Degree Type
Minor
School
Department
The media play a role in every aspect of life. Our economy, our politics, our culture, and even our personal identities are formed in media consumption and production. Media analysis is a critical tool in understanding and functioning in contemporary society. “Media literacy” has become a basic educational need. A minor in Media and Communications can be a valuable credential for students majoring in or considering a career in government, politics, business, media, advertising, marketing, public relations or education.
Curriculum
Requirements
The minor consists of 20 credits:
A. Foundation Course (required)
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AS2802 Introduction to Journalism and Media
B. Media Studies Courses (two courses required)
- AS2652 Media Studies
- AS2700 The Engaged Eye
- AS3310 Citizen to Consumer
- AS3492 Women and the Media
- AS3632 History of US Film
- AS3712 American Film Genres
- AS3722 History of Mass Media
- AS3732 Politics of Media
- AS3735 Documentary Media Studies
- AS3742 Myths & Images in Film
- AS3745 Film and Gender
- AS3810 Music and Media
- AS3842 African-Americans in the Mass Media
- AS3852 Women and the Media
- AS4160 Special Topics in Media Studies
- AS4280 Global Media
- AS4722 Film: Ideas and Aesthetics
- AS4725 The Photograph and American Culture
- AS4732 Political Film
- AS4802 Investigative Reporting
- AS4850 Digital Revolution
- CR3200 Crime, Media and Culture
- SY4651 Sociology of Communications and Media
C. Production Courses (two courses required)
Select two production courses from the offerings in print journalism, video, radio, television, or new media.