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Dept of Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education & School Psychology
Bachelor of General Studies

Media Studies Minor Check Sheet

Media Studies Minor Checklist

2022-2023 Catalog

18 Hours

This checklist is for advising purposes for BGS students only.

Consult your undergraduate catalog or official degree audit for degree requirements.

  • Twelve advanced hours in the minor coursework are required for the BGS.
  • A 2.25 cumulative GPA must be maintained in all minor courses.
  • No grade lower than a “C” will be accepted as credit for BGS minors.
  • Course rotation indications are intended to be used for planning purposes and do not guarantee course availability. "F" indicates "fall," "S" indicates "spring," and "Su" indicates "summer" availability.

Required:

  • _____ MC 3319 - Visual Communication (F, S, SU)
  • _____ ENG 3307 (WI) – Introduction to the Study of Film

Choose 4 courses

No more than three courses, including core courses, in a single department may count toward this minor.

Relevant Honors courses and special topics courses may be substituted with permission from the Director of Media Studies.

  • _____ ANTH 3309 – Cultures Through Film
  • _____ ARTH 4304 (WI) – Global History of Cinema
  • _____ COMM 4307 –Media Criticism (S)
  • _____ ENG 3302 (WI) – Film and Video Theory and Production
  • _____ ENG 3308 (WI) – Advanced Topics in Film (F)
  • _____ ENG 3309 (WI) – The Southwest in Film
  • _____ ENG 3316 (WI) – Film Studies (S, SU)
  • _____ ENG 3326 – American Drama on Film
  • _____ ENG 3327 (WI) – Types of World Drama in English
  • _____ ENG 3329 (WI) – Mythology (Repeatable once, in special situations, when topic varies.)
  • _____ ENG 4350 (WI) – Senior Seminar in Film
  • _____ FR 3350 (WI) – History of French Cinema I, 1895-1960 (May be repeated for credit when topic varies)
  • _____ FR 3351 (WI) – History of French Cinema II, 1960 to the Present (May be repeated for credit when topic varies)
  • _____ FR 4350A – French Poetic Realist Cinema
  • _____ GEO 2426 – Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems (F, S, SU) (Prerequisite: MATH 1315 or above [excluding MATH 1316] with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 3411 – Maps and Mapmaking (F, S) (Prerequisite: MATH 1315 or MATH 1317 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2328 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 3416 – Principles of Remote Sensing (F, S, SU) (Prerequisite: MATH 1315 or MATH 1317 or MATH 1319 or MATH 1329 or MATH 2321 or MATH 2328 or MATH 2417 or MATH 2471 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 3426 – Advanced GIS (F, S, SU) (Prerequisite: GEO 2426 and GEO 3301 with grades of "C" or better)
  • _____ GEO 4412 (WI) – Digital Remote Sensing (S) (Prerequisite: GEO 3301 and GEO 3416 with grades of “C” or better)
  • _____ GEO 4422 – Web Mapping (Prerequisite: GEO 3411 or equivalent with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ GER 3304C – The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: German Expressionist Films
  • _____ MC 3355 – Mass Media and Society (F, S, SU) (cannot be combined with a Mass Comm. minor)
  • _____ MC 3375 – Programming in Electronic Media (F, S, SU) (cannot be combined with a Mass Comm. minor)
  • _____ MC 4301 – Media Law and Ethics (F, S, SU) (Prerequisite: Restricted to full major status and junior standing)
  • _____ MC 4336B (WI) – Documentaries (Prerequisites: MC 3312)
  • _____ PS 3328 (WI) – Politics in Film (S, SU)
  • _____ SPAN 4350 (WI) – Hispanic Film (Prerequisite: SPAN 3309 with a grade of “C” or better)
  • _____ TH 3342 – Television/Film Performance (F, S) (Prerequisite: TH 1365 and [TH 3361 or 3364] both with a grade of “D” or better)

  • _____ TH 4363 – Directing for Film (F, S) (Prerequisites: TH 1353 or TH 3353 either with a grade of "D" or better.)