The Media Studies minor requires the completion of six courses:
1. One introductory critical/theoretical course:
MS 49 PO or ART 179 SC, Introduction to Media Studies
MS 50 PZ, MS 50 HM, or LIT 130 CM, Language of Film
2. One introductory production course:
ART 20 PO, Photography I
ART 24 PO, Digital Art I
ART 141 SC, Introduction to Digital Imaging
ART 143 SC, Digital Color Photography
ART 145 SC, Beginning Photography
ART 148 SC, Introduction to Video
MS 82 PZ, Introduction to Film and Video Production
MS 85 PZ, Introduction to Film in the Digital Age
MS 182s HM, Introduction to Video Production
3. One course in media history:
LIT 131 CM, Film History I (1925-1965)
LIT 132 CM, Film History II (1965-Present)
LIT 134 CM, Special Studies in Film
LIT 136 CM, American Film Genres
MS 45 PZ, Documentary Media
MS 47 PZ, Independent Film Cultures
MS 79 PZ, Silent Film
MS 86 PZ, History of Ethnographic Film
MS 89 PZ, Mexican Film History
MS 91 PZ, History of American Broadcasting
MS 100 PZ, Asian Americans in Media: A Historical Survey
4. One course in media theory:
ART 181 SC, Theory Seminar in Studio Art and Media Studies
ART 181G SC, Topics in Art Theory
ART 183 SC, Feminist Concepts and Practices in Media Studies and Studio Art
ARHI 141B PO: Africana Cinema: Through the Doc Lens
ENGL 118 PO: The Nature of Narrative in Fiction and Film
LIT 103 HMC: Third Cinema
LIT 136 CMC: American Film Genres
LIT 138 CMC: Film and Mass Culture
MS 46 PZ, Feminist Documentary Production and Theory
MS 48 PZ, Media Ethnography/Autobiography
MS 72 PZ, Women and Film
MS 74 PZ, Sound Theory, Sound Practice
MS 76 PZ, Gender and Genre
MS 110 PZ, Media and Sexuality
MS 147 PO, Topics in Media Theory I
MS 149 PO, Topics in Media Theory II
MS 197 PZ: Media Praxis in Ontario
5-6. Two appropriate electives, drawn from the list of all approved courses.
Media Studies courses taken at the other Claremont Colleges may count toward the minor. Study abroad or non-Claremont Colleges courses require prior approval. Only one course taken P/NC will be allowed to count toward the minor.
