Fall 2002 Course Descriptions

All courses below are approved to be taught in Fall 2002; however, some (or all) may not be offered this term.  The course numbers that are offered this term link to the Schedule of Classes.  The complete list below is a good indicator of what may be offered over the next few years (contact department about offerings).  For explanations of course elements see the Key to Course Descriptions.

Media Arts (M AR)  Department Info

M AR 102 -- Discovering Media  (3 units)
Description:  Introductory to media analysis techniques including picture and sound, narration, and representation. Illustrative materials vary with topic.
Prerequisite(s):  open to non-majors only.
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Arts.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 199 -- Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Summer.

M AR 200 -- Fundamentals of Theory and Aesthetics in Media Arts  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of the elements which make up video, film, and audio images: light, color, area, depth, movement, and sound in message design and structure.
Typical structure:  1 hour lecture, 1 hour studio, 1 hour discussion.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 201 -- Survey of Media History  (4 units)
Description:  History of film, television and radio; silent and sound film, radio news and drama, international genres and styles, U.S. television.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 203 -- Concepts in New Media  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the concepts and processes utilized in new media, with examination of social and historical issues relating to emerging technologies.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 205 -- Reporting the News  (3 units)
Description:  Gathering, evaluating, and writing news.
Prerequisite(s):  B average in First-Year English composition, consent of department required to enroll.
Identical to:  JOUR 205; JOUR is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 208 -- Law of the Press  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to Freedom of Expression. Responsibility of the media, libel, and laws pertaining to broadcast and print journalism.
Prerequisite(s):  first year composition and knowledge of typing.
Identical to:  JOUR 208; JOUR is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 210 -- Beginning Media Production  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the fundamental aesthetic and technical aspects of media production, designed to give students experience across a range of digital audio and video equipment and applications.
Special course fee required:  $50.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 200 or M AR 201.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 221 -- American Cinema: Directors and Genres  (3 units)
Description:  Aesthetic and cultural aspects of westerns, comedies, and mysteries; major films by John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, and Blake Edwards.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 200.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 241 -- Beginning Photography  (3 units)
Description:  Principles of photographic processes, aesthetics, theory, and criticism.
Special course fee required:  $50.
Course includes 1 or more field trips.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
May be repeated:  for credit 2 times (maximum 3 enrollments).
Identical to:  ART 241; ART is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 268R -- Understanding Computer Animation  (1 unit)
Description:  Understanding the art of computer animation. May be taken separately or concurrently with M AR 268S.
Identical to:  ART 268R.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 268S -- Understanding Computer Animation Studio  (2 units)
Description:  Studio designed to accompany M AR 268R. Exploration of, and practice in, computer animations. 8 week course.
Prerequisite(s):  or Concurrent registration, M AR 268R.
Identical to:  ART 268S.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 291 -- Preceptorship  (1-5 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 294 -- Practicum  (1-5 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 297A -- BFA Portfolio Workshop  (1 unit)
Description:  This course is designed to prepare students with their portfolio materials to be submitted for entry into the Media Arts BFA program.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 200, M AR 210; 2.5 GPA required.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 297C -- Digital Animation Workshop  (3 units)
Description:  Exploration of, and practice in, computer animation techniques.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 299 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 299H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 302 -- Recording Studio Production  (3 units)
Description:  Recording studio procedures including the recording chain and pre-post and actual recording production techniques.
Prerequisite(s):  consult School of Music and Dance to enroll.
Identical to:  MUS 302; MUS is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 303 -- Professional Practices  (1 unit)
Description:  Prepares students to meet the professional expectations of media work. Job search strategies (resume writing and interviewing) and professional concepts are studied.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 200; M AR 304 or M AR 305 and one Writing-Emphasis Course.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 304 -- Beginning Video Production  (3 units)
Description:  Basic principles of video production, including equipment, professional practices, and production techniques. Laboratory experience with camera and editing equipment; exercises and short projects.
Special course fee required:  $50.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR advanced standing.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 305 -- Introduction to Film Production  (3 units)
Description:  Basic principles of 16mm film production; camera, editing, sound, production techniques and practices; laboratory experience with film production equipment and production of technical exercise films.
Special course fee required:  $50.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR advanced standing.
Typical structure:  3 hours laboratory, 4 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 306 -- Digital Animation  (3 units)
Description:  Production of computer animation with focus in Character Animation, Modeling/Rigging, or Visual Effects/Rendering.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 268S or ART 268S.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
May be repeated:  for a total of 6 units of credit.
Identical to:  ART 306.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 308 -- Survey of Media Law and Regulation  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to the legal and regulatory framework of the electronic media and film: licensing, cross-ownership, public interest, self-regulation, consumer influence, and related topics.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 309 -- History of the Documentary  (3 units)
Description:  Major traditions, movements and film makers. Social, aesthetic, and technical aspects of documentary films and videos
Prerequisite(s):  M AR advanced standing.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 311A -- Lighting and Composition for Media Production  (3 units)
Description:  Practical and theoretical exploration of the function of light and image composition for film and video production.
Special course fee required:  $40.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 314 -- Intermediate Video Production  (3 units)
Description:  Intermediate work in video production, with emphasis on digital editing. Producition of exercises and short projects.
Special course fee required:  $50.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 304. Open to majors and minors only.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 315 -- Intermediate Film Production  (3 units)
Description:  Intermediate work in 16mm synch-sound film production. Students work in teams to produce short synch-sound projects.
Special course fee required:  $50.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 305. Open to B.F.A. media arts majors and minors only.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 320 -- Media Arts Criticism  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of arguments in journalistic and academic criticism and application of critical approaches in written assignments.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; M AR 200.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 325 -- History of German Cinema  (3 units)
Description:  The important films in the development of German cinema of the pre-1945 period and the cinema of the Federal Republic of Germany after 1945 to the present. Taught in English.
Prerequisite(s):  two courses from Tier One, Traditions and Cultures (TRAD 101,102,103,104).
Approved as:  General Education Tier Two - Humanities.
Identical to:  GER 325; GER is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 334 -- Media Industries  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of specific topic in media industries: film, broadcasting, cable, recorded music, new media.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR advanced standing.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 335 -- Topics in Media Studies  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of a specific topic in media studies: film, radio, and/or television.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR advanced standing.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 337 -- Textual Analysis of Media  (3 units)
Description:  Textual analysis of media. Emphasis on Cultural and Ideological articulations of class, gender, race and sexulaity found in radio, film, television, and the Web.
Prerequisite(s):  Advanced Standing in Media Arts.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 340 -- Interactive Media Design  (3 units)
Description:  Concepts of interactive design and multimedia production.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR advanced standing.
Typical structure:  3 hours laboratory, 2 hours lecture.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 349 -- Intermediate Artists' Video  (3 units)
Description:  Students will produce individual projects using video as a creative, self-expressive tool. The class will take an exploratory approach to experimental, fictional and documentary genres.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 200, M AR 314, acceptance of portfolio.
Identical to:  ART 349; ART is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 362 -- Writing for Media  (3 units)
Description:  Principles of media writing. Creation of final scripts for radio, television and film presentations.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement.
Identical to:  JOUR 362.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 364 -- Writing The Narrative  (3 units)
Description:  Development of scripts for short films and videos.
Prerequisite(s):  Media Arts Advanced Standing.
Usually offered:  Fall, Summer, Spring.

M AR 371 -- Film/Video Production Financing  (3 units)
Description:  Strategies for production financing for independent film/video projects and ways to position a project in the marketplace. Students will develop a prospectus for their own project.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 304 or M AR 305.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 372 -- Exhibition Management  (3 units)
Description:  Programming strategies, exhibition techniques, marketing approaches, and management models for film and video series, guest artist presentations, video installations, conferences, and festivals.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 376 -- Media Market Research  (3 units)
Description:  Interpretation and utilization of ratings, surveys, polls and other quantitative and qualitative measures of the attitudes, opinions and behaviors of media audiences, relationships to social and industrial concerns.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 380 -- Writing for News and Documentary  (3 units)
Description:  Advanced work in the writing of news and public affairs programs for radio, television, cable, and other electronic media with emphasis on news program and documentary formats.  This is a Writing Emphasis Course.
Prerequisite(s):  satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; satisfaction of the upper-division writing proficiency requirement; grade of C or better in JOUR 206; M AR advanced standing.
Identical to:  JOUR 380; JOUR is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 391 -- Preceptorship  (1-5 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 393 -- Internship  (1 unit)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 394 -- Practicum  (1-5 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
May be repeated:  for a total of 5 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 396H -- Honors Proseminar  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 397B -- Studio Production Workshop  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis and practice of television studio production techniques.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 210, M AR advanced standing.
Typical structure:  3 hours laboratory.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 397D -- Computer Imaging  (3 units)
Description:  Production workshop in which students develop and complete computer imaging projects.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 306, M AR 406.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 397W -- Student Technology Preceptor Training  (3 units)
Description:  Student Technology Preceptors in this course should be assigned to a particular class and instructor and will do some combination of the following: assist instructor with technology during class hours, troubleshoot problems, and serves as technology resource person for students in the class; help the instructor develop and prepare materials for class; and, serve as webmaster for the class website.
May be repeated:  for a total of 9 units of credit.
Identical to:  UNVR 397W; UNVR is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 399 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 399H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-3 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 400 -- Themes in Literature and Film  (3 units)
Description:  Special topics or themes in literature and film.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  ENGL 400; ENGL is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 401 -- Advanced Pre-Production  (3 units)
Description:  Development of scripts or proposals, completion of pre-production for capstone projects.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR advanced standing.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 406 -- Multimedia  (3 units)
Description:  Principles and processes of multimedia assembly with an emphasis on interactive skills.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 340; advanced standing in M AR.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
May be convened with:  M AR 506.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 419A -- Media Arts & Business: Film  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of the business processes and economic dynamics of the US motion picture industries.
Prerequisite(s):  Advanced Standing in Media Arts.
Usually offered:  Spring, Summer.

M AR 421 -- Cultural Theory and Criticism of Media  (3 units)
Description:  Critical and cultural theories and their application to media arts, including mass culture, empiricism, technoculture, political economy.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 200, M AR 320.
May be convened with:  M AR 521.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 424 -- Theory and Criticism: Film, TV and New Media  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of major theories of film, television, and new media; application to the contemporary media arts.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 426 -- Sexuality in Media Narratives  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of sexual representation in popular and underground film, music video and avant-garde video art.
May be convened with:  M AR 526.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 427 -- Feminist Media Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Includes psychoanalysis, semiotics, materialism, race and class analysis, and feminist media production.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR advanced standing.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 431 -- Commercial Intertextuality  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of industrial constraints on the production and circulation of media texts with emphasis on intertextual references.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR advanced standing.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 434 -- Media Industries  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of a specific topic in media industries: ownership and concentration; media markets and industrial integration.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR advanced standing.
Identical to:  MAP 434.
May be convened with:  M AR 534.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 437 -- Ethnographic Film and Video  (3 units)
Description:  Survey of ethnographic film and video from 1895 to present. Examines representative films and tapes in terms of media and anthropological theories
Prerequisite(s):  for media arts majors: M AR advanced standing. For anthropology majors: junior standing.
Identical to:  ANTH 437.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 449 -- Advanced Artists' Video  (3 units)
Description:  Students will produce individual video projects with an experimental, self-expressive orientation. There is also an option to combine video with performance or to incorporate it within an installation context.
Prerequisite(s):  ART 349 or M AR 314; acceptance of portfolio.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  ART 449; ART is home department.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 455 -- Latinos/as in Hollywood: Identity Politics and the Politics of Representation  (3 units)
Description:  Examines the representation of Latinos/as in Hollywood film and television from early cinema to contemporary products. Emphasis on relationship between these representations and the shifting patterns of Latino/a identity in the U.S.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Identical to:  MAS 455, LA S 455.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 468 -- Storyboarding  (3 units)
Description:  Principles of story development through storyboard and storyreel creation.
Prerequisite(s):  advanced standing in Media Arts or equivalent in Art.
Identical to:  ART 468.
Usually offered:  Summer.

M AR 470 -- The Press and Society  (3 units)
Description:  Critical study of press performance in current affairs; changing requirements for socially responsible and professional journalism in a democracy.
Identical to:  JOUR 470; JOUR is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 472 -- Broadcast and Cable Management  (3 units)
Description:  Investigation of media management techniques. Scheduling, organizational structure, networks and affiliates, ethics, legal constraints, syndication, personnel and related topics.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 476 -- Broadcast and Cable Programming  (3 units)
Description:  Investigation of principles, techniques, and current issues in programming for radio and television stations (commercial and public) and cable systems.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 478 -- Creative Media Advertising  (3 units)
Description:  Study of and practice in the creative aspects of advertising, including idea origination, media selection, and construction and evaluation of projects.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 479 -- International Film and TV Business  (3 units)
Description:  This course examines the practices of the international film and television business; the global organization of the entertainment industry; producing film and television for national and global audiences; social, aesthetic and economic implications of global media.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 480 -- Reporting for Broadcast News  (3 units)
Description:  Advanced procedures and techniques utilized in news gathering, writing and production of newscasts with emphasis on events coverage, newsroom organization. Performance practice is emphasized in laboratory exercises.
Prerequisite(s):  M AR 304, M AR 308, M AR advanced standing.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  JOUR 480; JOUR is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 491 -- Preceptorship  (1-5 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of instruction and practice in actual service in a department, program, or discipline. Teaching formats may include seminars, in-depth studies, laboratory work and patient study.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 493 -- Internship  (1-6 units)
Description:  Specialized work on an individual basis, consisting of training and practice in actual service in a technical, business, or governmental establishment.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 493L -- Legislative Internship  (12 units)
Description:  Working experience in the Arizona State Legislature.
Prerequisite(s):  Advanced Standing in Media Arts.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 494 -- Practicum  (1-5 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 496B -- Special Topics  (3 units)
Description:  The topics will change from term to term. Check with department for current topics.
May be convened with:  M AR 596B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 497A -- Community Audio-Video Production  (1-3 units)
Description:  The practical application of theoretical learning within a group setting and involving an exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and principles.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 497G -- Editing  (1-6 units)
Description:  The practical application of theoretical learning within a group setting and involving an exchange of ideas and practical methods, skills, and principles.
Special course fee required:  $50.
Usually offered:  Summer.

M AR 497I -- Media Arts Writing Workshop  (3 units)
Description:  This is a workshop designed to help students complete an adequate first draft of a feature screenplay, in conjunction with in depth discussion of advanced principles of narrataive fiction as applied to screenwriting.
Prerequisite(s):  Advanced Standing in Media Arts.
Typical structure:  , 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Summer.

M AR 498 -- Senior Capstone  (1-3 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 498A -- Advanced Media Production  (6 units)
Description:  A culminating experience for majors involving a substantive project that demonstrates a synthesis of learning accumulated in the major, including broadly comprehensive knowledge of the discipline and its methodologies. Senior standing required.
Special course fee required:  $50.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 498H -- Honors Thesis  (1-5 units)
Description:  An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.
May be repeated:  for a total of 9 units of credit.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 499 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 499H -- Honors Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 500 -- Graduate Study in Media Arts  (1 unit)
Description:  Responsibilities of graduate students, forms and procedures, campus resources, research tools, writing standards, and Media Arts content areas in approaches.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 501 -- Graduate Study in Media Arts  (3 units)
Description:  Introduction to degree requirements, faculty, field of study, research practices, campus resources, and scholarly writing standards.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 503 -- Professional Practices  (1 unit)
Description:  Preparation for the professional expectations of working in media industries.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 506 -- Multimedia  (3 units)
Description:  Principles and processes of multimedia assembly with an emphasis on interactive skills. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper as basis for their final project.
Typical structure:  2 hours lecture, 2 hours studio.
May be convened with:  M AR 406.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 521 -- Cultural Theory and Criticism of Media  (3 units)
Description:  Critical and cultural theories and their application to media arts, including mass culture, empiricism, technoculture, political economy. Graduate-level requirements include an additional paper and additional reading.
May be convened with:  M AR 421.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 524 -- Media Arts Theory and Criticism  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of major theories of film, television and new media; application to the contemporary media arts.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 525 -- New Media Theory and Practice  (3 units)
Description:  Examines relationship between cyberspace theory, criticism and design. Topics include technologies of entertainment; the nation and www; global info markets; cyber culture and virtual identities; web art and narration; and multimedia production.
Typical structure:  3 hours laboratory, 2 hours lecture.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 526 -- Sexuality in Media Narratives  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of sexual representation in popular and underground film, music video and avant-garde video art. Graduate-level requirements include additional reading and writing assignments and different examinations.
May be convened with:  M AR 426.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 527 -- Feminist Media Theory  (3 units)
Description:  Includes psychoanalysis, semiotics, materialism, race and class analysis, and feminist media production. Graduate-level requirements include an additional paper and additional reading.
May be convened with:  M AR 427.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 532 -- Media Political Economy  (3 units)
Description:  Theories and analytic techniques of political economy approaches to media arts through history of telecommunications, broadcasting, film, recorded music and cable television.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 534 -- Media Industries  (3 units)
Description:  Examination of a specific topic in media industries: ownership and concentration; media markets and industrial integration. Graduate-level requirements include a research paper and presentation.
May be convened with:  M AR 434.
Usually offered:  Fall.

M AR 593 -- Internship  (1 unit)
Description:  Specialized work consisting of individual training and practice in actual service in a media industry organization.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 593L -- Legislative Internship  (9 units)
Description:  Working experience at the Arizona State Legislature.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 594 -- Practicum  (1-5 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 596B -- Special Topics  (3 units)
Description:  The topics will change from term to term. Check with department for current topics. Graduate-level requirements include 8 reading reports; facilitate a discussion alone; 20-22 page research paper.
May be convened with:  M AR 496B.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 599 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 639 -- Methods of Media History  (3 units)
Description:  Analysis of methods used in film and broadcast histories; theories of media history; empirical evidence and interpretation; approaches to placing a media text within its industrial and social context.
Usually offered:  Spring.

M AR 694 -- Practicum  (1-5 units)
Description:  The practical application, on an individual basis, of previously studied theory and the collection of data for future theoretical interpretation.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 696A -- Theory and Criticism  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for credit 1 time (maximum 2 enrollments).
Identical to:  CCLS 696A.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 696C -- Readings in Media Arts  (3 units)
Description:  The development and exchange of scholarly information, usually in a small group setting. The scope of work shall consist of research by course registrants, with the exchange of the results of such research through discussion, reports, and/or papers.
May be repeated:  for credit 9 times (maximum 10 enrollments).
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 697B -- Using Technology in Teaching  (3 units)
Description:  Course combines in-depth reading and discussion related to pedagogical issues in the use of technology in teaching and learning with guided, individually focused training and practice in using technology in teaching.
Identical to:  UNVR 697B; UNVR is home department.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 699 -- Independent Study  (1-5 units)
Description:  Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work. Graduate students doing independent work which cannot be classified as actual research will register for credit under course number 599, 699, or 799.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 908 -- Case Studies  (1 unit)
Description:  Report on the internship experience.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.

M AR 909 -- Master's Report  (1-6 units)
Description:  Individual study or special project or formal report thereof submitted in lieu of thesis for certain master's degrees.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring, Summer.

M AR 930 -- Supplementary Registration  (1-9 units)
Description:  For students who have completed all course requirements for their advanced degree programs. May be used concurrently with other enrollments to bring to total number of units to the required minimum.
May be repeated:  an unlimited number of times, consult your department for details and possible restrictions.
Usually offered:  Fall, Spring.