The Media School
Specialization in Sex, Gender and Media (Bachelor of Arts in Media)
Students on Summer 2021, Fall 2021, or Spring 2022 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 Topics Colloquium (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 Topics Colloquium
- Credits
- 1–4 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- At least junior standing; or consent of instructor
- Description
- Topical seminar in journalism dealing with changing subjects and materials from term to term.
- 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.
- 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 specialization.
- Minor GPA. 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.
Specialization Area Courses
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Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:
- 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
Exceptions to and substitutions for specialization 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.