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 and gender 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. There is one
foundational course, two practice/production courses, two conceptual courses,
and a capstone project course. 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 not count
toward the requirements of any other major or minor in the School of
Communication and Information or in the program in women's and gender studies.Foundation Course (3 credits/one course)
Choose one of the following foundational courses:
- 01:988:202 Gender, Culture, and Representation
- 04:567:334 Gender, Race, and Class in the Media
Practice/Production Courses (6 credits/two courses)
The first practice/production course is required:
- 01:988:200 Gender, Digital Media, and Social Curation
Choose 1 of the following courses for the second course:
- 04:189:251 Strategic Presentation Methods in Digital Media
- 04:567:200 Writing for Media
Conceptual Courses (6 credits/two courses)
Only one of these 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 for the first conceptual course:
- 04:567:274 Consumer Media Culture
- 04:567:380 Media and Social Change
- 04:547:340 Gender and Technology
Choose one of the following for the second conceptual course:- 01:988:255 Gender, Art, and Society
- 01:988:257 Gender and the Body: Representations
of Pornography
- 01:988:258 Gender, Race, and Contemporary Art
- 01:988:259 Homosexuality and Visual Culture
- 01:988:317 Gender and Consumption
- 01:988:376 Theories of Women and Film
- 01:988:341 Gender and Popular Culture
Capstone Course (3 credits/one course)
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 (course within the women's and gender studies program)
- 04:567:499 Capstone in Gender and Media (course
within the journalism and media studies program)
