Complementing any major, the
gender and media minor is a cross-unit, interdisciplinary undergraduate minor
offered jointly by the School of Communication and Information (SC&I) and the School of Arts and Sciences (SAS). The
Department of Women's and Gender Studies is the sole SAS contributor to courses
included in the minor. At SC&I, the Department of Journalism and Media
Studies is the primary contributor to the minor, offering the majority of
course options. Two additional SC&I undergraduate courses, one in the
information technology and informatics (ITI) major curriculum and the second in
the digital communication, information, and media (DCIM) minor curriculum are
course options for the gender and media minor.
Students are introduced to the
minor through a foundational course that offers a shared vocabulary for
analyzing issues of power and representation within the media. Students take two
electives in media production and two electives in critical media/feminist
theory. Students apply acquired skills and knowledge of gender and the media in
the completion of a project in a capstone course that offers internship,
service learning, and multimedia project options.
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