Skip to main content
The Media School

Minor in Media, Sex and Gender (Minors)

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

Requirements

The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
  1. Introduction to Media. One (1) course:
    • MSCH-C 101 Media
  2. Introduction to Media, Sex and Gender. One (1) course:
    • MSCH-C 211 Screening Gender and Sexuality
    • MSCH-C 216 Social Scientific Perspectives of Gender and Media
    • MSCH-C 218 Sports, Media and Society
    • MSCH-C 247 Screen Cultures
  3. Advanced Media, Sex and Gender Electives.
    1. Media School Electives. One (1) course:
      • MSCH-F 370 Women Directors
      • MSCH-F 375 Race, Gender, and Representation
      • MSCH-F 420 Topics in Media History (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
      • MSCH-J 326 Fashion, Beauty, and Lifestyle Media
      • MSCH-S 310 Sex in the Media
      • MSCH-V 470 Issues in Media (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
    2. Additional Electives. Two (2) courses:
      • Additional course from the Media School Elective list above
      • AAAD-A 222 Black Women Artists
      • 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
      • SOC-S 422 Constructing Sexuality
  4. Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. 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.
    2. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
    4. 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.
    5. Exceptions to minor 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.