecraft

PCA 107 - Beginning Acting

PCA 307 - Characterization

PCA 4039 - Scenic Design

Previously Offered/Future Offerings

AAH 259/DMF 259 - Photography I

AAH 260 - Photography II

AAH 262/DMF 262 - Video Art

AAH 269/DMF 269 - Digital Media and Culture I

AAH 360 - Photography III

AAH 369/DMF 369 - Digital Media and Culture II

AAH 3095 - Pinhole Photography

AAH 3097/DMF 3097 - Digital Drawing

AAH 4012/PCA 4136 - Photojournalism

DMF 103/PCA 103 - Stagecraft

DMF 107/PCA 107 - Beginning Acting

DMF 219/MUS 219 – Laptop Music

DMF 222 - Documentary Filmmaking

DMF 244/ENG 244/PCA 244 - Screenwriting

DMF 281/MUS 281 - Music Video

DMF 306/ENG 306/PCA 306 - Advanced Screenwriting

DMF 332/PCA 332 - Directing

DMF 340/GS 340 - Blogging the Globe

DMF 3002/MUS 3002/PCA 3014 - Podcasting

DMF 3025/MUS 3025 - Laptop Music (see DMF 219/MUS 219)

DMF 3028/MUS 3028 - Film/Sound

DMF 3700/PCA 3075 – SopSem: Digital Storytelling

DMF 4001 - Filmmaking Workshop

ENG 201/PCA 201 - Introduction to Journalism

ENG 309/PCA 309 - Feature Writing/Advanced Journalism

MUS 222/PCA 222 - Sound for the Stage

MUS 227/PCA 227 - Recording Arts

PCA 307 – Characterization (RI)

PCA 345 - Prop Design & Construction

PCA 346 - Scenic Design

PCA 362 - Stage & Production Management

PCA 3069 - Costume Construction

 

Courses previously listed under FILM are now offered under DMF.

Students must complete 5 courses in the analysis, theory, and critique of film and media in diverse cultural, historical, and political contexts. At least 2 must be taken at the 300/400 level.  (Note on special topics courses: 3xxx = 200 level; 4xxx = 300 level) 

Spring 2024

AAH 259/DMF 259 – Photography I

AAH 262/DMF 262 – Video Art

AAH 269/DMF 269 – Digital Culture & Media I

AAH 360 – Photography III

ARAB 203/DMF 203 - Arabic Society through Graphic Novel & Films

DMF 271 - World Cinema

DMF 301/GNDR 301 - Studies in Masculinities

DMF 311 - Film Theory

DMF 322/GNDR 322 - Gender, Film, & the Unconscious

DMF 3003/GNDR 290 - Gender & Feminist Theory

DMF 3056/FR 3056 - Paris on Film

DMF 3076/ENG 3076 - LS: Cyborg Literature & Film

DMF 3107/SOC 3123 - Cinema, Technology, & Social Change

DMF 3127/SOC 3127 - Social Movements Internet Age

DMF 4015/GNDR 4015/PCA 4029 - Queer Theater & Film

FRPG 2201 – Modern China Through Fiction & Film (Same as ASIA 232/DMF 232/HIST 232)

GS 302 - Theories Global Cultural Studies

REL 218 - Fantasy Religion: Anime in the Japanese Spiritual Imaginary

SPAN 3037 - Indigenous People – Latin American Culture

Fall 2023

ARAB 3015 - Mediterranean Culture Through Cinema

ASIA 234/CHIN 234 - Chinese Literature and Film

CLAS 221/DMF 221/SPAN 221 - Latin America in Film (in Spanish)

DMF 251 - History of Cinema

DMF 283/GER 283 - Berlin Hollywood

DMF 302/GS 302 - Theories Global Cultural Studies

DMF 310/PCA 310 - Culture & Media

DMF 3098 - Italian Cinema

DMF 3107/SOC 3123 - Cinema, Technology, & Social Change

ENG 356 - Post-Apocalyptic Literature & Film

ENG 3076 – LS: Cyborgs in Literature & Film

EUR 109/HIST 109 - Introduction to European Studies

GNDR 318/GS 318 - Gender in the Middle East

PCA 365 - Rhetoric of Algorithms

Previously Offered/Future Offerings

AAH 259/DMF 259 – Photography I

AAH 260 – Photography II

AAH 262/DMF 262 – Video Art

AAH 269/DMF 269 – Digital Culture & Media I

AAH 355 - Art Today

AAH 360 – Photography III

AAH 369 – Digital Media & Culture II

AAH 3003 - Visions of the West    

AFAM 3006/GNDR 3075 - American Gothic: Race Gender Horror

AFAM 3009 -     African American Cinema

AFAM 3010/GNDR 3079 - Race, Gender, Body in Film & TV

AFAM 4001/GNDR 4034 - Mixed Race – Identity – US Film

AFS 3038/ARAB 203/DMF 203/DMF 3012 - Arabic Society through Graphic Novels & Films

ARAB 3015/DMF 3015/FR 3057/ITAL 3016/SPAN 3034 - Mediterranean Culture Through Cinema

ASIA 232/CHIN 232/DMF 232 - Chinese Culture Through Fiction & Film

ASIA 234/CHIN 234/DMF 234 - Chinese Literature and Film

CLAS 221/DMF 221/SPAN 221 - Latin America in Film (in Spanish)

CLAS 3035/DMF 3096/SPAN 3037 - Indigenous People-Latin American Culture

CLAS 3039/GNDR 3088/SPAN 3039 - LGBTQ+ in Latin American & Abiayala

CLAS 4013/DMF 4028/ENG 4035/GS 4008 - Literature and Film at the Borderlands

DMF 222 - Documentary Filmmaking

DMF 239/PCA 239 - Media Industries

DMF 251 - History of Cinema

DMF 271 - World Cinema

DMF 281/MUS 281 - Music Video

DMF 3028/MUS 3028 - Film/Sound

DMF 282/EUR 282/GER 282 - New German Cinema

DMF 283/GER 283 - Berlin Hollywood

DMF 301/GNDR 301 - Masculinities

DMF 302/GS 302 - Theories Global Cultural Studies

DMF 310/PCA 310 - Culture & Media

DMF 311 - Film Theory

DMF 322/GNDR 322 - Gender, Film, & the Unconscious

DMF 325/EDUC 325/GNDR 325 - Sexuality Education

DMF 340/GS 340/PCA 342 - Blogging the Globe

DMF 3056/FR 3056 - Paris on Film

DMF 3067/EUR 3014/FR 3042 - Comedie Francaise

DMF 3076/ENG 3076 - LS: Cyborgs in Literature & Film

DMF 3092/EUR 3016 - European Cinema

DMF 3098 - Italian Cinema

DMF 3104/FR 3080 - Voices of Freedom

DMF 3105 - Hollywood Genres

DMF 3106/GER 3021/HIST 3112 - Germany History Through Film

DMF 3107/SOC 3123 - Cinema, Technology, & Social Change

DMF 3700/PCS 3075 - SophSem: Digital Storytelling

DMF 404/FR 404 - History of French Film

DMF 4001/GER 4001 - Science & Cinema

DMF 4000/GNDR 4047 - Shining On: Stanley Kubrick & his Cinematic

DMF 4011 - Cinema, Technology, & Social Change

DMF 4022/GNDR 4020 - Gender, Film, & the Unconscious (See DMF 322/GNDR 322)

ENG 356 - Post-Apocalyptic Literature & Film

ENG 357 - Postcolonial Film, Literature & Theory

ENG 4035 - Literature & Film at the Borderlands

EUR 109/HIST 109 - Introduction to European Studies

GNDR 318/GS 318 - Gender in the Middle East

GOVT 371 - Politics of Game of Thrones

GS 255 - Popular Culture

PCA 365 - Rhetoric of Algorithms

REL 218 - Fantasy Religion: Anime in the Japanese Spiritual Imaginary

 

Courses previously listed under FILM are now offered under DMF.

The current course options listed below reflect different areas of focus that students in the major might pursue and are intended as a temporary bridge until we can develop a new official “Media Ethics” course.  For now, one of the following:

Spring 2024

DMF 311 - Film Theory

GS 302 - Theories of Global Cultural Studies

Fall 2023

DMF 302/GS 302 - Theories of Global Cultural Studies

PCA 365 - Rhetoric of Algorithms

Previously Offered/Future Offerings

DMF 302/GS 302 - Theories of Global Cultural Studies

DMF 311 - Film Theory

DMF 369/GNDR 369 - Making Sexualities

EDUC 3031 - Critical Media Literacy

ENG 3065/EUR 3015/GNDR 3084/LANG 3021 - Cross-Cultural Conversation & Media

PCA 365 - Rhetoric of Algorithms

Courses previously listed under FILM are now offered under DMF.

In their Final year, DMF majors are required to complete the "Make/Collaborate" senior seminar, which is focused on collaborative media-making projects & producing a digital portfolio.

DMF 4029 - Make/Collaborate: Media Capstone (1 Credit) - NOT BEING OFFERED SPRING 24

Make/Collaborate: Media Capston Project. Students in this required capstone seminar for the Digital Media & Film major will synthesize their skills, knowledge, and passions to contribute to the creation of a multi-faceted digital media project. Participants will hone skills in digital media production, project management, web design/publishing, and more while engaging in critical reflection of the various technologies involved and the responsibilities we have as digital content creators. All students will create a polished WordPress portfolio that both documents their ongoing work for the collaborative project and showcases their individual digital-media-and-film-related work. Open to Seniors only.

This requirement ensures that our students do not learn to watch, analyze, and make film and (digital) media in a vacuum, but rather understand both as socially embedded and - circulating texts and forms with very real consequences. It also allows for “real world” and practical applications of the skills, theories, and knowledge developed throughout the program. In this way, the experiential component cultivates valuable experiences, relationships, and skills that will serve our students in their post-college careers and range of professional settings, while at the same time ensuring they see themselves as social actors and agents of change in the world.

 

List of possible internships, courses, and programs to satisfy the experiential component:

•    Campus Internship and Film Research Fellowships

•    Off campus internships

•    Community Based Learning Courses focused on media.

•    Study abroad with film or media component: NYC Program; Prague Film and Television School at the Academy of the Performing Arts (FAMU), or other approved study abroad programs

•    Other opportunities through the Weave News and Brush Art Gallery will be posted soon.

***SEE WEBSITE - https://www.stlawu.edu/offices/digital-media-film/experiential-learning-component