Department of Visual & Media Arts

Media Studies (BA)

The Media Studies (BA) track is designed for students whose focus is the scholarly study of the media arts—especially those students desiring preparation for careers in media criticism, publishing, and industry research, or for advanced studies in the media arts or the law.

Visual and Media Arts Foundations (12 credits)

The Visual and Media Arts Foundations offers students a broad theoretical, historical, and practical introduction to the visual and media arts.

Required Courses
VM 100 History of Media Arts I
VM 101 History of Media Arts II
VM 120 Foundations in Visual and Media Arts Production

Visual and Media Arts Theory and Practice (8 credits)

Required Courses
VM 200 Media Criticism and Theory
One 200-level production or writing course (4 credits)

Visual and Media Studies (16 credits minimum)

Required Courses
VM 402 Seminar in Media Arts Topics

In addition to VM 402, students are required to complete at least three additional advanced visual and media studies courses at the 400- or 500-level.

Visual and Media Arts Electives (8 credits)

Required Courses
Two Visual and Media Arts elective courses

The New Diet

Tom Cooper created the diet for your psyche. In his latest book, Fast Media, Media Fast, Visual and Media Arts Professor Tom Cooper talks about media fasting techniques. His tools help find what Cooper calls the “new Walden”—allowing you to see society afresh after an absence from the digital world.

Listen to him talk about his book »


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