Programs and Areas
Curriculum/Courses in Digital Media Studies
M.A. Core Courses
English 789
The primary objective of this course is to develop a working theory of digital media literacies that takes into account the history of technologies of communication and the contexts in which people develop and use those technologies in English studies. Concurrently with that collective theory-building, students will pursue individual digital media research and production projects. Thus, the course should familiarize students with the theoretical frameworks, research methods, and production skills they will need to explore further how digital media might inform their work as scholars and critics, teachers, and users and creators of digital media texts.
English 889
This seminar provides the opportunity to undertake advanced studies of digital media texts and to make important connections between these studies and specific areas scholarship within English. In the seminar, students will explore advanced theoretical and practical approaches to digital media from perspectives in literature, literacy, folklore, creative writing, disability studies, rhetoric, or composition. The seminar will also focus on some of the fundamental intellectual questions about authorship, narrative, argument, and the nature of texts raised by contemporary scholars in connection with digital media.
