Majors & Minors

MCST Major Planning Form | Media Studies Minor Planning Form

Media and Cultural Studies Major | Media Studies Minor

General Distribution Requirement

Courses numbered MCST 110, MCST 248, MCST 249, MCST 258, MCST 268, MCST 275, MCST 276, MCST 278, MCST 279, MCST 281, MCST 284, and MCST 388 count toward the requirement in humanities. Courses numbered MCST 114, MCST 126, MCST 281, MCST 321, MCST 357, and count toward the requirement in social science. Course MCST 128 and MCST 232 meet the distribution requirement in the fine arts.

General Education Requirements

Courses that meet the general education requirements in writing, quantitative thinking, internationalism and U.S. identities and differences will be posted on the Registrar's web page in advance of registration for each semester.

Additional information regarding the general distribution requirement and the general education requirements can be found in the graduation requirements section of this catalog.

Topics Courses

MCST 194, MCST 294, MCST 394, MCST 494 

Recent examples include: The Horror Film: History, Politics, and Theory; The River, the Gulf, and the Ocean; Blackness and Images; Oppositional Cinemas: Experiment and Critique through the Moving Image; Camera as Witness? The Role of Images in the Social Construction of Truth; Living in the Anthropocene: Earth in the Age of Humans. To be announced at registration. (4 credits)

Independent Study

The department offers independent study options in the form of tutorials, independent projects, internships, preceptorships and Honors independent projects. For more information contact the department and review the Curriculum section of the catalog.

Media and Cultural Studies Major

Major Requirements

A major in Media and Cultural Studies consists of 10 courses, distributed as follows:

Three (3) Foundational courses:
Methods course:
Senior capstone:
Five (5) Electives:
  • In addition to the five (5) required courses the major plan will include five (5) electives
  • At least three (3) of these electives are courses offered by the department
  • Up to two (2) of these electives can be earned from a Study Away/Study Abroad program, courses cross-listed from other departments, or internships (MCST 621 - 624: Media Internship)

Media Studies Minor

Minor Requirements

A minor in Media Studies consists of 5 courses, distributed as follows:

One (1) Foundational course:

Any one of the following courses fulfill this reqiurement:

Four (4) Electives:

  • In addition to the one (1) Foundational required course, the minor plan will include four (4) electives

  • At least three (3) of these electives are courses offered by the department

  • No more than one (1) of these electives can be earned from a Study Away/Study Abroad program, courses cross-listed from other departments, or internship (MCST 621 - 624: Media Internship)