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Dec 11, 2024
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2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Media Studies Major
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Program Learning Outcomes
Students will:
- Understand foundational relationships between media, culture, and society
- Develop critical skills in assessing media as a consumer and citizen
- Develop foundational skills in media profession practice in electronic media and journalism
- Understand the historical and contemporary practices of news media in societal context
- Understand the historical and contemporary practices of electronic media in societal context
- Understand the legal and ethical constraints on media practices
- Understand the social theories of media and power, and the development of media criticism
- Understand and apply theories and research on media uses and effects
- Develop research skills in media history, theory, and criticism, and in media analysis
- Gain advanced knowledge in media and society, electronic media, or journalism
- Gain understanding of professional practices in media organizations through fieldwork
- Apply advanced research or professional skills to a senior thesis or project
Major Requirements (48 Units)
Required - 100-Level (8 units):
Core (8 units)
Choose two of the following:
Electives (8 Units)
Choose two of the following:
Core (8 units)
(Take both):
Electives (12 Units)
Choose three of the following, must include one Studies course:
400-Level (4 units)
Choose one of the following:
Note:
Students must obtain a grade of “C” or higher in every class in the major and may not count prerequisite courses in which a grade of “C-” or lower is obtained.
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