Media and Communication Studies, Critical Media Studies Area, Certificate

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Certificate

CORE (13 credits)

Required Applied Experience (3 credits):

MCS 404 - Internship (3.00)

Three Electives (9 credits)

(At least 6 of the 9 credits must be at the 300 or 400 level)

Certificate students must take all nine credits in only one of the three areas

Critical Media Studies
Coursework on the cultural history of specific media, critical media analysis, industry analysis, audience studies and special topics in media genres.
Intercultural Communication
Coursework on intercultural communication; race, gender, ethnicity, social class and media; comparative studies and media; U.S. media in global perspective.
New Media and Applied Communication
Coursework in video, audio and digital production; Web content design; technical writing; journalism and oral communication

Additional Information:

Counting Credits

A total of nine credits towards the completion of the certificate may be “double counted” towards the completion of an additional major, minor, or certificate.

Total: 24 credits

Critical Media Studies

Suggested courses:

AFST 205 - Contemporary Black Popular Culture (3.00)
AFST 245 - Introduction to Black Music (3.00)
AMST 100 - Introduction to American Studies (3.00)
AMST 320 - Television in American Culture (3.00)
AMST 321 - Radio in American Culture (3.00)
AMST 322 - American Society and Culture in Film (3.00)
AMST 324 - The Road Movie in America and Abroad (3.00)
AMST 325 - Studies in Popular Culture (3.00)
AMST 327 - Sports and Media in American Society (3.00)
ART 215 - Introduction to Art and Media Studies (3.00)
ART 221 - Art History II (3.00)
ART 321 - From the Enlightenment to the Birth of Modernism (1750-1880) (3.00)
ART 323 - Modernism (1880-1960) (3.00)
ART 324 - History of Film: Origins to 1965 (3.00)
ART 325 - History of Film and Video: 1965 to Present (3.00)
ART 326 - History of Photography I (3.00)
ART 327 - Contemporary Directions in Photography (3.00)
ART 342 - Film/Video Theory and Criticism (3.00)
ART 343 - History of Animation (3.00)
ART 380 - History and Theory of Games (3.00)
ART 423 - Art Since 1945 (3.00)
ART 428 - History & Theory of the Art Museum (3.00)
ART 429 - Seminar in Art History & Visual Culture (3.00)
ENGL 332 - Contemporary American Literature (3.00)
ENGL 324 - Theories of Communication and Technology (3.00)
GWST 310 - Gender and Inequality in America (3.00)
GWST 322 - Gender, Race, and Media (3.00)
GWST 323 - Gender and Sitcoms (3.00)
GWST 349 - Gender, Sex and Theatre Performance. (3.00)
HIST 371 - History And Film (3.00)
MCS 370 - Special Topics in Media and Communication Studies (3.00)
MUSC 214 - The History of Jazz: Origins-Present (3.00)
MUSC 217 - Rock and Related Music: 1950-Present (3.00)
MUSC 230 - Musics of the World (3.00)
MUSC 330 - Popular Musics of the non-Western World
MUSC 336 - The Beatles: Career, Music, Culture, Innovation, Impact (3.00)
POLI 433 - First Amendment Freedoms (3.00)
SOCY 397 - Selected Topics in Sociology (3.00)
THTR 210 - History of Theatre I
THTR 211 - History of Theatre II
THTR 349 - Gender, Sex and Theatre Performance (3.00)
VPA 225 - Ideas in the Arts

Select one course: 3 Credits

SOCY 416 - Cyberspace Culture (3.00)
ANTH 416 - Cyberspace Culture (3.00)