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Communication Courses

COMS 454: Transnational  Communication and Media (3 hours) 
Description: A study of the development, structure, functions, and control of international communications media systems and activities as they affect world relations. 

COMS 549: Media and Culture in Ireland (3 hours) 
Description: Survey of Irish film and television against the historical, political, and cultural traditions of Ireland. Will examine the development of Irish media as it has developed in competition with Hollywood and British representations of Ireland.

English Courses

ENGL 590: Literature and Film (3 hours) 
Description: The relationship between literature and film as narrative forms. The significance of literary modes such as romanticism and realism for film content and structure. Analysis of the adaptation of literary works to the medium of film. 

ENGL 507: Topics in Literature - Irish Film and Literature (3 hours) 
Description: The realtionship among the themes, styles, cultural traditions and influences of modern Irish writing and filmmaking.

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