In addition to meeting general degree requirements, students majoring in media, society, and the arts must complete a minimum of 10–11 courses with a grade of C or higher and an 8-credit senior project (40 credits minimum total) as follows:
- MSA 1050/Introduction to Media Studies (3 credits)
- MSA 2200/Media Institutions and Forms (3 credits)
- MSA 3400/Critical Perspectives on Media, Society, and the Arts (4 credits)
- MSA 3450/Research Methods in Media, Society, and the Arts (4 credits)
- Three electives (at least 9 credits total)
- One course in art history (visual or performing) or media history (at least 3 credits)
- Two or three courses in studio art and/or media production (at least 6 credits total)
- SPJ 4990/Senior Project I (4 credits)
- SPJ 4991/Senior Project II (4 credits)
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Examples of Elective Courses
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New courses may be added to the following lists. Students should consult their advisor to determine whether a course not on these lists fulfills the elective requirement.
Anthropology (School of Natural & Social Sciences): - ANT 2175/Language, Culture, and Society
- ANT 2250/Film and Anthropology
- ANT 2320/Performing Arts in Cross-Cultural Perspective
- ANT 2340/Drugs, Bodies, Design
- ANT 2470/Museum Anthropology
- ANT 2555/Magic, Witchcraft, and Modernity
- ANT 2610/Introduction to Ethnomusicology
- ANT 2730/New Black Ethnographies
- ANT 3185/Global Media, Local Cultures
- ANT 3345/Media and Performance in Africa
- ANT 3350/Myth, Ritual, and Performance
- ANT 3380/Avant-Garde Cultures and Everyday Life
- ANT 3410/Anthropology of Art and Aesthetics
- ANT 3415/Anthropology of Sound and Listening
- ANT 3540/Sensing and Knowing in Anthropology, Psychology, and the Arts
Cinema Studies: - CIN 3000/Cinema and Revolution
- CIN 3030/Documentary Film and Theory
- CIN 3060/Cult Cinema
- CIN 3070/Television Studies
- CIN 3200/Film, Media, and War Machines
- CIN 3330/Genres of Affect
- CIN 3500/Cinema in the Internet Age
- CIN 3540/Queer Cinema
Media, Society, and the Arts: - MSA 2235/Computers and Culture
- MSA 2450/Sounds of Protest
- MSA 3150/Outsider Art
- MSA 3160/Queer Media Convergence
- MSA 3350/The Body: Medium and Message
- MSA 4110/Lively Geographies
- MSA 4160/Material Cultures
- MSA 4750/Special Topics in Media, Society, and the Arts
Literature (School of Humanities): - LIT 2195/Italian American Literature and Popular Culture
New Media: - NME 2250/Art and Technology
- NME 3010/Cross-Cultural Video Production
- NME 3040/Internet as Public Art
Philosophy (School of Humanities): - PHI 2780/Philosophy of Art: From Plato to Postmodernism
- PHI 3275/Light and Truth: Film, Photography, and Reality
- PHI 3610/Frankfurt School Critical Theory
- PHI 3716/Philosophy and Film
- PHI 3785/Art and Morality
Sociology (School of Natural and Social Sciences): - SOC 2105/Art and Outsiderness
- SOC 3005/Feminism, Art, and Performance
Theatre and Performance (Conservatory of Theatre Arts): - THP 3120/Gameplay and Performance
- THP 3130/Transmedia and Performance
- THP 3250/Theories of Drama and Performance
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Updates to the 2016–18 Purchase College Catalog:
Discontinued electives:
- MSA 3120/Riot Grrls and Radical Women (replaced by SOC 3005)