All Media and Communication (MCS) Courses

A. MCS Core Course

Key: **MCS listing dependent on topic

  • BISMCS 333 Media and Communication Studies

 B. Tier One Courses

  • BIS 205  Technologies of Expression
  • BIS 215  Literature into Film
  • BIS 232  Using, Understanding and Visualizing Quantitative Data
  • BIS 233  Participatory Media Culture
  • BIS 235  Critical Media Literacy
  • BIS 236  Introduction to Interactive Media
  • BIS 264  Africa on Film
  • BIS 313  Issues in Media Studies
  • BISCLA 318  Performance, Community, Identity and Everyday Life
  • BIS 347  History of American Documentary Films
  • BISCLA 349  Hollywood Cinema and Genres
  • BISCLA 360  Literature, Film & Consumer Culture
  • BISAMS 365  Popular and Consumer Culture
  • BISAMS 369  American Culture and Mass Media
  • BIS 462  The Culture of Cold War America
  • BIS 464  Topics in Advanced Cinema Studies
  • BIS 467  Post-1945 U.S. Youth Culture: Culture, Theory, and History
  • BISMCS 471  Advanced Topics in Media and Communication

 C. Tier Two Courses

  • BISIA 207  Introduction to Creative Writing
  • BIS 208  Experimenting Through the Arts
  • BIS 219  The Politics of Sex Ed
  • BIS 222  Travel and Cultural Difference
  • BIS 282  Globalization
  • BISSTS 307  Science, Technology and Society
  • BISIA 310  Creative Writing: Poetry
  • BISIA 311  Creative Writing: Prose
  • BISSEB 333  The Individual and Society 
  • BIS 340  Approaches to Cultural Research
  • BIS 342  Geographic Information Systems
  • BIS 382  The Visual Art of Biology
  • BIS 385  Cross-Cultural Oral Traditions
  • BIS 437  Narrative Psychology
  • BIS 466  Human Rights and Resistance
  • BEDUC 522  Education and the American Dream

 D. Communication Practice and Media Production Courses

  • BISMCS 234  Media and Communication Techniques
  • BIS 204  Introduction to Journalism
  • BISMCS 343  Media Production Workshop
  • BISMCS 472  Advanced Media Production Workshop
  • BISSKL 400  Policy Journal Editorial Board
  • BISSKL 401  Literary Journal

 E. Topics

  • BIS 293 **Special Topics
  • BIS 295 **Community-Based Practice
  • BIS 322 **Topics in Performance Studies
  • BIS 339 **Issues in Global Cultural Studies
  • BIS 341 **Topics in the Study of Culture
  • BIS 351 **Topics in American Culture
  • BIS 393 **Special Topics
  • BISGST 397 **Topics in Global Studies
  • BISSTS 397 **Topics in Science, Technology, and Society
  • BIS 410 **Topics in Qualitative Inquiry
  • BIS 440 **Topics in Everyday Social and Cultural Life
  • BIS 485 **Topics in Cultural Studies
  • BIS 491 **Topics in Policy Studies
  • BIS 493 **Special Topics
  • BIS 496 **Community Service Project
  • BISGST 497 **Advanced Topics in Global Studies
  • BISSTS 497 **Advanced Topics in Science, Technology, and Society
Course # Title MCS Requirement
BISIA 213 Art Techniques: New Media Production P&P
BIS 293 Special Topics: The Future of Chick Lit: Games, Virtual Worlds and Online Communities for Girls Tier 1
BIS 293 Special Topics: Museums & Public Culture Tier 2
BIS 293 Special Topics: How to Read the Media Tier 1
BIS 295 Community-Based Practice: Participatory Media & Community Engagement Tier 1
BIS 313 Issues in Media Studies: Media in China Tier 1
BIS 322 Topics in Performance Studies: Education & the Performing Arts Tier 2
BIS 322 Topics in Performance Studies: Burlesque Tier 2
BIS 322 Topics in Performance Studies: Latino Theater Tier 2
BIS 339 Issues in Global Cultural Studies: Visual Media in Cross Cultural Research Tier 2
BIS 339 Issues in Global Cultural Studies: Indigenous Media & Documentary Film Tier 1
BIS 339

Issues in Global Cultural Studies: Global Media & Cultures of the Caribbean

  Tier 1
BIS 341 Study of Culture: Transcultural Cinemas Tier 1
BIS 351 Topics in American Studies: Whiteness & its Discontents Tier 2
BIS 351 Topics in American Studies: The Textual Appeal of Tupac Shakur Tier 2
BIS 374 Arts Workshop: Photography & Digital Art P&P
BIS 374 Arts Workshop: Radio & Sound Art P&P
BIS 393 Special Topics: Media Representations of Science Tier 2
BIS 393 Special Topics: Public Art & Environmental Restoration Tier 2
BISIA 483 Advanced Arts Workshop: Experimental Writing P&P
BISIA 483 Advanced Arts Workshop: Image & Imagination P&P
BIS 485 Topics in Cultural Studies: Autobiography & Autoethnography Tier 2
BIS 493 Special Topics: Sound Cultures Tier 1