Welcome to Media Studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Camden Campus

The media studies minor is an interdisciplinary curriculum that focuses on the history and theory of media. The minor critically examines dead media and new media in global, cultural, social, political, and economical contexts.

COURSE SCHEDULE

SUMMER 2008
Mass Media and Popular Culture
50:920:446:J6 81879
Term II
M/T/TH 6:00-9:40PM

FALL 2008
Introduction to Media Studies 50:920:342 15255
T 6:00-8:40PM

Cyberspace and Society
50:920:425 15256
S 1:30-3:00PM
See course listing for special notes.

Introduction to Video and Film
50:080:28108901
W 5:00-9:00PM

History of Photography
50:082:383 14894
F 9:05-12:10PM

Major Filmmakers: Hitchcock
50:354:350 14888
M 1:20-4:10 PM
W 1:20-2:40 PM

History of Television
50:512:388 15203
TTH 8:00-9:20AM

News Reporting and Writing 50:570:30108922
TTh 9:30-10:50 AM

Political Reporting
50:570:395 15209
TTh 11:00-12:20 PM

Principles of Marketing 52:630:201
See Course Listings

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

  • Foundation (Required)
    Introduction to Media Studies 50:920:342

Core Courses (9 Credits Required)

  • Art in the Age of Mechanized and Electronic Media 50:082:380
  • Mass Media and Popular Culture 50:920:442
  • Globalization and the Media 50:920:347
  • Communication 50:920:341
  • Principles of Marketing 52:630:201
  • Advertising and Promotions Management 52:630:353
  • Introduction to Journalism 50:570:300
  • History of Television 50:512:388
  • American Film History: 1940 to Present
    50:512:338
  • Cyberspace and Society
    50:920:425

Advanced Studies: (6 Credits Required)

  • American Film History: 1890 to 1940
  • World Cinema 50:354:320
  • French Film in English Translation I/II 50:420:305, 306
  • German Cinema in English Translation I/II 50:470:271, 272
  • History of the Film 50:350:300
  • Literature and Film 50:354:310
  • World Cinema 50:350:320
  • Major Filmmakers 50:354:350
  • Special Topics in Film 50:350:391,392,393,394
  • Screenwriting 50:350:395
  • Studies in Film Genres 50:354:396,397,398,399
  • News Reporting and Writing 50:570:301,302
  • Review Writing 50:570:336
  • Digital Photo I 50:080:264

Intro to Film and Video 50:080:281

Students may also present or propose appropriate courses from departments throughout the University for approval to the program director.

EVENTS/NEWS

Media Studies will be replacing the Film Studies Minor. Students who have started Rutgers before Fall 2008 will complete the minor in Film Studies. Information for the Film Studies Minor can still be found here. Beginning in Fall 2008 all students wishing to pursue Film Studies as a minor will minor in Media Studies and can focus their elective courses in the area of film.

Film and Video will now be a major concentration offered within fine arts. Click on MAJORING IN FILM to learn more about the major.