Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

An interdisciplinary course examining the lifeworld of animals and posthumanism in light of current environmental issues. Involves readings and film viewings from sciences, arts and humanities. Students make original projects in response to readings.

An interdisciplinary course examining art and media that critiques or productively re-imagines the production, distribution, and consumption of food. Students will draw on readings and independent research to make their own projects.

Students will learn and experiment with a wide variety of collage techniques and production tools. This is also an Art + Ecology course, and will be taught in the context of ecology, or the study of relations. We will think with and through key ideas in contemporary ecological thought using collage as a mode of articulation.

Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.

This course brings University students into local public schools to offer instruction in media such as photography and video, along with writing exercises to develop projects that explore issues of identity, community and family.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.

This Film and Media Arts Graduate Seminar is designed to give students a background in critical theory as well as a space to think about your own work through a range of critical lenses.

This course focuses on the development of the written thesis paper requirement that accompanies the creative thesis work. Approaching the thesis as an active document, that articulates artistic development and outlines a professional trajectory, the aim of this paper is to create a foundation for one¿s future practice and career.

Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.