First Year Classes

CMS Weekly Schedule

MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday
10:00-11:30
CMS.790 14E-310
2:30-5:30
CMS.796 1-375
7:00-10:00
CMS.790 14E-310
10:00-11:30
CMS.790 14E-310
3:00-5:00
CMS.796 1-375
1:00-3:00
CMS.950 1-132
5:00-7:00
CMS.990 2-105

Work Due


September

CMS Week 1

Monday 6Tuesday 7Wednesday 8Thursday 9Friday 10
Orientation: Read contents of orientation packet CMS.790: Theory Outside the Academy

CMS Week 2

Monday 13Tuesday 14Wednesday 15Thursday 16Friday 17
CMS.790: Qualitative Methods: From Boring to Brilliant
CMS.790: Ethnography and Critical Design Practice
CMS.790: Researching America's Army
CMS.790: Research and Design for Kids
CMS.796: After Disenchantment
CMS.796: The Romance of Tristan and the Tale of Tristan's Madness
CMS.790: Excerpts from Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals
CMS.796: Love in the Western World
CMS.796: Adultery in the Novel

CMS Week 3

Monday 20Tuesday 21Wednesday 22Thursday 23Friday 24
CMS.790: Kirinyaga
CMS.790: Speech Sounds
CMS.790: Assignment 1 (Media Producer Interview)
CMS.796: Opera in Different Media
CMS.790: Playboy Interview
CMS.790: Space, Time, and Communications: A Tribute to Harold Innis
CMS.796: Outlines of Artwork in the Future
CMS.796: Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality
CMS.796: Excerpts from Opera and Drama
CMS.796: Excerpt from The Birth of Tragedy
CMS.796:Tristan und Isolde: The Action and Theater of Passion

CMS Week 4

Monday 27Tuesday 28Wednesday 29Thursday 30Friday 1
CMS.790: The Myth of Total Cinema
CMS.790: The Ontology of the Photographic Image
CMS.790: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
CMS.796: Metaphysics as Music
CMS.796: Deeper Than The Day Could Read
CMS.790: The Technology and the Society
CMS.790: Constituents of a Theory of Media
CMS.796: Interpretive Paper 1

October

CMS Week 5

Monday 4Tuesday 5Wednesday 6Thursday 7Friday 8

CMS Week 6

Monday 11Tuesday 12Wednesday 13Thursday 14Friday 15
Columbus Day -- Holiday

CMS Week 7

Monday 18Tuesday 19Wednesday 20Thursday 21Friday 22
CMS.790:Assignment 2 (Explore Media Artifact)

CMS Week 8

Monday 25Tuesday 26Wednesday 27Thursday 28Friday 29
CMS.796: Interpretive Paper 2

November

CMS Week 9

Monday 1Tuesday 2Wednesday 3Thursday 4Friday 5
CMS.790: Assignment 3 (Political Media Presentation)

CMS Week 10

Monday 8Tuesday 9Wednesday 10Thursday 11Friday 12
Veterans Day -- Holiday

CMS Week 11

Monday 15Tuesday 16Wednesday 17Thursday 18Friday 19
CMS.796: Interpretive Paper 3

CMS Week 12

Monday 22Tuesday 23Wednesday 24Thursday 25Friday 26
Thanksgiving Vacation Thanksgiving Vacation

CMS Week 13

Monday 29Tuesday 30Wednesday 1Thursday 2Friday 3

December

CMS Week 14

Monday 6Tuesday 7Wednesday 8Thursday 9Friday 10
Last Day of Classes CMS.796: Interpretive Paper 4

CMS Week 15

Monday 13Tuesday 14Wednesday 15Thursday 16Friday 17
Last Day of Finals - Winter Break Starts Here

CMS Week 16

Monday 20Tuesday 21Wednesday 22Thursday 23Friday 24