The Media School
Minor in Global Media – Minors
The Minor in Global Media considers media in a global context. Media production, circulation and impacts do not respect regional or national boundaries. Understanding how messages and concepts travel, shape opinion and impact the flow of intellectual capital and social concepts is essential. This program of study provides a set of perspectives and critical tools that allow students pursuing a wide variety of careers to address these issues as they impact their work. The lists of upper-level courses represent a variety of approaches and skills and incorporate the potential for international fieldwork. The role of media as a means of cultural expression and entertainment are represented by the film courses, while a number of courses on the practice of journalism look at this aspect of media as a social institution.
Requirements
The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Introduction to Media. One (1) course:
- MSCH-C 101 Media
MSCH-C 101 Media
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the role media play in our lives-at work, at school, among family members, friends, and lovers-and analyzes pressing issues in media and society today, such as privacy, globalization, and convergence.
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
- Introduction to Global Media. One (1) course:
- MSCH-C 206 Media Reporting in a Global World
- MSCH-C 214 Race, Prejudice, and the Media
- MSCH-C 219 Media in the Global Context
MSCH-C 206 Media Reporting in a Global World
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- The goal of the course is for students to understand and articulate the issues in global journalism and the role of the media as a participant in shaping societies.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JOUR-J 206 or MSCH-C 206.
MSCH-C 214 Race, Prejudice, and the Media
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- This course addresses the psychology of racial prejudice and stereotyping and uses this social-scientific framework to examine the impact of media portrayals. We will focus on how race influences our media consumption decisions and how exposure to certain media messages (in entertainment, news, music, video games) could change racial stereotypes.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MSCH-C 214 or TEL-T 191.
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
MSCH-C 219 Media in the Global Context
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Surveys media industries, products, and publics outside the United States context (e.g., Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America). Analyzes regional media in relation to local/global historical, economic, and social processes. Screenings may be required.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MSCH-C 219 or CMCL-C 202.
- Fall 2026CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
- Advanced Global Media Electives. Three (3) courses:
- MSCH-B 322 Global Sports Media
- MSCH-D 413 Global Screen Cultures
- MSCH-F 377 Cinemas of the Black Diaspora
- MSCH-F 398 National and Transnational Cinemas
- MSCH-J 448 Global Journalism: Issues and Research
- MSCH-M 332 Media Law for Producers
- MSCH-M 413 Global Media Issues
- MSCH-T 427 International Media Networks
- INTL-I 202 Global Health and Environment
- INTL-I 203 Global Development
- INTL-I 204 Human Rights and International Law
- INTL-I 205 Culture and Politics
- INTL-I 206 Peace and Conflict
- INTL-I 210 Diplomacy, Security, Governance
MSCH-B 322 Global Sports Media
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the relationship between media, local sport cultures, and the globalizing forces shaping contemporary existence, especially the impact of globalization on sport, media, and thus, sports media.
MSCH-D 413 Global Screen Cultures
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Covers electronic media\'s role in altering perceptions of time, space, locality, and identity. Explores changing economic, political, and cultural relations in the global media environment. Topics vary and may include global media events, trans-border information flows, cultural differences in media forms and practices.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated with different topics for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
MSCH-F 377 Cinemas of the Black Diaspora
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines filmmaking in the black diaspora as a formally innovative visual and narrative art form in world cinema. Studies select films for their political and cultural significance and shared themes. Topics include colonialism and postcoloniality; race, gender and sexuality; migration and exile; modernity; and the dislocating processes of globalization.
- Fall 2026CASE AHcourse
- Fall 2026CASE DUScourse
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.
- Fall 2026CASE AHcourse
MSCH-J 448 Global Journalism: Issues and Research
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Structure and function of international communication systems and barrier to flow of information among nations. Emphasis on gathering and disseminating information around the world. Study of the major newspapers of the world, international news agencies, and international broadcasting and satellite networks.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of JOUR-J 448 or MSCH-J 448.
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
MSCH-M 332 Media Law for Producers
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- In the complex new media age people who create and distribute content constantly intersect with an equally complex legal environment. This course explores legal issues such as contracts and permissions; intellectual property and service-marks; privacy and fraud; slander and libel; and employment and unions.
MSCH-M 413 Global Media Issues
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- C- or higher in MSCH-C 101, or consent of instructor
- Description
- Advanced study of media from a global perspective focusing on particulars, trends, or issues. Topics vary.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of MSCH-M 413 or TEL-T 413.
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
MSCH-T 427 International Media Networks
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- A grade of C- or higher in MSCH-C 101
- Description
- A comparative study of the development of broadband networks in different parts of the world. The interaction between national telecommunications policies and international arrangements, institutions, and structures.
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 202 Global Health and Environment
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examination of pressing health and environmental challenges around the world, such as deforestation, climate change and the spread of infectious diseases. Focuses on the interaction of health and environmental problems that cross national borders and require a multinational or global effort to solve.
- Fall 2026CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 203 Global Development
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on the interaction between social, political, and economic forces and human development at global, national, and subnational scales; introduces theoretical perspectives on economic development and the function of markets.
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 204 Human Rights and International Law
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Focuses on human rights discourse and the role international law, treaties and conventions play in addressing these rights globally. Course is interdisciplinary in theory and method.
- Fall 2026CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 205 Culture and Politics
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines culture and governance on an international scale, considering how governments, markets, and international organizations deploy or use culture, and how people turn to cultural resources to resist attempts to govern them and/or to assert their own political aims.
- Fall 2026CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 206 Peace and Conflict
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines concepts of nationalism and state ideology that shape the world's collective identities and contribute to conflicts nationally and internationally.
- Fall 2026CASE GCCcourse
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
INTL-I 210 Diplomacy, Security, Governance
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Examines the development of the modern state and the role of international organizations in maintaining global security and promoting global governance. Addresses issues of political and cultural diplomacy and their effect in international disputes.
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
- Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- Minor Upper Division Courses. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300-499 level.
- 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 minor.
- Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor--including those where a grade lower than C- is earned--is required.
Minor Area Courses
-
Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
MSCHsubject area prefix—as well as any other subject areas that are deemed functionally equivalent - Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
- Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception
- Any course at the 100–499 level with the
Exclusions
The following courses cannot be applied toward minor requirements:
- ANTH-E 422 Native American and Indigenous Media
- ENG-R 339 Freedom of Speech
ANTH-E 422 Native American and Indigenous Media
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Study of contemporary Native American and global indigenous representation and communication, including oral performance and media. Explores the poetics and politics of media and performance in the context of indigenous histories, cultures, and experiences of colonization. Examines the use of performance forms as symbolic resources in literature, film, the Internet, music and television. Addresses intersections of gender, class and race in indigenous media worlds.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of ANTH-E 422 or CMCL-C 430.
- Fall 2026CASE SHcourse
ENG-R 339 Freedom of Speech
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- An examination of the concept of freedom of speech as a historical, philosophical, legal, and rhetorical concept.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CMCL-C 339 or ENG-R 339.
- Fall 2026CASE AHcourse
This program of study cannot be combined with the following:
- Bachelor of Arts in Journalism [JOURBAJ]
- Bachelor of Arts in Media [MEDIABA]
- Bachelor of Fine Arts in Cinematic Arts [CINEARTBFA]
- Bachelor of Science in Game Design [GAMEDSGNBS]
- Certificate in Journalism [JOURUGACR1]
- Minor in Cinema and Media Studies [CNMDASTMIN]
- [Name unavailable] [PBLCRELNBS]
- [Name unavailable] [SPTMEDIABS]
Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.