Registration for Fall 2025 is right around the corner! The CCI office is here with a comprehensive guide to next semester's course offerings! CCI classes do not have to be taken in any specific order, so feel free to choose whichever classes pique your interest most! Many of our courses have different topics! Before enrolling, make sure to double check which focus you are enrolling in. Reminder, this is a preliminary schedule until the Registrar releases the Official schedule on March 17th.
CCI 100- 01 & 02 Introduction to Creative and Cultural Industries: This class will provide students with an introduction to the key concepts in the field of the Creative and Culture industries. Central to the course will be the exploration of how culture is used both at an institutional level and in everyday life as well as the idea of culture and cultural production and how these concepts have been understood and have changed throughout history. The main goal being to help the students to explore the definitions and wider implications of the Creative and Cultural Industries in order to consolidate students’ knowledge of the multiple meanings associated with this term.
CCI 203-01 Contemporary Issues in CCI (Content Creation): This section of CCI 203 looks at Content Creation by combining analysis and practice of cross-platform messaging including digital storytelling, blogging, digital storytelling and visual culture forms, while exploring issues of gender, equity, inclusion, power, pleasure and the creative process.
CCI 203-02 Contemporary Issues in CCI (Arts Writing and Publishing):
“Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.” Although an art form in its own right, writing plays an important role across the creative and cultural industries, from publicity and journalism to cataloging and interpretation. In this section of CCI 203, we will read, research, write, workshop, and revise texts drawn from real-world scenarios, considering factors such as audience, format, terminology, and tone. The course aims to develop writing skills in a number of genres—artist biographies, catalogs, didactic labels, press releases, proposals, reviews—while also demystifying the mechanics of writing and publishing in the arts.
CCI 301-01 Studies in Cultural Institutions (Film Industry): This section of CCI 301 will look at cultural institutions through the lens of studio systems and films, leaning heavily into screenwriting for socially conscious films, and filmmaking and the exploration of how to become an effective storyteller. Students will gain an understanding of specific institutions which in turn will translate to a broader understanding of how cultural and creative industries operate.
CCI 302-01 & 02 Cultural Memory: This course questions the consequences of unlimited storage in terms of cultural memories, their production in a world where it is impossible to forget. This course looks at the relationships between images, the globalization of media, cultural experience and the purpose of archives in contemporary life.
*If your Catalog year has CCI 302- Cultural Memories in a Digital Age listed, you can take CCI 302 Cultural Memory, it will count the same on your catalog year.
CCI 303-01&02 Cultural Organization Management: This course will examine the key issues, concepts and practices associated with the management and operation of cultural organizations. Taught by faculty and industry-leading guest speakers, covering domestic and international perspectives, the course will equip students with the theoretical and practical skills needed for working in the Creative and Cultural Industries.
CCI 304-01- CCI in Practice (Podcasting): This section of 304 allows students to contribute a segment for a reboot of the Catalyst Podcast, a podcast that focused on the art and the artists of Chapman University. Students who come out of this 300 level class will know how to produce, edit, host, market and launch their own podcast, and the Catalyst podcast would give them an opportunity to run a network, and give Chapman students an opportunity to subscribe, listen, and then learn about all of the talented students on the campus.
CCI 304-02- CCI in Practice (Film Festival): This section of CCI 304 will look at film festivals through a variety of lenses in order to: familiarize students with both major and niche film festivals and examine their artistic, cultural, and commercial significance; understand the roles and responsibilities of various individuals and teams that make film festivals successful; and critically assess the myths versus the reality of film festivals. There will be guest speakers from various festivals.
CCI 305-01- Cultural Studies (Divergent Thinking): This section of 305 explores how to become a divergent thinker and the increasing importance of creative thinking in all professions. We will explore ideas and examples drawn from a wide range of CCIs, including film, media, fashion, art, theme parks, festivals, creative spaces. Themes will include dreams, witchcraft, conspiracy theories, desire, taste, power, elastic thinking, the idea of 'you'. The class will include exercises to help you become a new version of you so that by the end you should feel like you've just stepped off a very interesting theme park ride (still alive, a bit shaky but ready to do it again).
CCI 305-02 – Cultural Studies (Fashion Curation): In a world where retail offerings and even individual closets are “curated,” what does it mean to curate fashion in museums? This section of CCI 305 will examine the history of collecting and exhibiting fashion as well as emerging trends in curation and display. We will look beyond the museum blockbuster to non-traditional public, commercial, and virtual venues, and consider the different curatorial approaches and audiences involved. We will study the aesthetic, historical, and social meanings of garments as artworks, artifacts, and cultural identities, and current ethical debates over collaboration, conservation, and inclusivity. By undertaking case studies and curating virtual shows, students will become familiar with object-based storytelling techniques and best practices.
CCI 444-01 Media, Culture and Emotion: This course examines the intersections of media, culture and emotion from a psychosocial perspective by considering the ways in which people use a range of media objects. Examples are drawn from film to television, podcasts, animation, video games, journalism/news and social media.
*If your Catalog year has CCI 300- Media Culture and Emotion listed, you can take CCI 444 Media Culture and Emotion, it will count the same as CCI 300 on your catalog year.
For any questions about courses or registration, please reach out to delany@chapman.edu for a peer advising session!
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