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Twin Cities Campus
New Media Studies MinorCLA Dean's Office
College of Liberal Arts
This interdisciplinary minor explores multiple perspectives of how information or content is created and shaped in new and emerging media, as well as the role and impact of those media on human communication. New media refers to the emerging digital technologies that enable information to be produced, stored, transmitted, and displayed in new ways. Students will have an understanding of how these technologies change the ways in which various types of content can be created, managed, and distributed to potentially change the content itself.
Program Delivery
This program is available:
Minor Requirements
At least one course must be 4xxx or above. No more than 8 credits of elective courses (courses without the JOUR designator) may be earned from a single department. Students may not use only technical (hands-on or skills) courses to fulfill the electives requirement (see list below). Other electives may be chosen only if they represent new courses offered by the same department that are similar to those on the approved list. The list of electives is updated periodically--students should see the SJMC website for the most current list. Approval of alternative electives for the minor is made by the chair of the faculty steering committee in consultation with the appropriate department.
Minor Courses
Take 15 or more credit(s) from the following:
Media Studies/Journalism Core
Take 2 or more course(s) totaling 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
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JOUR 3551 - The Business of Digital Media: Innovation, Disruption, and Adaptation
[TS]
(3.0 cr)
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JOUR 3552 - Technology, Communication & Global Society
[GP]
(3.0 cr)
·
JOUR 3751 - Digital Media and Culture
[AH, TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
JOUR 5552 - Law of Internet Communication
(3.0 cr)
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Electives
Take 2 or more course(s) totaling 6 or more credit(s) from the following:
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ARTS 3240 {Inactive}
(4.0 cr)
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COMM 3211 - Introduction to Media Studies
(3.0 cr)
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COMM 4291 - New Telecommunication Media
(3.0 cr)
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CSCL 3310W - The Rhetoric of Everyday Life
[CIV, WI]
(3.0 cr)
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CSCL 3334 - Monsters, Robots, Cyborgs
[LITR]
(3.0 cr)
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ENGL 3351W {Inactive}
[AH, GP, WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
ENGL 4722 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
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GEOG 3561 - Principles of Geographic Information Science
(4.0 cr)
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HIST 3705 - The History of the Premodern Book
(3.0 cr)
·
HSCI 3331 - Technology and American Culture
[HIS, TS]
(3.0 cr)
·
HSCI 3715 - History of Modern Technology: Waterwheels to the Web
[HIS, TS]
(3.0-4.0 cr)
·
HSCI 4321 - History of Computing
[TS, HIS]
(3.0 cr)
·
SCMC 3001W - History of Cinema and Media Culture
[WI]
(4.0 cr)
·
TH 4555 - Audio Technology
(3.0 cr)
·
TH 4556 {Inactive}
(3.0 cr)
·
TH 5554 - Multimedia Production for Live Performance
(3.0 cr)
·
WRIT 3371W - Technology, Self, and Society
[TS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
WRIT 3577W - Rhetoric, Technology, and the Internet
[TS, WI]
(3.0 cr)
·
WRIT 4501 - Usability and Human Factors in Technical Communication
(3.0 cr)
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Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Every Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall, Spring & Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Geog 3561/ Geog 5561 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F or Aud |
Typically offered: | Periodic Summer |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | HSci 3331/5331 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 -4.0 [max 4.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | HSci 1715/3715 |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | CSci 4921/HSci 4321 |
Typically offered: | Fall Even, Spring Odd Year |
Credits: | 4.0 [max 4.0] |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Typically offered: | Periodic Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |
Credits: | 3.0 [max 3.0] |
Course Equivalencies: | Writ 4501/Writ 5501 |
Grading Basis: | A-F only |
Typically offered: | Every Fall & Spring |