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New Graduate Minor Focuses on Screen Culture

Author: Susan Love Loughmiller

Categories: General News, Arts, and Faculty News

There is growing recognition in academia that “screen literacy” is a valuable asset for many scholars—especially those who teach language and literature. To help develop this skill set, the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television, and Theatre (FTT) has created a new graduate minor in screen cultures. It is open to students in any Notre Dame graduate program.

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Teaching Film and Screen Culture Across the Humanities

Author: Susan Love Loughmiller

Categories: General News and Faculty News

The new chair of Notre Dame’s Department of Film, Television, and Theatre spends part of each summer teaching his specialty to a different type of students—fellow faculty members from the College of Arts and Letters. Professor Jim Collins, who specializes in media theory, postmodern studies, and digital humanities, created a weeklong seminar five years ago to help faculty from other departments better incorporate film into the classroom.

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