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ACMA Degree Requirements
Courses from the School of Communications and Theater
- Either FMA 102, The Production of Media Culture
- OR JPRA 055, Intro to Mass Media
Plus at least five courses from the following list:
- FMA 155 Introduction to Film and Television Analysis
- FMA 202 Production Research and Development
- FMA 203 Theories of Media Culture
- FMA 360 History of Documentary
- FMA 368 History of Narrative Film
- JPRA 060 Intro to Visual Communication
- JPRA 222 Intro to Magazines
- JPRA 226 Intro to Advertising
- JPRA 320 Race and Racism in the News
- JPRA 335 History of Journalism
- JPRA 352 Gender and American Mass Media (cross-listed wtih AS 127)
Courses from American Studies (in the College of Liberal Arts)
At least five courses from the following list:
- AS 102 Technology and American Culture
- AS 103 American Places: Home, City, Region
- AS 104 The Arts in America
- AS 105 Ideal America: Reform, Revolution, and Utopia
- AS 108 Immigrant Experiences in America
- ASR112 African American Experiences
- ASW118 American Woman: Vision & Revision
- AS 124 Political Protest and Culture in the 60s
- AS 125 Photography in America
- AS 126 Documentary Film and American Society
- AS 127 Mass Media and American Popular Culture
- AS 128 Philadelphia Neighborhoods
- ASR136 Asian American Experience
- ASW140 Radicalism in the U.S.
Plus a senior thesis or fieldwork option (This capstone course is to be taken in either SCAT or CLA and arranged with an ACMA-affiliated faculty member)
These courses total a minimum of 36 credits required for the major. Students may petition for "topics" courses in either SCAT or CLA to count as substitute for certain requirements.
Students also may occasionally petition for other courses to count toward the degree, but permission of the director is required.
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