Journalism and Media Communication (students with last names A-M)
Clark Building, Room C244
(970) 491-6310
Communication Studies (students with last names N-Z)
Behavioral Sciences Building, Room A203
(970) 491-6140
If you are interested in declaring your minor or if you have minor advising questions, please contact Usama Alshaibi (usama.alshaibi@colostate.edu).
The Media Studies minor provides a foundation for understanding the impacts and roles of mass media in society. Courses focus on media and film history, criticism, law, ethics, social effects, cultural consequences, and multicultural and international media issues. The minor is offered jointly by the Department of Journalism and Media Communication and the Department of Communication Studies. Students in the Journalism and Media Communication major may not use JTC courses to complete this minor. Students in the Communications Studies major may not use SPCM courses to complete this minor.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
- Explain mass media's impacts on society.
- Analyze a variety of media forms including news media, popular culture, advertising, social media, and other forms of mediated communication, information, art, and entertainment.
- Assess various issues in media and film history, criticism, law, ethics, social effects, cultural consequences, and multicultural and international media.
- Develop and apply skills in written, spoken, and mediated communication.
Effective Fall 2021
Students must satisfactorily complete the total credits required for the minor. Minors and interdisciplinary minors require 12 or more upper-division (300- to 400-level) credits.
Additional coursework may be required due to prerequisites.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Division | ||
| JTC 100 | Media in Society (GT-SS3) | 3 |
| or SPCM 100 | Communication and Popular Culture (GT-AH1) | |
| Upper Division | ||
| JTC 415 | Communications Law | 3 |
| or SPCM 342 | Critical Media Studies | |
| Select 15 credits from the following: | 15 | |
| News, Truth, and Deception | ||
| Media and Global Cultural Identity | ||
| History of Media | ||
| Multiculturalism and the Media | ||
| Public Relations | ||
| Advertising | ||
| Persuasion in Strategic Communication | ||
| Media Ethics and Issues | ||
| International Mass Communication | ||
| New Media Trends and Society | ||
| Media Effects | ||
| Journalism, Peace, and War | ||
| Food and Natural Resources Communication | ||
| Strategic Multicultural Communication | ||
| Documentary Film as a Liberal Art | ||
| Evaluating Contemporary Television | ||
| Digital Media Cultures | ||
| Freedom of Speech | ||
| Evaluating Contemporary Film | ||
| Film History: International | ||
| Film History: United States | ||
| Asians in the U.S. Media | ||
| Film and Social Change | ||
| Gender and Genre in Film: Comedy | ||
| Gender and Genre in Film: Horror | ||
| Gender and Genre in Film: Other Genres | ||
| The Personal Lens – Making Media | ||
| Global Media Cultures | ||
| Chicanx Film and Video | ||
| Narrative Fiction Film as a Liberal Art | ||
| Program Total Credits: | 21 | |