Specialization in Sex, Gender and Media – Bachelor of Arts in Media

Students on Summer 2019, Fall 2019, or Spring 2020 requirements MDAS32

Requirements

The specialization requires at least 9 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.

Sex, Gender and Media. Three (3) courses:
- MSCH-F 375 Race, Gender, and Representation
- MSCH-F 398 National and Transnational Cinemas (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- MSCH-F 420 Topics in Media History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- MSCH-J 460 Advanced Journalism Topics (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- MSCH-S 310 Sex in the Media
- MSCH-S 451 Topical Seminar in Media Psychology (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- One (1) from the following:
  - AAAD-A 430 The Cinema of Africana Women
  - GNDR-G 310 Representation and the Body
  - GNDR-G 325 Gender and Celebrity Studies
  - GNDR-G 330 Looking Like a Feminist: Visual Culture and Critical Theory
  - INTL-I 425 Gender: International Perspectives (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
  - SOC-S 422 Constructing Sexuality
MSCH-F 375 Race, Gender, and Representation
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Construction of race and gender identities across a range of media. Emphasis on the power of sound/image representations to shape and contest ideas about race and gender. Topic varies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 412, JOUR-J 375, or MSCH-F 375.
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MSCH-F 398 National and Transnational Cinemas
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Historical survey of major national cinemas. Subject varies. Topics include Brazilian cinema, British cinema, Chinese cinema, French National cinema, German film culture, Indian cinema, and Italian cinema.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 398 and MSCH-F 398.
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MSCH-F 420 Topics in Media History
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Media historiography, topics in national media history, national and international movements and trends. Topic varies.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 6 credit hours in CMCL-C 420 and MSCH-F 420.
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MSCH-J 460 Advanced Journalism Topics

Credits
1–4 credit hours
Prerequisites
At least junior standing; or consent of instructor
Description
Advanced seminar in journalism. Topics vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated for credit up to 4 times.
MSCH-S 310 Sex in the Media
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Explores the role and portrayal of sex and sexuality in media and examines in detail the potential social and psychological effects of exposure to sexual content in the media.
Repeatability
Credit give for only on of MSCH-S 410 or MSCH-S 310.
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MSCH-S 451 Topical Seminar in Media Psychology

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Exploration of social problems and research issues related to media psychology. Topics vary.
Repeatability
May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
AAAD-A 430 The Cinema of Africana Women
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Historical and critical overview of films produced by African American women from the 1940s to the present. The course emphasizes how black women filmmakers combine their creative abilities with a desire to capture dominant issues that affect black women's lives in America.
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GNDR-G 310 Representation and the Body
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Analysis of scholarship concerned with how the body is perceived, represented, and symbolically charged. This course examines concepts that include sexed bodies, desiring bodies, corporeality, body politics, and sociological bodily rituals. Thematically, the course investigates exterior/interior, solid/fluid, and sex/gender distinctions critical to discussions of the body.
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GNDR-G 414 Gender and Celebrity Studies
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Celebrity theory concerns the way that cultural narratives and identities conform to or depart from societal scripts. Course examines both historical moments and transnational phenomena, guided by interdisciplinary discussions on media, sociology, queer studies, race and class, all in discussion with gender and media theory.
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GNDR-G 330 Looking Like a Feminist: Visual Culture and Critical Theory
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Advanced study of feminist film theory which examines gender in popular film from a variety of perspectives. Examines how cinema works as a “technology of gender,” how film constructs subject positions and identities, and what these constructions can tell us about how gender structures our culture.
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INTL-I 425 Gender: International Perspectives

Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
Examination of gender issues from international and interdisciplinary perspectives.
Repeatability
May be repeated with a different topic for a maximum of 12 credit hours.
SOC-S 422 Constructing Sexuality
Credits
3
Prerequisites
None
Description
A sociological examination of a variety of forms of human sexuality from the perspectives of social constructionism and politics of sexuality.
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Specialization GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
1. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the specialization.
2. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the specialization—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
3. Exceptions to specialization requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.