Media Studies Minor

The Media Studies Minor (15 credits total) is designed for students who want to pursue a critical exploration of how media shapes culture and society. Throughout this program, students will investigate: What are the relations between communication, technology, and power? Eligible courses examine different forms of media (e.g. linguistic, acoustic, visual, cinematic, digital) in different contexts and environments and from a range of theoretical and disciplinary perspectives. Topics of study include connections between aesthetics, politics, and economics; publicity, privacy, and networks; and concerns about representation and social justice in intersectional terms of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality, and more. The requirements consist of four elective courses and one core course, “Contemporary Media Theory” (HMS 440C). Students may declare the minor at any point, and approved courses already taken can be counted.

Minor Coordinator
Paul Haacke
phaacke@pratt.edu
718.636.3790