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Dec 11, 2024
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2024-2025 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.
Junior Year
Fall |
Units |
MS 313 - Media Theory & Criticism |
4 |
MS 300-Level Elective |
4 |
Language - Course 3 |
4 |
Core (regular Core course or Core course that also fulfills a minor) |
4 |
Total Semester Units |
16 |
Spring |
Units |
MS 314 - Media Research |
4 |
MS 300-Level Elective |
4 |
Core (regular Core course or Core course that also fulfills a minor) |
4 |
Core |
4 |
Total Semester Units |
16 |
Senior Year
Fall |
Units |
MS 300-Level Elective |
4 |
Community - Engaged Learning (CEL): MS 302 - Communication for Change |
4 |
Elective (any elective or towards your minor) |
4 |
Core |
4 |
Total Semester Units |
16 |
Spring |
Units |
MS 400-Level Elective |
4 |
Elective (any elective or towards your minor) |
4 |
Elective (any elective or towards your minor) |
4 |
Elective (any elective or towards your minor) |
4 |
Total Semester Units |
16 |
*This information is subject to change, the degree planner is a sample, and students should consult with the department for any updated information.
*If you would like to minor in Journalism, please keep in mind that a Media Studies Major + a Journalism Minor means you only need 3 stand-alone Journalism classes. Please consult your major advisor to determine how best to arrange your coursework to accomplish this (several Media Studies courses also fulfill core requirements, etc)
*If you would like to minor in Film Studies, please keep in mind that a Media Studies Major + a Film Studies Minor means you only need 3 stand-alone Film Studies classes. Please consult your major advisor to determine how best to arrange your coursework to accomplish this (several Media Studies and Film Studies courses also fulfill core requirements, etc)
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