Requirements for a Major in Media Studies

A total of 40 credits as follows: 

1. MST 202: Topics in Media Studies OR Art 102: Intro to Digital Art (4 credits)

2. MST 385: Film and Media Theory (4 credits)

3. MST 485: Senior Seminar in Media Studies (4 credits)

4. 16 credits in one of the following two concentrations: 

A. Film Studies

• Ancient Mediterranean Studies 285: Classical Myth and Its Reception in Modern Film 
• Chinese 207: Orientalism and Global China on Screen
• Chinese 216/Urban Studies 265: Asian Urbanization through Cinema
• Chinese 220/320: Contemporary Chinese Cinema
• English 190: Shakespeare on Screen
• English 380: Children's Literature and Media
• English 381: African American Film
• English 381: Film Adaptation
• French 334: French and Francophone Cinema
• German 240/340: German Cinema
• History 105: Black Cinema
• History 105: British Empire through Film
• History 105: History of Latin America through Film
• History 105: Medieval at the Movies
• History 105: Sex and Death in African Cinema
• Media Studies 380: American Television
• Russian 400: Russian Film
• Spanish 414: Cinema of Spain

B. Media Production

• Art 105: Painting OR Art 107: Sculpture
• Art 110: Film and Experimental Video Production
• Art 116: Digital Animation
• Art 202: Intermediate Digital Art
• Art 216: 3D Animation/Virtual Realities
• Art 302: Advanced Digital Art
• Art 386: Experiments in Media and Methods
• English 204: Introduction to Screenwriting
• Media Studies 120: Acting for New Media 
• Media Studies 245: Screenwriting
• Media Studies 250: Podcasting
• Media Studies 265: LGBTQ+ Culture in Media 
• Music 222: Music Technology
• Music 323: Audio Engineering: History, Theory, Practice
• Music 365: Advanced Topics in Music Technology
• Urban Studies 262: Music and Community in Memphis
• Urban Studies 382: Music and Community in Memphis

5. Electives (12 credits)

• Any courses from the other Media Studies concentration
• Anthropology/Sociology 333: Sociology of Hip-Hop
• Anthropology/Sociology 335: Social Class in the United States
• Art 245: Guernica and Antiwar Art
• English 264: Race, Media, and Culture
• History 105: Elvis Presley and America
• History 305: History of American Popular Music
• International Studies 256: Weapons of Mass Deception
• Media Studies 240: Public Speaking
• Media Studies 260: Athletes, Activism, and Media
• Media Studies 360: Public Memory, Race, and Place in Memphis
• Media Studies 370: Cities in Film
• Media Studies 460: Internship in Media Studies
• Philosophy 105: Black Mirror and Philosophy
• Russian 285: Putin’s Russia and Media
• Urban Studies 365: The Sounds of the City: Music and Urban Experiences

-- 16 out of 40 credits should be at the 300 or 400 level.

-- 8 out of 40 credits must be in courses that focus on media outside the US. (CHIN 207, CHIN 216/URBN 265, CHIN 220/320, FREN 334, GRST 240/340, HIST 105 (Depending on Topic), INTS 256, RUSS 285, RUSS 400, SPAN 414)