Media Studies
Unless otherwise noted, courses are three credit hours and meet for the entire the semester.
Regular UM-St. Louis students may register online at https://myview.umsl.edu or at the Registrar's Office in 351 Millennium Student Center. New students may register by contacting Ashley Patterson at (314) 516-5974.
FALL 2008 • August 18-December 13
Screenwriting
MEDIA ST 2214 • Class #14826
Online
Instructor: Roger Bullis
Prerequisites: MEDIA ST 1070 or consent of the department.
Writing fiction film narratives with particular emphasis on plot structure, theme, and character development.
Film Genres
MEDIA ST 2273 • Class #14827
Tuesdays • 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Online--Live Classroom
Instructor: Roger Bullis
Prerequisite: MEDIA ST 1070 or consent of instructor.
Examination of media narrative forms that share common stylistic and narrative conventions and themes including detective/gangster fiction, the western, science fiction, the musical, and comedy film.
News Writing
MEDIA ST 3214 • Class #14941
(Same as ENGL 3140.)
Wednesdays • 4:00-6:30 p.m.
134 Social Sciences & Business Bldg.,
UM-St. Louis
Instructor: Marilyn Cathcart
Prerequisite: ENGL 1100 or equivalent.
An introduction to news writing and reporting. Course covers basic components of news, reporting principles, and news writing style and structure. Daily writing assignments include coverage of speeches, meetings and interviews, accidents, deaths, courts, sports, consumer affairs, and government. Emphasis on clarity, accuracy and speed. The course counts toward the Certificate in Writing offered by the Department of English.
Global Media Systems and Trends
MEDIA ST 3356 • Class #14960
Online
Instructor: Thomas McPhail
This Internet-based course will consist of two major types of instructional activities: First, a weekly one-hour video lecture following the content areas of the textbook. The second activity will be various Web-based communication activities, e.g. blogs, podcasts, wikis, discussion groups, etc., that will be assigned over the course of the semester.
Click here for information on taking this online class noncredit.