1. Media School Core.
   1. Introduction to Media. One (1) course:
      • MSCH-C 101 Media i
   2. Making Media.
      • MSCH-C 241 Watching Film i
   3. Managing Media. One (1) course:
      • MSCH-C 200 The Videogame Industry: Systems and Management i
      • MSCH-C 207 Introduction to Media Industry and Management i
   4. Thinking Media. One (1) course:
      • MSCH-C 215 History of Videogames i
      • MSCH-C 247 Screen Cultures i
      • MSCH-C 249 Media Technologies and Culture i
2. Concentration.
   1. Required Courses. Five (5) courses:
      • MSCH-A 315 Advertising and Consumer Culture i
      • MSCH-D 301 Media Technologies and Culture II i
      • MSCH-D 302 Games, Culture, and Society i
      • MSCH-D 331 Social Media Cultures i
      • MSCH-D 332 Media Technology and Difference i
      • MSCH-D 337 Digital Media i
      • MSCH-D 413 Global Screen Cultures i
      • MSCH-G 320 Game Art and Sound i
      • MSCH-H 300 Honors Media Law in the Digital Age i
      • MSCH-H 310 Honors Media Topics (approved topics only; see academic advisor)i
      • MSCH-H 410 Honors Media as Social Institutions i
      • MSCH-J 300 Communications Law i
      • MSCH-M 310 Disruptors: Internet Industries i
      • MSCH-M 322 Internet Ecosystems i
      • MSCH-T 311 History of Electronic Media i
      • MSCH-V 334 Current Topics in Media (approved topics only; see academic advisor)i
      • MSCH-X 360 The Media School in Los Angeles i
      • MSCH-X 373 Media Internship in Los Angeles i
      • MSCH-X 478 Field Experience in Media (approved topics only; see academic advisor)i
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   2. Additional Requirements.
      • At least nine (9) credit hours in the concentration must be at the 300–499 level.
      • Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the concentration.
      • A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the concentration—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
3. Specialization.
   • One (1) Media Specialization (see list below)
4. Major GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
   1. Major GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the major—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
   2. Major Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the major.
   3. Major Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed at the 300–499 level.
   4. Major Residency. At least 18 credit hours in the major must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
   5. College Breadth. At least 58 credit hours must be completed in courses from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines outside of the major area.

The Bachelor of Arts degree requires at least 120 credit hours, to include the following:

1. College of Arts and Sciences Credit Hours. At least 100 credit hours must come from College of Arts and Sciences disciplines.
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2. Upper Division Courses. At least 42 credit hours (of the 120) must be at the 300–499 level.
3. College Residency. Following completion of the 60th credit hour toward degree, at least 36 credit hours of College of Arts and Sciences coursework must be completed through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
4. College GPA. A College grade point average (GPA) of at least 2.000 is required.
5. CASE Requirements. The following College of Arts and Sciences Education (CASE) requirements must be completed:
   1. CASE Foundations
      1. English Composition: 1 course
      2. Mathematical Modeling: 1 course
   2. CASE Breadth of Inquiry
      1. Arts and Humanities: 4 courses
      2. Natural and Mathematical Sciences: 4 courses
      3. Social and Historical Studies: 4 courses
   3. CASE Culture Studies
      1. Diversity in the United States: 1 course
      2. Global Civilizations and Cultures: 1 course
   4. CASE Critical Approaches: 1 course
   5. CASE Foreign Language: Proficiency in a single foreign language through the second semester of the second year of college-level coursework
   6. CASE Intensive Writing: 1 course
   7. CASE Public Oral Communication: 1 course
6. Major. Completion of the major as outlined in the Major Requirements section above.

Most students must also successfully complete the Indiana University Bloomington General Education program.

Students will:

• Become familiar with a wide range of social, technological, digital, material, visual, auditory, and screen media cultures;
• Acquire critical and analytical tools necessary to investigate the dynamics (power, politics, identities, etc.) in the spectrum of media technologies;
• Develop historical perspectives about the particular impacts and operations of specific technologies in distinct periods;
• Recognize the diverse cultural contexts in which media technologies develop and operate;
• Practice a range of critical-cultural research tools (including but not limited to media theory, philosophy, history, and ethnography) that equip students to understand, critique, and intervene in the technologically mediated productions, politics, debates, and power relations that construct our everyday, public, and popular lives.