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Comparative Media Studies is the examination of media technologies and their cultural, social, aesthetic, political, ethical, legal, and economic implications. Read more about Comparative Media Studies at MIT.

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Undergraduate Courses

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 Course #Course TitleTerm
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Projects and examples
CMS.590JComputer Games and Simulations for Investigation and EducationSpring 2009
 
Selected lecture notes
CMS.600Videogame Theory and AnalysisFall 2006
 
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CMS.600Videogame Theory and AnalysisFall 2007
 
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CMS.600New Media LiteraciesSpring 2007
 
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CMS.602Topics in Comparative Media: American Pro WrestlingSpring 2007
 
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CMS.603American Soap OperasSpring 2008
 
Lecture notesMultimedia content
CMS.610Media Industries and SystemsSpring 2006
 
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CMS.710JThe Anthropology of SoundSpring 2008
 
CMS.840Shakespeare, Film and MediaFall 2002
 
CMS.845Theory and Practice of Non-linear and Interactive NarrativeSpring 2003
 
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CMS.845JInteractive and Non-Linear Narrative: Theory and PracticeSpring 2004
 
CMS.845JInteractive and Non-Linear Narrative: Theory and PracticeSpring 2006
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CMS.863JComputer Games and Simulations for Investigation and EducationSpring 2009
 
CMS.871Media in Cultural Context: Popular ReadershipsFall 2007
 
CMS.871Media in Cultural ContextSpring 2007
 
Image GalleriesMultimedia content
CMS.874Visualizing CulturesSpring 2008
 
CMS.880From Print to Digital: Technologies of the Word, 1450-PresentFall 2005
 
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CMS.910Technologies of HumanismSpring 2003
 
CMS.917JDocumenting CultureSpring 2004
 
CMS.920Popular Narrative: MastermindsFall 2004
 
Lecture notesMultimedia content
CMS.922Media Industries and SystemsSpring 2006
 
Projects and examplesSelected lecture notesMultimedia content
CMS.930Media Education and the MarketplaceFall 2005
 
Assignments (no solutions)
CMS.995American Soap OperasSpring 2008
 
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CMS.997Topics in Comparative Media: American Pro WrestlingSpring 2007
 
Selected lecture notes
CMS.998Videogame Theory and AnalysisFall 2006
 
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CMS.998Videogame Theory and AnalysisFall 2007
 
Lecture notesAssignments (no solutions)
CMS.998New Media LiteraciesSpring 2007
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Graduate Courses

Updated within the past 180 days

 Course #Course TitleTerm
NEW
Projects and examples
CMS.590JComputer Games and Simulations for Investigation and EducationSpring 2009
 
Selected lecture notes
CMS.600Videogame Theory and AnalysisFall 2006
 
Projects (no examples)Assignments (no solutions)
CMS.600Videogame Theory and AnalysisFall 2007
 
Lecture notesAssignments (no solutions)
CMS.600New Media LiteraciesSpring 2007
 
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CMS.602Topics in Comparative Media: American Pro WrestlingSpring 2007
 
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CMS.603American Soap OperasSpring 2008
 
CMS.796Major Media TextsFall 2006
 
Projects and examplesMultimedia content
CMS.801Media in TransitionFall 2004
 
CMS.845Theory and Practice of Non-linear and Interactive NarrativeSpring 2003
 
CMS.845JInteractive and Non-Linear Narrative: Theory and PracticeSpring 2006
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Projects and examples
CMS.863JComputer Games and Simulations for Investigation and EducationSpring 2009
 
CMS.876History of Media and TechnologySpring 2005
 
CMS.876History of Media and Technology: Sound, the Minority Report -- Radical Music of the Past 100 YearsSpring 2006
 
CMS.880From Print to Digital: Technologies of the Word, 1450-PresentFall 2005
 
CMS.917JDocumenting CultureSpring 2004
 
CMS.920Popular Narrative: MastermindsFall 2004
 
Multimedia content
CMS.930Media, Education, and the MarketplaceFall 2001
 
CMS.950Workshop IFall 2005
 
Assignments (no solutions)
CMS.995American Soap OperasSpring 2008
 
Assignments (no solutions)
CMS.997Topics in Comparative Media: American Pro WrestlingSpring 2007
 
Selected lecture notes
CMS.998Videogame Theory and AnalysisFall 2006
 
Projects (no examples)Assignments (no solutions)
CMS.998Videogame Theory and AnalysisFall 2007
 
Lecture notesAssignments (no solutions)
CMS.998New Media LiteraciesSpring 2007
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