Minor in Media Studies
In the Minor in Media Studies, students gain understandings and skills for navigating and participating and working in our increasingly mediated social and cultural worlds. Media Studies students develop media literacies, theoretical and critical competencies, aesthetic and ethical sensibilities, and media production skills.The Minor's focus is on four main areas of theory and practice: (1) media studies, including media institutions, representations, uses, and effects; (2) film studies, including motion picture history, film aesthetics and analysis, and global cinema studies; (3) digital production, including digital filmmaking, and television and radio production; and (4) multimedia journalism, including newswriting and reporting, and the integrative use of audio, video, photography, text, and interactive tools for storytelling. In addition to using media for personal, social, and civic purposes, Media Studies students typically pursue careers in journalism, broadcasting, filmmaking, or digital/social media, or they continue their education in graduate programs.
Requirements for a minor in Media Studies (18 units)
| Core requirements (6) | ||
| COMM 3102 | Media, Culture, and Society | 3 |
| COMM 3301 | Media Institutions in Context | 3 |
| Elective requirements (12) | ||
| Twelve units chosen from any of the following: | 12 | |
| Media Studies: | ||
| Digital Media and Society | ||
| Topics in Media Studies | ||
| Gender, Race, and Class in Media | ||
| Latinx, Media, and Cultures | ||
| Global Communication | ||
| Media Effects | ||
| Advertising as Social Communication | ||
| Media Sex and Violence | ||
| Communication Law and Policy | ||
| Muslim Women in Media and Society | ||
| Advanced Topics in Media Studies | ||
| Film Studies: | ||
| The Development of Motion Pictures | ||
| Movies in the Digital Age | ||
| Film Analysis | ||
| Global Cinema | ||
| Visual Communication | ||
| Topics in Film Studies | ||
| Advanced Topics in Film Studies | ||
| Digital Production: | ||
| Television Studio Production | ||
| Introduction to Digital Video Editing | ||
| Digital Video Field Production | ||
| Fundamentals of Screenwriting | ||
| Topics in Digital Production | ||
| Digital Audio and Radio Production | ||
| Digital Filmmaking I | ||
| Digital Filmmaking II | ||
| Advanced Topics in Digital Production | ||
| Multimedia Journalism: | ||
| Newswriting and Reporting | ||
| Multimedia Journalism | ||
| Publication Design | ||
| Topics in Multimedia Journalism | ||
| Advanced Topics in Multimedia Journalism | ||
| Total Units | 18 | |