The Media & Social Change (MSC) emphasis area provides students with creative skills in non-fiction production while exploring the social effects that media have on society. Students may choose from the following classes:

MDIA Foundation/Core (take all five)

• MDIA 1010 - Evolution of Media
• MDIA 1020 - Media & Creative Process
• Production Basics (Choose 2)
  MDIA 1200 - Audio Production Basics
  MDIA 1300 - Digital Media Production Basics
  MDIA 1400 - Video Productions Basics
• MDIA 2010 - Media Analysis and Criticism
• MDIA 2011 - Business of Media

MDIA Foundation/Core (choose one)

• MDIA 3150 - Global Media Systems
• MDIA 3172 - Public Media
• MDIA 4015 - Media and Development
• MDIA 4140 - New Media and Communication Technologies
• MDIA 4141 - Satellite Media and Communications
• MDIA 4150 - Media and Globalization
• MDIA 4176 - Technology, Communication, and Culture

MSC Intro Classes - (Choose three; one from each category)

Social Change

• MDIA 2012 - Media, Communication & Social Change
• MDIA 2150 - Media and Globalization

Media Analysis

• MDIA 2110 - Media Theory & Research
• MDIA 2113 - Social Media
• MDIA 2132 - Contemporary American Documentaries
• MDIA 2170 - Media and Identity
• MDIA 2171 - African-American TV Images
• MDIA 2200 - Script Analysis & Production Planning
• EM 2500 - News Distribution Platforms
• FILM 2020 - Intro to Film: Film Analysis
• FILM 2030 - Intro to Film: The Documentary

MSC Advanced (Choose 4; at least one from each category)

Social Change

• MDIA 3110 - Advanced Media Criticism
• MDIA 3111 - Media Phenomenology
• MDIA 3150 - Global Media Systems
• MDIA 3172 - Public Media
• MDIA 3175 - Gossip, Espionage, Hackers, Memes
• MDIA 3810 - Women in Media
• MDIA 4011 - Media and the Digital Divide
• MDIA 4015 - Media and Development
• MDIA 4140 - ICTs and Social Change
• MDIA 4170 - Media and the Muslim World
• MDIA 4172 - Broadcasting for Social Justice
• MDIA 4175 - Media and Sexual Representation
• MDIA 4176 - Technology, Communication, & Culture
• MDIA 4901 - Special Topics in Media & Social Change
• FILM 3440J - Practice of Film Criticism

Media Process

• MDIA 2700 - Video and Audio Field Production
• MDIA 3105 - Audience Research
• MDIA 3122 - Social Media: Content Curation
• MDIA 3201 - Screenwriting: the Adaptation
• MDIA 3303 - Sound for Moving Images
• MDIA 3700 - Intermediate Video & Audio Production
• MDIA 3705 - Writing and Producing Podcasts
• MDIA 3807 - Art of Editing
• MDIA 4100 - Media Laws and Regulations
• MDIA 4700 - Nonfiction Storytelling and Documentary Production
• MDIA 4705 - Media and Web Delivery
• MDIA 4901 - Special Topics in Media & Social Change
• EM 2880 - Media Workshop in Multimedia
• FILM 3400 - Film Techniques

Note: a thirteenth class (TBA) is required in this Emphasis Area.