The Media, Society, and the Arts Program | Academic Requirements
Minor in Media, Society, and the Arts | Courses | Faculty

The Media, Society, and the Arts Program:
B.A. Academic Requirements

In addition to meeting general degree requirements, students majoring in media, society, and the arts must complete each of the following courses (34 credits minimum) with a grade of C or higher:

1. MSA 1530/Introduction to Media, Society, and the Arts (3 credits)
2. One course in art history (visual or performing) or media history (at least 3 credits)
3. MSA 3400/Critical Perspectives on Media, Society, and the Arts (4 credits)
4. MSA 3200/Media Ethnographies or
   MSA 3410/Visual/Social Analysis: A Practicum (4 credits)
5. Two electives (at least 6 credits total)
6. Two or three courses in studio art and/or media production (at least 6 credits total)
7. MSA 4990/Senior Project in Media, Society, and the Arts (two semesters required; 8 credits total)

Refer to The Senior Project for additional information.

Elective Courses
New courses may be added to the following lists. Students should consult their advisor to determine whether a new course fulfills the elective requirement.

Anthropology:

ANT 2250/Film and Anthropology

ANT/MSA 2320/Performing Arts in Cross-Cultural Perspective

ANT/MSA 2340/Drugs, Bodies, Design

ANT 2710/Black Popular Culture

ANT/MSA 3175/Media Representations and Identity

ANT/MSA 3185/Global Media, Local Cultures

ANT/MSA 3260/Media, Music, and Culture in Brazil

ANT 3345/Theatre and Performance in Africa

ANT 3410/Anthropology of Art and Aesthetics

ANT/GND 3610/Gender and Popular Culture in South Asia

Drama Studies (School of Humanities):

DRA 3250/Theories of Drama and Performance

Media, Society, and the Arts:

MSA/GND 3120/Riot Grrls and Radical Women

MSA 4700/Special Topics in Media, Society, and the Arts

New Media (Interdisciplinary Studies):

NME 1150/Basic Visual Literacy

NME 3040/Internet as Public Art

Philosophy (School of Humanities):

PHI 2780/Philosophy of Art: From Plato to Postmodernism

Sociology:

SOC/NME 2230/Computers and Culture

SOC 3465/Human-Centered Design: Theories, Methods, and Ethics

SOC/MSA 3830/Mass Media and Society

Updated July 25, 2008