Media StudiesMinor

Hours To Complete	21 - 28
Courses Required	7
Department Contact	Film and Media

Requirements

Effective Fall 2020, this program is no longer accepting new minors.

Students who minor in Media Studies must take FILM/ARTVIS/IDS 204, Introduction to Media Studies.

The remainder of the minor allows students to pursue one of two tracks: either Media Arts and Cultures (Concentration #1) or Sociocultural Approaches to Media (Concentration #2).

Concentration #1:

Media Arts and Cultures: Requirements, 7 courses total.*

Note: One course in Area 2 is a prerequisite for courses in Areas 3 and 4.

Foundation Course: FILM/IDS 204: Introduction to Media Studies
One course in methods of Visual Analysis/Media Literacy
- ENG 201W/IDS201W: Multimedia Journalism
- ENG 380RW: Health and Science Writing
- FILM 208: Digital Media and Culture
- FILM 270: Introduction to Film (or FILM 190 Freshman Seminar when taught as Introduction to Film) Note: FILM 270 is a prerequisite to any subsequent film courses on this list except FILM 356, 371 and 372.
- FILM 371: History of Film to 1954
- FILM 372: History of Film since 1954
- FILM 401W : Film Criticism
- FILM 408: Media, Time and Space
- IDS 216: Visual Culture
Three courses in Media Theory, History and Criticism. At least one course must be on non-U.S. media.
- AMST 321/HIST 385: American Routes
- CHN 271W: Modern China in Films and Fiction
- CHN 360W/EAS 360W/WS 360W: Chinese Women in Film and Fiction
- CHN 394: Screening China
- EAS 363W: Literary and Visual Culture in Japan
- ENG328W Race, Gender, and Media Making
- ENGCW 379: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY: Ethics in Journalism and Nonfiction Writing
- ENGCW385 RW/ HIST 387RW/ AAS 387RW/ AMST 387RW - Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project
- FILM 356: History of American Television
- FILM 373: Special Topics in Film
- FILM 380: Video Games
- FILM 382 Contemporary Film and Media Theory
- FILM 389: Special Topics in Media
- FILM 390 Children and the Media
- FILM 392R: Genre Studies
- FILM 393: Documentary Film and Media History
- FILM 395R: National Cinemas: Western
- FILM 396R: National Cinemas: Non-Western
- FILM 401W: Film Criticism
- FILM 404: Gender in Film and Media
- FILM 405R: Experimental/Avant-Garde Cinema
- GER 340: German Film
- GER 360/FILM 373: Current German Issues
- IDS 385: Special Topics when Imaging Bodies, Screening Lives
- JPN 375/Film 396R: National Cinemas: Japanese Film
- JPN 378W/EAS 378W: Postwar Japan Through its Media
- MESAS 319: Media, Islam, Social Movements (Also SOC/FILM/AFS 319)
- RUSS 373/FILM 375: The Russian Avant-Garde
One course from Sociocultural Approaches to Media:
- AAS 190 Freshman Seminar, when Covering Ethnic Communities
- AAS 275 Black Images in the Media
- AMST 385W/FILM 389: Special Topics, when Advertising in American Culture
- ANT 342: Media and Culture
- ANT 385: Special Topics, when Visual Anthropology
- ANT 385: Special Topics, when Ethnographic Cinema
- FILM 390: Children and Media
- PHIL 351: Media Ethics
- POLS 379: Politics in Music
- POLS 385/FILM 373: Media and Politics in Comparative Perspective
- POLS 490R: Advanced Seminar: Political Communication
- POLS 490: Cities, Power, and Cinema
- REL 369R: Religion, Film and Media
- REL 370: Special Topics, when Islam, Media and Pop Culture (Cross listed with FILM 389)
- SOC 190: Freshman Seminar: (when Advertising: Words and Images)
- SOC 327: Language and Symbols of Mass Media (also LING 327)
- SOC 343: Mass Media and Social Influence
- SOC 383: Advertising: Words and Images (also LING 383)
- SOC 443S: Senior Seminar: Sociology of Music
One course in media-making.:
- ENG201W/IDS201W: Multimedia Journalism
- ENGCW 376RW Intermediate Nonfiction -- Long form narrative writing (magazine writing)
- ENG 380W: Health and Science Writing
- FILM 106: Photography I
- FILM 107: Introduction to Digital Video **
- FILM 206R Photography II
- FILM 385: Documentary Filmmaking I
- POLS 386/FILM 389: Guerrilla Political Videography

*Students may petition for approval of unlisted special topics or independent study courses in which the majority of the content focuses on media.

**Demand is high for this course, so register early in your course of study. It is also a prerequisite for most other production courses in the Department of Film and Media Studies.

<Concentration #2:

Sociocultural Approaches to Media: Requirements, 7 courses total.*

Note: One course in Area 2 is a prerequisite for courses in Areas 3 and 4.

Foundation course: FILM/IDS 204: Introduction to Media Studies
One course in methods of Visual Analysis/Media Literacy (one of the following):
- ENG201W/IDS201W: Multimedia Journalism
- ENG 380RW: Health and Science Writing
- FILM 208: Digital Media and Culture
- FILM 270: Introduction to Film (or FILM 190 Freshman Seminar when taught as Introduction to Film) ) Note: FILM 270 is a prerequisite to any subsequent film courses on this list except FILM 356, 371 and 372.
- FILM 371: History of Film to 1954
- FILM 372: History of Film since 1954
- FILM 401W : Film Criticism
- FILM 408: Media, Time and Space
- IDS 216: Visual Culture
Three courses from Sociocultural Approaches to Media (3 of the following):
- AAS 190 Freshman Seminar, when Covering Ethnic Communities
- AAS 275 Black Images in the Media
- AMST 385W/FILM 389: Special Topics, when Advertising in American Culture
- ANT 342: Media and Culture
- ANT 385: Special Topics, when Visual Anthropology
- ANT 385: Special Topics, when Ethnographic Cinema
- FILM 390: Children and Media
- MESAS 319: Media, Islam, Social Movements (Also SOC/FILM/AFS 319)
- PHIL 351: Media Ethics
- POLS 379: Politics in Music
- POLS 385/FILM 373: Media and Politics in Comparative Perspective
- POLS 490R: Advanced Seminar: Political Communication
- POLS 490: Cities, Power, and Cinema
- REL 369R: Religion, Film and Media
- REL 370: Special Topics, when Islam, Media and Pop Culture (Cross-listed with FILM 389)
- SOC 190: Freshman Seminar: (when Advertising: Words and Images)
- SOC 327: Language and Symbols of Mass Media (also LING 327)
- SOC 343: Mass Media and Social Influences
- SOC 383: Advertising: Words and Images (also LING 383)
- SOC 443S: Senior Seminar: Sociology of Music
One course in Media Theory, History and Criticism (1 of the following):
- AMST 321/HIST 385: American Routes
- CHN 271W: Modern China in Films and Fiction
- CHN 360W/ASIA 360W/WS 360W: Chinese Women in Film and Fiction
- CHN 394: Screening China
- EAS 363W: Literary and Visual Culture in Japan
- ENG328W Race, Gender, and Media Making
- ENGCW 379: FIFTY SHADES OF GREY: Ethics in Journalism and Nonfiction Writing
- ENGCW385 RW/ HIST 387RW/ AAS 387RW/ AMST 387RW - Georgia Civil Rights Cold Cases Project
- FILM 356: History of American Television
- FILM 373: Special Topics in Film
- FILM 380: Video Games
- FILM 382 Contemporary Film and Media Theory
- FILM 389: Special Topics in Media
- FILM 390 Children and the Media
- FILM 392R: Genre Studies
- FILM 393: Documentary Film and Media History
- FILM 395R: National Cinemas: Western
- FILM 396R: National Cinemas: Non-Western
- FILM 401: Film Criticism
- FILM 404: Gender in Film and Media
- FILM 405R: Experimental/Avant-Garde Cinema
- GER 340: German Film
- GER 360/FILM 373: Current German Issues
- IDS 385: Special Topics when Imaging Bodies, Screening Lives
- JPN 375/Film 396: National Cinemas: Japanese Film
- MESAS 319: Media, Islam, Social Movements (Also SOC/FILM/AFS 319)
- RUSS 373/FILM 375: The Russian Avant-Garde
One elective. One additional course from either section 2, 3, or 4 above, or one of the following in media making:
- ENG201W/IDS201W: Multimedia Journalism
- ENGCW 376RW Intermediate Nonfiction -- Long form narrative writing (magazine writing)
- ENG 380W: Health and Science Writing
- FILM 106: Photography I
- FILM 107: Introduction to Digital Video **
- FILM 206R Photography II
- FILM 385: Documentary Filmmaking I
- POLS 386/FILM 389: Guerrilla Political Videography

*Students may petition for approval of unlisted special topics or independent study courses in which the majority of the content focuses on media.

**Demand is high for this course, so register early in your course of study. It is also a prerequisite for most other production courses in the Department of Film and Media Studies.