Media Arts Minor

The Media Arts minor is now available for UA students in the 2007-08 and later catalog years. Read more about the competitive application process for admittance to the Media Arts minor, which requires (1) a minimum cumulative GPA at UA of 2.5, (2) attendance at a minor information session, and (3) submission and acceptance of a Media Arts minor application. The Media Arts minor application process will be available to currently enrolled UA students every Fall and Spring semester.

The Media Arts minor is a 24-unit minor, including the following eight courses:

Five lower-division courses (15 units total):

M AR 100A Film and TV History, Beginning to Mid-20th Century
M AR 100B Film and TV History, Mid-20th Century to Present
M AR 200 Media Aesthetics
M AR 210 Introduction to Production Practices
M AR 270 Introduction to Media Industries

Three upper-division courses (9 units total):

One Film & Television Studies (Aesthetics & Criticism) course from:

M AR 309 History of the Documentary
M AR 325 (or GER 325) History of German Cinema
M AR 400 (or ENGL 400) Themes in Literature and Film
M AR 496B Special Topics

One Producing course from:

M AR 308 Survey of Media Law and Regulation
M AR 372 Exhibition Management
M AR 376 Media Market Research
M AR 434 Issues in Media Industries
M AR 478 Creative Media Advertising

One Media Arts Elective (upper-division) from:

Any of the above 300/400 level courses, or
M AR 310 Idea Development
M AR 313 Experimental Production Practices
M AR 364 Writing the Narrative
M AR 497I Media Arts Writing Workshop
M AR 498H Honors Thesis

The following courses are available to Media Arts minors in the Summer Sessions ONLY (if offered):

Film & Television Studies (Aesthetics & Criticism)

M AR 453 Screen Artists
M AR 456 Race, Gender & Class in Media
M AR 460 Screen Narratives
M AR 465 Film Styles and Genres

Media Arts Elective

M AR 317A Sound Design - Media Production
M AR 367 Directing for the Screen
M AR 369 Scene Analysis for Directors
M AR 497G Editing

Media Arts minor checklist 2007-2008 (PDF) (DOC)

Academic Program Requirements Report from UA Catalog 2007-2008