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Major Requirements

Course Requirements

Course List
Course	Title	Quarter Hours
Required Courses:		20
AMS 205	INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR CULTURE ⁵
or MPOP 205	INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR CULTURE
MPOP 271	MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES
MPOP 273	STORYTELLING & STYLE IN CINEMA
MPOP 342	HISTORY OF TELEVISION & RADIO
MPOP 343	MEDIA ETHICS
Select ONE of the following three film history courses:		4

MPOP 207	HISTORY OF CINEMA I, 1890-1945
MPOP 208	HISTORY OF CINEMA II, 1945-1975
MPOP 209	HISTORY OF CINEMA III, 1975-PRESENT
Select ONE of the following two American Studies courses:		4
AMS 202	UNITED STATES POPULAR MUSIC HISTORY
AMS 340	AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE: 1890s - 1930s
Select 16 credit hours of additional MPOP elective coursework from the following:		16
CMN 394	MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR COMMUNICATION INTERNSHIP
CMN 395	COMMUNICATION INTERNSHIP SPECIAL TOPICS
CMN 397	RESEARCH PRACTICUM ³
CMN 398	STUDY ABROAD
CMN 399	INDEPENDENT STUDY ³
MPOP 207	HISTORY OF CINEMA I, 1890-1945
MPOP 208	HISTORY OF CINEMA II, 1945-1975
MPOP 209	HISTORY OF CINEMA III, 1975-PRESENT
MPOP 231	INTRODUCTION TO DOCUMENTARY STUDIES
MPOP 242	TELEVISION STYLE AND NARRATIVE STRUCTURE
MPOP 251	SPACES OF CINEMA IN ROME
MPOP 252	CONTEMPORARY ITALIAN CULTURE THROUGH FILM
MPOP 254	IMAGINING ITALY: CINEMA AS A COLLECTIVE NARRATIVE OF THE ITALIAN PEOPLE
MPOP 257	MEXICAN CINEMA
MPOP 260	TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING: BUILDING A NARRATIVE WORLD
MPOP 261	INTRODUCTION TO FAN STUDIES
MPOP 265	FAITH,REDEMPTN,& TRANSCENDENCE IN INTERNATIONAL CINEMA
MPOP 274	DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN CINEMA AND TELEVISION
MPOP 275	COMICS STUDIES
MPOP 280	BAH HUMBUG! CHRISTMAS MOVIES/TV AND MEDIA METHODS
MPOP 290	MEDIA & CINEMA STUDIES WORKSHOP (VARIABLE TOPICS) (2.0 quarter hours ) ⁴
MPOP 316	SOUND AND VISION
MPOP 331	TOPICS IN DOCUMENTARY STUDIES
MPOP 341	TOPICS IN RADIO STUDIES
MPOP 344	THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION: HOLLYWOOD IN THE 1960S
MPOP 348	TOPICS IN FILM GENRE
MPOP 349	TOPICS IN FILM STUDIES
MPOP 350	TOPICS IN GLOBAL CINEMA
MPOP 351	TOPICS IN TELEVISION STUDIES
MPOP 352	TOPICS IN NEW MEDIA
MPOP 353	TOPICS IN MEDIA STUDIES
MPOP 354	TOPICS IN MEDIA AND MATERIAL CULTURE
MPOP 355	SEX IN THE BOX: U.S. TELEVISION, SEX, AND SEXUALITY
MPOP 358	TOPICS IN COMICS STUDIES
MPOP 359	TOPICS IN CULT STUDIES
MPOP 360	B-MOVIES
MPOP 361	FANDOM & PARTICIPATORY CULTURE
MPOP 362	BLACKNESS IN AMERICAN TV
MPOP 363	TOPICS IN FAN STUDIES
MPOP 364	MONSTERS IN POPULAR CULTURE
MPOP 365	HORROR FILMS
MPOP 366	COMMUNICATION, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
MPOP 367	SPORTS FANDOM
MPOP 368	MUSIC INDUSTRIES AND CULTURE
MPOP 369	TIME TRAVEL ON TELEVISION
MPOP 370	ADAPTATION: MOVIES/TV/NOVELS/COMICS/TOYS/VIDEO GAMES
MPOP 371	WRITING TELEVISION CRITICISM
MPOP 372	DIGITAL CULTURE AND NEW MEDIA
MPOP 375	LATINO/A TELEVISION AND MEDIA
MPOP 376	LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
MPOP 380	BOARD GAMES AS MEDIA
MPOP 383	TALKING ABOUT FILM: THEORY & CRITICISM
MPOP 385	SEMIOTICS, STORYTELLING, & FILM FORM
MPOP 393	TOPICS IN ADVANCED MEDIA ETHICS
Select 4 credit hours of media production coursework from the following:		4
CMN 292	ADOBE CREATIVE CLOUD WORKSHOP (2.0 quarter hours) ^{1, 4}
CMN 295	ADOBE INDESIGN (2.0 quarter hours ) ^{1, 4}
CMN 296	ADOBE AUDITION (2.0 quarter hours ) ^{1, 4}
CMN 297	ADOBE PREMIERE VIDEO EDITING (2.0 quarter hours) ^{1, 4}
MPOP 286	RADIO PRACTICUM (1.0 quarter hour)
MPOP 290	MEDIA & CINEMA STUDIES WORKSHOP (VARIABLE TOPICS) (2.0 quarter hours) ^{1, 4}
MPOP 339	RADIO BROADCASTING
MPOP 373	AUDIO DOCUMENTARY
MPOP 386	AUDIO PRODUCTION FOR RADIO AND THE WEB
MPOP 389	TOPICS IN MEDIA PRODUCTION
DOC 224	DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION I
DOC 324	DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION II
FILM 110	DIGITAL CINEMA PRODUCTION I
FILM 210	CINEMA PRODUCTION II
FILM 245	MEDIA LITERACIES
FILM 250	CINEMATOGRAPHY I
POST 110	EDITING I
POST 124	SOUND DESIGN I
SCWR 100	INTRODUCTION TO SCREENWRITING
SCWR 250	DEVELOPING THE TELEVISION SERIES
SCWR 302	WRITING THE FEATURE SCREENPLAY
JOUR 276	PHOTOJOURNALISM
ANI 101	ANIMATION FOR NON-MAJORS
ANI 105	MOTION GRAPHICS FOUNDATIONS
ART 328	DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
Select any THREE additional courses from the College of Communication, production course offerings of the School of Cinematic Arts, and/or courses in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, subject to the approval of the MPOP chair.		12
Total Hours		60

¹: Must be taken 2x w/ different creative topics to count for Production elective.
²: Select from any College of Communication course or from the Digital Cinema offerings listed above, provided that the DC classes in question have not already been taken under a MCS course number.
³: Students may take up to 4 hours of credit in this course toward graduation requirements.
⁴: A maximum of 8 credits from two credit College of Communication courses can be applied to major requirements.
⁵: Students may not earn credit for both AMS 205 and MPOP 205.

Internships

Students in the major may take CMN 394 and/or CMN 395 (when work relates to the major). In order to take CMN 394 or CMN 395, students must have completed two of the four communication core classes (CMN 101, CMN 102, CMN 103, CMN 104), two courses in the chosen major and have fulfilled internship program eligibility requirements.

Open Electives

Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.