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The Media and Popular Culture Studies concentration explores the history, theory, analysis and rhetoric of everything from reality T.V. and blockbuster films to hip-hop culture and consumerism, examining how our day-to-day lives are informed and constructed by cultural trends and products. The concentration focuses on critical thinking, research, and communication skills whether oral, written or mediated (radio, video, or internet). Students will gain a broad and flexible background appropriate for attending graduate school, for teaching, and for writing about or creating media content. Employers in all fields of media will value the breadth and depth of students’ engagement with media and culture. Communication Core - 19 credits
COM 110 Human Communication
COM 111 Mediated Communication Systems
COM 212 Writing for the Media
COM 390 Communication Law
COM 499 Senior Seminar
Three credits of travel study, internship, or communication elective at 300 level or above
COM 261, 262, or 263: Practicum (one credit) 3 credits in Communication outside of major sequence Media and Popular Culture Studies Sequence - 18 credits
COM 241 Intro to Telecommunications 12 hrs. Theories, Histories, Analyses, & Criticisms - Choose 4 of the following courses
COM 244 Film History
COM 264 Black-American Voices: From Slave Narratives to Neo-Soul
COM 324 Film Analysis
COM 334 Media Representations: Race, Class, & Gender
COM 364 TV Programming and Analysis
COM 374 Women and Culture
COM 384 Hip-Hop Culture
COM 386 Religion and Media 3 hrs. Creating Media Content - Choose 1 of the following courses
COM 211 Studio Production I
COM 221 Audio Production I
COM 231 Writing for Film and Electronic Media
COM 314 Visual Rhetoric & Design Multidisciplinary Classes - 6 credits from these or other courses with advisor’s consent
ENG 217 Post-Colonial Literature (prereqs: ENG 102)
ENG 221 Intermediate Writing (prereqs: ENG 102)
ENG 249 American Humor (prereqs: ENG 102)
ENG 295 African-American Literature (prereqs: ENG 102)
ENG 311 Writing Fiction (prereqs: ENG 102)
ENG 312 Writing Poetry (prereqs: ENG 102)
ENG 330 English Literature: Anglo-Saxon and Medieval (prereqs: ENG 102, 200 or applicable substitution, 206, or permission of instructor)
ENG 331 English Literature: Renaissance (prereqs: ENG 102, 200 or applicable substitution, 206, or permission of instructor)
ENG 332 English Literature: Restoration-18th Century (prereqs: ENG 102, 200 or applicable substitution, 206, or permission of instructor)
ENG 335 English Literature: Twentieth Century (prereqs: ENG 102, 200 or applicable substitution, 206, or permission of instructor)
ENG 337 English Literature: 19th Century (prereqs: ENG 102, 200 or applicable substitution, 206, or permission of instructor)
ENG 338 Authors Studies (prereqs: ENG 102)
ENG 371 Shakespeare (prereqs: ENG 102)
ENG 381 World Literature I (prereqs: ENG 102)
ENG 381 World Literature II (prereqs: ENG 102)
ENG 394 American Literature: Colonial and Early National (prereqs: ENG 102, 200 or applicable substitution, 206, or permission of instructor)
ENG 395 American Literature: Romanticism (prereqs: ENG 102, 200 (or applicable substitution, 206, or permission of instructor)
ENG 396 American Literature: Realism and Naturalism (prereqs: ENG 102, 200 or applicable substitution, 206, or permission of instructor)
ENG 398 Studies in Genre (prereqs: ENG 102)
SPN 315 Hispanic Culture Through Film (prereqs: SPN 213, SPN 289 or 301or permission of instructor, taught in Spanish)
GBS 375 French Cinema: Text and Culture (prereqs: ENG 102)
GBS/PHL 384 Philosophy and International Literature: Alternate World Realities (prereqs: ENG 102, ENG 200)
HST 330 The United States Since 1945 (prereqs: HST 206)
HST 331 Women in U.S. History (prereqs: HST 205 or HST 206 or permission of instructor)
SOC 205 Cultural Anthropology (prereqs: NONE)
SOC 303 Social Thought and Theory (prereqs: SOC 201 or permission of instructor)
SOC 305 Social and Global Inequalities (prereqs: SOC 201 or permission of instructor)
SOC 306 Religion, Society and Culture (prereqs: NONE)
IDS 361 Perspectives on the Good Life (prereqs: NONE)
MFL/ENG 268 Love, Honor and Chivalry (prereqs: ENG 102)
MFL 288/388 Special Topics (prereqs: ENG 102)
MFL 310 Language, Culture and Communication (prereqs: ENG 102 or permission of instructor)
THE 301 Theatre History and Literature I (prereqs: THE 120 or THE 102)
THE 302 Theatre History and Literature II (prereqs: THE 120 or THE 102)
PHL 101 Introduction to Philosophy (prereqs: NONE)
PHL 106 Introduction to Logic and Critical Thinking (prereqs: NONE)
PHL 223 Modern Philosophy (prereqs: NONE)
PHL 224 Contemporary Philosophy (prereqs: NONE)
PHL/REL 312 Existentialism (prereqs: NONE)
ART 105 Design I (prereqs: NONE)
ART 106 Design II (prereqs: NONE)
ART 201 Art History I (prereqs: NONE)
ART 202 Art History II (prereqs: NONE)
ART 208 Photography I (prereqs: NONE)
ART 220 Digital Art (prereqs: ART 105)
ART 222 Design III (prereqs: NONE)
ART 228 Photography History (prereqs: NONE)
ART 452 Philosophies (prereqs: NONE) TOTAL = 46 credits
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