Media/Social Change
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.