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Major requirementsMedia Studies is an intercollegiate major offered jointly by Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona and Scripps Colleges. Requirements for the Major The Media Studies major requires the completion of 11 courses, with a concentration in Film/Video, Digital/Electronic Media, or Critical Studies. All Media Studies majors will complete the following courses. Courses listed as fulfilling each requirement are subject to change, and other courses may be counted toward those requirements with the consent of the IMS curriculum committee. 1. One introductory critical/theoretical course: 2. One introductory production course: 3. One course in media history: 4. One course in media theory: 5. A senior seminar: Each student will also complete one of the following six-course concentrations: Film/Video 6. One intermediate or advanced film/video production class. 7. One additional course in media history, as listed above. 8-11. Four appropriate electives, drawn from the list of all approved courses that follows (note that Pitzer MS majors must select MS 194 PZ, Media Arts for Social Justice, or MS 196 PZ, Media Internship, as one of their electives). Digital/Electronic Media 6. An intermediate or advanced digital production course. 7. One course in twentieth or twenty-first century art history: 8-11. Four appropriate electives, drawn from the list of all approved courses that follows (note that Pitzer MS majors must select MS 194 PZ, Media Arts for Social Justice, or MS 196 PZ, Media Internship, as one of their electives). Critical Studies 6. One additional media theory course, as listed above. One of the two required media theory courses must be MS 147 PO or MS 149 PO, Topics in Media Theory I or II. 7. One additional course in media history, as listed above. 8-11. Four appropriate electives, drawn from the list of all approved courses that follows (note that Pitzer MS majors must select MS 194 PZ, Media Arts for Social Justice, or MS 196 PZ, Media Internship, as one of their electives). Critical Studies: Film Studies Option Students desiring an emphasis in Film Studies should follow the Critical Studies track, tailoring their major by selecting the following courses: 1. MS 50 PZ or LIT 130 CM, Language of Film 2. MS 82 PZ, Introduction to Film and Video Production; ART 148 SC, Introduction to Video; or MS 182s HM, Introduction to Video Production 3. MS 147 PO, Topics in Media Theory I; or MS 149 PO, Topics in Media Theory II 4. One course in film theory such as: LIT 103 HMC, Third Cinema; LIT 138 CMC, Film and Mass Culture; LIT 139 CM, Film Theory; MS 46 PZ, Feminist Documentary Production and Theory; MS 72 PZ, Women and Film; or MS 76 PZ, Gender and Genre; MS 48 PZ, Media Ethnography/Autobiography; MS 74 PZ, Sound Theory, Sound Practice; MS 110 PZ, Media and Sexuality; MS 197 PZ, Media Praxis in Ontario; or ARHI 141B PO, Africana Cinema: Through the Doc Lens 5-6. LIT 131 CM, Film History I (1925-1965) and LIT 132 CM, Film History II (1965-Present) 7. MS 190 PO, Senior Seminar 8-11. Four appropriate film-oriented electives drawn from the list of all approved courses that follows (note that Pitzer MS majors must select MS 194 PZ, Media Arts for Social Justice, or MS 196 PZ, Media Internship, as one of their electives). Senior Exercise (Note: This model for the senior seminar will be implemented in Fall 2007. Senior majors can take either MS190 PO, MS190A PZ or MS190B PZ during the 2006-2007 academic year.) The senior exercise consists of a topical senior seminar jointly taught during the fall semester by faculty from each of the concentrations. This seminar asks students to bring together the various aspects of their course of study, producing an appropriate culminating seminar project that demonstrates their command of the fields and the forms of critical and creative practice that they have studied. During this seminar, all senior Media Studies majors will be given the option to develop a proposal for a second-semester Senior Project. These proposals will be reviewed by the Media Studies faculty, and selected students will go on to complete an independent project under the supervision of two members of the Media Studies faculty or appropriate affiliated faculty members from the Claremont Colleges. The Senior Project course will count toward the four electives required for the major. The P/NC option is allowed only by petition to the program coordinator. With rare exceptions, for the major, two P/NC courses are allowed. By KF at 2008-09-25 22:27
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