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
  • Art 166/266: Midnight Movies 
  • 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: Europe Since 1945 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 212: Performance 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 146/346: Psychology of Film Music
  • 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 105: Medieval at the Movies
  • History 209: Politics of Natural Disasters
  • 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 300: Rhetorical Criticism
  • Media Studies 360: Public Memory, Race, and Place in Memphis
  • Media Studies 370: Cities in Film
  • Media Studies 460: Internship in Media Studies
  • Music 250: Music Urbanism
  • Philosophy 105: Black Mirror and Philosophy
  • Politics and Law 208: Media and Politics
  • Politics and Law 308: Political Advertisement
  • 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)