The Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies offers a major or minor in journalism, advertising, and media studies that emphasizes the study of the social implications and responsibilities of the mass media, an understanding of the processes of communication, and a fundamental knowledge of media communication techniques and procedures. The program provides students with a broad background in the liberal arts and sciences, which are vital aspects of contemporary life and essential to those entering careers in media communication.
Cross-listed Courses
The following courses offered by the Department of English may be used to fulfill curricular requirements of the undergraduate major or minor in journalism, advertising, and media studies:
Code | Title | Credits |
---|---|---|
ENGLISH 430 | Advanced Writing Workshop | 3 |
ENGLISH 435 | Rhetoric and Professional Writing | 3 |
Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies Courses
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Overview of mass media from the printing press to the internet. Focus on media technologies, industries, content, and critical approaches.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
How gender representations in popular media inform and construct our understandings of the world; gender in popular culture, including new media; critical analysis of representations.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: No credit for students with credit in JAMS 460.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Social, cultural, and historical dimensions of the Internet.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: DAC 113 and JAMS 113 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The role of journalism and documentary in democracy examined through a variety of media products.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Fall 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The specific topics are announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the class is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Fall 2014, Fall 2013, Fall 2007.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Specific topics announced in Schedule of Classes each time course is offered.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Open only to freshmen. Students may earn cr in just one L&S First-Year Sem (course numbers 192, 193, 194).
General Education Requirements: SS
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
For further information, consult dept chair.
Prerequisites: 2.5 GPA; consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
Course Rules: May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2011, Summer 2008, Spring 2008, Spring 2006.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Techniques and strategies for writing that can communicate effectively with media audiences; emphasizes innovation and creativity within the constraints of good grammar and style.
Prerequisites: satisfaction of OWC-A GER
General Education Requirements: OWCB
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Principles of journalistic writing.
Prerequisites: a grade of C or better in JAMS 101(P) and JAMS 201(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
A practical approach to developing, implementing, and evaluating advertising and public relations strategies.
Prerequisites: C or better in JAMS 101(P) and JAMS 201(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The profession of corporate communication; focus on the variety of mass communication strategies in the field.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015, Fall 2014.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
A critical survey of advertising's development and current practices as well as its impact on knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Fall 2022, UWinteriM 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Principles of print layout and design.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
The history of photography and the practice of photojournalism, including aesthetic, conceptual, and technical developments. Digital production and distribution.
Prerequisites: soph st.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, Summer 2013.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Central issues and concerns in the field of media studies. Cultural study of media industries and production practices. Analysis of media texts and audiences.
Prerequisites: C or better in JAMS 101(P) and JAMS 201(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Selected topics not addressed in regularly-approved courses.
Prerequisites: soph st; add'l prereqs, if any, announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Summer 2017, Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Spring 2015.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of basic principles of journalism and media communication in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: GPA of at least 2.5; a grade of C or better in JAMS 204(P), JAMS 207(P), or JAMS 262(P); declared JAMS major or minor; and consent of the department internship committee.
Course Rules: Students earn one academic credit per 40 hours of internship placement. Does not count toward JAMS major or minor. Cr/no cr only. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Summer 2018, Fall 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Undergraduate research participation in a project developed with a supervising member of the faculty or staff.
Prerequisites: acceptance into UROP; prior or conc reg in UROP seminar.
Last Taught: Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Spring 2009.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: none; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2013, Fall 2012, Spring 2008, Fall 2007.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Introduction to video producing, recording, and editing of visual stories.
Prerequisites: grade of C or better in JAMS 201(P).
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of JAMS 380 with the same topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Assessing the quality and trustworthiness of news sources and analyzing coverage of current events using investigative tools, fact checking and critical thinking skills.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Not open for credit to students with credit in JAMS 356.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Using interviews, analysis and/or observation to produce feature and profile stories.
Prerequisites: jr st; declared JAMS major/minor or English major.
Course Rules: May not be retaken for cr.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Writing, design, and production of persuasive media elements through individual and group work and skills-based activities.
Prerequisites: declared JAMS major/minor; grade of C or better in JAMS 207(P).
Course Rules: May not be retaken for cr.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Basic principles of design and typesetting will be utilized to create and design a variety of individual ad types and ad campaigns.
Prerequisites: declared JAMS major or minor, and a grade of C or better in JAMS 204, JAMS 207, or JAMS 262.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of JAMS 380 with similar topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Reporting in a newsroom setting using digital distribution tools to reach audiences.
Prerequisites: JAMS major or minor and a grade of C or better in JAMS 204(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Analysis of audio storytelling techniques and impact; audio storytelling production.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of JAMS 380 w/similar topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Analyzing, filming and editing a quality documentary for client use, broadcast television, or film festival entry.
Prerequisites: junior standing and a grade of C or better in JAMS 302(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Production and analysis of mass media graphics, photographs, and illustrations.
Prerequisites: junior standing; JAMS major/minor or Digital Arts and Culture (DAC) status; grade of C or better in ART 118(P) or JAMS 113(P).
Course Rules: DAC 336 and JAMS 336 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Reporting, writing, and editing television news, including field camera operation and video editing.
Prerequisites: declared JAMS major or minor; grade of C or better in JAMS 302(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Principles of professional social media management and content creation; search engine optimization for online media.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of JAMS 380 with similar topic, including 'Professional Social Media & Online Audience Growth'.
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Special topics not addressed in regularly-approved courses.
Prerequisites: junior standing; additional prerequisites announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Professional internship in journalism, public relations, advertising, or other media.
Prerequisites: GPA of 2.5 or higher; a grade of C or better in JAMS 204(P), JAMS 207(P), or JAMS 262(P); declared JAMS major or minor; and consent of department internship committee.
Course Rules: Students earn one academic credit per 40 hours of internship placement. May be retaken to 6 cr max in combination with JAMS 600.
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Exploration and analysis of advertising media buying and planning.
Prerequisites: junior standing; a grade of C or better in JAMS 207(P); or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Discuss how good brand management helps create effective campaigns in advertising and public relations.
Prerequisites: JAMS major or minor and a grade of C or better in JAMS 204(P), JAM 207(P), or JAMS 262(P).
Course Rules: May not be retaken for credit; counts as a repeat of JAMS 380 with similar topic.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
How popular media representations of race inform understandings of past and contemporary society; race in popular culture, especially new media; critical analysis of media content and forms.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of JMC 660 w/similar topic.
Last Taught: UWinteriM 2018, UWinteriM 2017, UWinteriM 2016, UWinteriM 2015.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Evolution of mass media in the United States; how technological, cultural, political and economic changes have affected the media.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Spring 2019, Spring 2018, Spring 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Practical application of ethical principles to controversies in print and broadcast journalism, advertising, public relations, and new technologies of mass communication.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Course Rules: Previously JAMS 361.
General Education Requirements: HU
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Topics examining social media's use, influence and/or development.
Prerequisites: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max. Prereq. jr st. Not open for cr to students w/ cr in JAMS 380 w/ similar topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Application of basic principles of journalism and media communication in a business, organizational, educational, political, or other appropriate setting.
Prerequisites: GPA of 2.5 or higher; a grade of C or better in JAMS 307(P), JAMS 320(P), or JAMS 562(P); declared JAMS major or minor; and consent of department internship committee.
Course Rules: Students earn one academic credit per 40 hours of internship placement. A three-credit internship, therefore, requires the student to complete at least 120 hours. Does not count toward JAMS major or minor. Cr/no cr only. May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: junior standing and acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Course created expressly for offering in a specified enrollment period. Requires only dept & assoc dean approval. In exceptional circumstances, can be offered in one add'l sem.
Prerequisites: jr st; add'l prereqs may be assigned to specific topic.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic.
Last Taught: Summer 1999, Fall 1998, Spring 1998, Spring 1995.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Advanced reporting and writing in an integrated newsroom setting.
Prerequisites: junior standing; declared JAMS major or minor; a grade of C or better in JAMS 320(P).
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Overview of the problems and challenges of specialized reporting in an area such as social science, science, the humanities and the arts.
Prerequisites: jr st; declared JAMS major or minor; grade of C or better in JAMS 320(P).
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 9 cr max. Not open for cr to student w/cr in JAMS 602 w/similar topic.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Opinion, column and review writing for multiple platforms.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Summer 2022, Summer 2021, Fall 2019, Spring 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Development of market and audience research strategies through hands-on projects.
Prerequisites: junior standing; a grade of C or better in JAMS 207(P); or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Development of market and audience research strategies through hands-on projects.
Prerequisites: junior standing; a grade of C or better in JAMS 207(P); or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Advanced course in advertising and public relations; emphasis on applying integrated practices and principles.
Prerequisites: jr st; grade of C or better in JAMS 222(P), 224(P), or 307(P); declared JAMS major or minor.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
First Amendment, copyright, privacy, libel, and other legal issues in contemporary news, media, persuasive communication, and social communication.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
First Amendment, copyright, privacy, libel, and other legal issues in contemporary news, media, persuasive communication, and social communication.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Mass media and the production of culture; media industries, content, and audiences; focus on contemporary issues.
Prerequisites: jr st; grade of C or better in JAMS 262(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Mass media and the production of culture; media industries, content, and audiences; focus on contemporary issues.
Prerequisites: jr st; grade of C or better in JAMS 262(P).
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Professional internship in journalism, public relations, advertising, or other media.
Prerequisites: GPA of 2.5 or greater; a grade of C or better in JAMS 307(P), JAMS 320(P), or JAMS 562(P); declared JAMS major or minor; and consent of department internship committee.
Course Rules: Students earn one academic credit per 40 hours of internship placement. May be retaken to 6 cr max in combination with JAMS 399.
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Professional internship in journalism, public relations, advertising, or other media.
Prerequisites: GPA of 2.5 or greater; a grade of C or better in JAMS 307(P), JAMS 320(P), or JAMS 562(P); declared JAMS major or minor; and consent of department internship committee.
Course Rules: Students earn one academic credit per 40 hours of internship placement. May be retaken to 6 cr max in combination with JAMS 399.
Last Taught: Summer 2025, Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Preparation to be critical consumer of polls and media coverage of them; theories and findings regarding propaganda and media influence on public opinion.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Preparation to be critical consumer of polls and media coverage of them; theories and findings regarding propaganda and media influence on public opinion.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
How news media cover politics; role of traditional and new media in political campaigns; political content and effects of entertainment media and documentaries.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
How news media cover politics; role of traditional and new media in political campaigns; political content and effects of entertainment media and documentaries.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Lens of sports to explore the ways we know what we know about how media operate in a society and asks students to produce research adding to that knowledge.
Prerequisites: junior standing and JAMS major or minor; or graduate standing.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of JAMS 660 with similar topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Lens of sports to explore the ways we know what we know about how media operate in a society and asks students to produce research adding to that knowledge.
Prerequisites: junior standing and JAMS major or minor; or graduate standing.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of JAMS 660 with similar topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Economic, regulatory, and cultural characteristics of national and global mass media.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Economic, regulatory, and cultural characteristics of national and global mass media.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Research-oriented approaches to theoretical and social issues in mass communication.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Research-oriented approaches to theoretical and social issues in mass communication.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Topics related to the mass media; the research process; development of a seminar paper based on original research.
Prerequisites: junior standing; additional prerequisites, if any, announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Topics related to the mass media; the research process; development of a seminar paper based on original research.
Prerequisites: junior standing; additional prerequisites, if any, announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2024, Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
For further information, consult dept chair.
Prerequisites: jr st, 2.0 GPA, consent of instructor, department chair, and Assistant Dean for Student Academic Services.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Review and analysis of research in media studies; preparation for scholarly writing.
Prerequisites: admis to MA prog in Media Studies or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Qualitative and quantitative research methods in media studies; preparation of a research proposal.
Prerequisites: admis to MA prog in Media Studies or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Cultural approaches to the study of media; design and execution of a research project.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2020, Fall 2016, Spring 2007, Fall 2005.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Examination of theoretical approaches, research methods, and findings in the study of persuasive media; design and execution of a research project.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2008, Spring 1999, Spring 1997, Fall 1994.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Historical approaches to the study of media; design and execution of a research project.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2014.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
In-depth study and discussion of law and ethics as they relate to the mass media; development of original research for publication in scholarly journals.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Fall 2013, Spring 2013.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Analysis of gender, sexuality, and other aspects of identity in and related to media.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2016.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
Seminar covering major theories and critiques of globalization, with a particular emphasis on the study of media and culture.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Spring 2008, Fall 2005, Fall 2002.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
History, theory, and/or criticism of new media.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 9 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2020, Spring 2017, Fall 2015, Spring 2014.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
3 cr. Graduate.
In-depth study and discussion of a current topic in media studies. Specific topics announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Course Rules: Retakable w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
0 cr. Graduate.
Available for grad students who must meet minimum cr load requirement.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Fee for 1 cr assessed; unit does not count towards credit load for Fin Aid. Repeatable. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.
Last Taught: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019, Spring 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Graduate.
Production of a thesis under the supervision of the student's major professor with the consultation of the degree committee.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-6 cr. Graduate.
Preparation and execution of a project which applies mass communication research and theory in a professional setting.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Course Rules: Students enroll under major prof with consultation of degree committee.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
1-3 cr. Graduate.
Supervised research of a particular topic area either not covered by other courses or at a level of sophistication beyond that of courses which cover the topic.
Prerequisites: grad st; 3.00 grad gpa; writ cons grad dir.
Course Rules: Retakable to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
Name | Rank | Degree | School | Graduate Faculty | Emeritus Faculty |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jackie Bradway | Lecturer | MA | Webster University | No | No |
Camila Guarda Velasco | Lecturer | MFA | Northwestern University | No | No |
Jane Hampden Daley | Senior Lecturer | MSJ | Columbia University | No | No |
Rachael Jurek | Senior Lecturer | MA | Marquette University | No | No |
Eric Lohman | Lecturer | PhD | The University of Western Ontario | No | No |
Jessica McBride | Senior Lecturer | MA | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | No | No |
Michael Mirer | Visiting Assistant Professor | PhD | University of Wisconsin-Madison | No | No |
Joette Rockow | Senior Lecturer | MA | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | No | No |
Marc Tasman | Senior Lecturer | MFA | The Ohio State University | No | No |
David Allen | Professor | PhD | University of Minnesota | No | Yes |
David Pritchard | Professor | PhD | University of Wisconsin–Madison | No | Yes |
Jeffery Smith | Professor | PhD | University of Wisconsin-Madison | No | Yes |