Critical Communication and Media Studies

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Administration
Ann Savage, PhD, Interim Department Chair

Department Website
www.butler.edu/communication/critical-communication-media/

Degree Programs

• Major in Critical Communication and Media Studies (BA)
• Minor in Critical Communication and Media Studies
• Minor in Film Studies

Why Study Critical Communication and Media Studies at Butler?

The CCM program at Butler is a unique interdisciplinary program that combines perspectives from critical theory, media studies, and rhetoric-fields of study that complement each other but are often separated in more traditional communication programs. As such, the program serves as a showcase for synergy.

This innovative program highlights the spirit of a liberal arts education in partnership with preparation for a variety of exciting careers related to media and communication, as well as graduate or law school. The program provides a bridge that enables students to infuse practice with theory, and activism with scholarship, to demonstrate a commitment to social justice and diversity. Faculty are an enthusiastic group of well-published teacher-scholars, who are active in research and scholarship and who frequently present their work at national and international conferences. CCM students will have the opportunity to work closely with these faculty members on teaching or research.

Critical Communication and Media Studies Student Learning Outcomes

• Acquire skills in and demonstrate systematic and innovative inquiry into the production, reception, and circulation of public and mass-mediated communication
• Demonstrate an understanding of historical, theoretical, and critical perspectives as they apply to a variety of public and mass-mediated messages
• Interpret, evaluate, and critique the symbolic and shared processes of meaning making
• Analyze how identity and power affect communication globally and locally
• Develop an appreciation of the value of communication to promote community engagement and social justice
• Demonstrate the ability to advocate appropriately and effectively in professional and public contexts

Programs

• Critical Communication and Media Studies, BA
• Critical Communication and Media Studies, Film Concentration, BA

• Critical Communication and Media Studies Minor
• Film Studies Minor

Courses

• CCM 208 - U.S. Film History
• CCM 254 - Gender and Communication
• CCM 290 - Topics
• CCM 310 - Media & Cultural Theory
• CCM 315 - Rhetorical Theory
• CCM 320 - Documentary Films & Social Justice
• CCM 321 - Documentary Film & Culture
• CCM 330 - Representations of Race & Difference
• CCM 345 - Film, Gender and the Body
• CCM 352 - Rhetorical Criticism
• CCM 363 - Freedom of Speech and Democracy
• CCM 365 - Media & Cultural Criticism
• CCM 368 - Media & Politics
• CCM 376 - Film, Culture and Criticism
• CCM 390 - Special Topics
• CCM 398 - Argumentation and Advocacy
• CCM 420 - Queering Film
• CCM 430 - The Rhetoric of Horror Films
• CCM 439 - Critical Communication and Media Studies Internship
• CCM 440 - Critical Communication and Media Internship
• CCM 441 - Critical Communication and Media Studies Internship
• CCM 468 - Women & Rock
• CCM 470 - Sports, Media & Culture
• CCM 481 - Technologies of the Body
• CCM 482 - Voices of Dissent & Social Change
• CCM 486 - Apprenticeship
• CCM 488 - Apprenticeship
• CCM 490 - Special Topics
• CCM 492 - Internship
• CCM 494 - Independent Study
• CCM 495 - Independent Study
• CCM 496 - Independent Study
• CCM 499 - Honors Thesis

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