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:

____ COM 1110: Human Communication 

____ COM 1111: Mediated Communication Systems

____ Internship, Travel Study, Undergrad Research/Creative Work or COM 3000-level or above elective in sequence

____ COM 2261, 2262, 2263, or 2265 Practicum (2 credits)

____ COM elective outside of major sequence (4 credits)

____ COM 3390: Communication Law and Ethics

Sequence Core:

____ COM 2204: Media and Popular Culture Studies

20 credits from the following – 4 credits must be at 4000 level, and only 4 credits at 2000 level:

____ COM 2244: Movies & Methods

____ COM 2264: Black-American Voices: Stories & Sounds

____ COM 3314: Visual Rhetoric and Design

____ COM 3324: Myth & Media

____ COM 3334: Media Representations: Race, Class, & Gender

____ COM 3364: Television: Texts & Contexts

____ COM 3374: Women and Culture

____ COM 3384: Hip-Hop Culture

____ COM 4414: Advertising & Ideologies: Consumer Culture

____ COM 4424: Gender Speak

PLUS 8 credits of non-communication courses related to sequence (with the advisor’s approval) - may count towards minor

TOTAL = 54 credits