Requirements for the Minor (24 credits)

Note: No more than 12 credits can be taken in one department. This limit excludes courses with the MCOM designation.

I. Core (8 credits)

Complete all of the following:

course - Introduction to Media Studies
course - Media and Communication Theories and Methods

II. Practice/Production (4 credits)

Complete 4 credits, selected from the following:

course - Documentary Practice
course - Advanced Selected Topics in Media: Practice
course - Internship Project

NY Semester on Media and Communications (8 credits):

course - Introduction to Media Industries OR course - Introduction to Media Industries
course - New York Semester on Communications and Media Colloquium OR course - New York Semester on Communications and Media Colloquium

Community-based Learning Courses (check course listings for additional community-based learning courses offered on a semester-by-semester basis):

course - Community Language and Literacy [CBL]
course - Applied Performance: Addressing Sexual Harassment, Violence, and Discrimination through Interactive Performance
course - Theatre in The Community: The Newark Collaboration

III. Electives (12 credits)

Complete 12 credits, at least 8 of which are intermediate or upper-level, chosen from the Systems and Contexts, Forms, and Practice categories:

A. Systems and Contexts

In these courses, students examine media institutions and the larger structures and frameworks–social, cultural, economic, and political– that shape media and communications.

B. Forms

In these courses, students learn the structural elements, patterns, and formal systems that define digital, textual, and aural media, developing a critical vocabulary that informs their own media practice.

C. Practice

In these courses, students become producers of digital, textual, and/or aural media. They also reflect on their practice, applying the theoretical frameworks they have learned elsewhere in the Major.

course - Photography I
course - Digital Imaging
course - Photography II
course - Digital Video
course - Motion Design
course - Photography III
course - Introduction to Computer Science in JavaScript
course - Introduction to Computer Science in Python
course - Software Engineering
course/course - Applied Analysis of Social Entrepreneurship
course - Introduction to Journalism
course - Business Communications
course- Nonfiction Writing Workshop: Articles
course - Theory and Practice of Media Communication
course - Advanced Journalism
course/course - Blogs, Tweets, and Social Media: The Practice of Digital Communication
course - Geographic Information Systems
course - Public Relations
course - Advanced Topics in Media & Communications
course - Electronic Music Composition
course - Speech Fundamentals
course - Programming in R
course - Introduction to Acting
course - Playwriting
course - Advanced Playwriting

MCOMn - Media and Communications Minor

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