Complementing any major, the gender and media minor is a cross-unit,
interdisciplinary undergraduate minor offered jointly by the School of
Communication and Information and the School of Arts and Sciences women's, gender, and sexuality studies program. 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 then have the choice of
taking two electives in media production, as well as two electives in critical
media/feminist theory. At the end of the program, students apply 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.
Program-Level Learning Goals
The gender and media minor provides a course of study
designed for students interested in a combination of theory and practice
perspectives on the representation and production of gender in the media.
- Students will apply technical
skills as media producers with the ability to add their own critical
voices and unique perspectives.
- Students will also
demonstrate critical thinking skills that enable them to critique and
improve current conditions of media production and consumption.
- Students will articulate,
create, examine, inform, and improve systemic and individual power
dynamics of the contemporary landscape for gender and media.
Requirements
The minor is open to all majors at Rutgers. Students are required to
complete six 3-credit courses with a grade of C or better, for a total of 18
credits. Students are strongly
encouraged to speak with an adviser to create a plan for completing the
program.
Note that courses taken to fulfill
requirements in the gender and media minor will
count
toward the
requirements of any other major or minor in the School of
Communication and Information and/or for the program in women's, gender, and sexuality
studies.
Foundation course (3 credits)
Choose one of:
- 01:988:202 Gender, Culture,
and Representation (3)
or
- 04:567:215 Gender, Race, and
Class in the Media (3)
Practice/production courses (6 credits)
- 01:988:200 Gender, Digital
Media, and Social Curation (3) - required
Plus choose one of the following courses for the second course:
- 04:189:251 Strategic
Presentation Methods in Digital Media (3)
- 04:567:200 Writing for Media
(3)
Conceptual courses (6 credits)
Only one of the conceptual courses (3 of the 6 credits) may be taken at the 200
level; the other must be taken as a 300 level.
Choose one of the following SC&I classes for the first conceptual course:
- 04:567:274 Consumer Media
Culture (3)
- 04:567:380 Media and Social
Change (3)
- 04:547:340 Gender and
Technology (3)
- Some special topics
courses from SC&I may be allowed to count towards the minor; approval of the program director is required.
Choose one of the following women's, gender, and sexuality studies classes for the second conceptual course:
- 01:988:255 Gender, Art, and
Society (3)
- 01:988:257 Gender and the
Body: Representations of Pornography (3)
- 01:988:258 Gender, Race, and
Contemporary Art (3)
- 01:988:259 Homosexuality and
Visual Culture (3)
- 01:988:317 Gender and
Consumption (3)
- 01:988:385 Theories of Women
and Film (3)
-
01:988:341
Gender and Popular Culture (3)
- Some special topics courses offered by women's, gender, and sexuality studies may be allowed to count towards the minor; approval of the program director is required.
Capstone course (3 credits):
Students may enroll in the capstone after completing a minimum of 12 credits
in the minor. Choose one of the following courses to fulfill the capstone
requirement:
- 01:988:499 Capstone in Gender
and Media - offered within the women's, gender, and sexuality studies program
- 04:567:499 Capstone in Gender
and Media - offered within the journalism and media studies program