Media Arts Minor

The Media Arts minor is available for UA students in the 2007-08 and later catalog years. An application is required, including (1) attendance at a minor information session, (2) a minimum cumulative GPA at UA of 2.5, and (3) submission of the application by the posted deadline. The Media Arts minor application process is available to currently enrolled UA students every Fall and Spring semester.
See the Media Arts Minor application website for details.

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 2009-2010