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American Culture and Media ArtsCarolyn Kitch, Ph.D., Director The American Culture and Media Arts major combines faculty and courses from the American Studies program (in the College of Liberal Arts), the Film and Media Arts Department, and the Journalism, Public Relations and Advertising Departments, (in the School of Communications and Theater). It is one of the first programs to bridge two schools at Temple, making use of the University’s broadest resources. Students may choose this major from either school (CLA or SCAT), with the requirements the same in either case. The major is a response to the fact that mediated culture – film, television, radio, photography, print journalism – has come to dominate the experience of Americans, while at the same time American values and traditions inform our creation and reception of the media. They will also develop skills in historical and contemporary research. Majors sign up, in their senior year, for a semester or more of Internship at one of any number of media-related industries and museums in the Philadelphia area, designed to give students practical experience. Academic work and fieldwork are coordinated and keyed to the student’s program of study and interests. Students graduating with the American Culture and Media Arts degree can expect to pursue careers in media-related organizations, e.g., film, video, and radio production; archival and library positions, particularly in media institutions; public relations jobs in media; museum research positions supporting exhibitions and media; and writing about media for publications. Graduates can also pursue advanced training at the graduate level in documentary film production. Students must meet: For full description of the program can be found in Intercollegial Programs. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
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Department | Course |
Title |
s.h. |
Core Indicator |
Select one of these two: |
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FMA |
0102 |
Production of Media Culture | 3 |
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JPRA |
C055 |
Introduction to Mass Media |
3 |
IN |
Select five courses from this list (SCAT): |
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FMA | X155 | Introduction to Film and Video Analysis | 3 | AR/ WI |
FMA |
0202 |
Production Research and Development |
4 |
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FMA |
0203 |
Theory and Practice of Media Culture |
4 |
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FMA |
W360 |
History of Documentary |
4 |
WI |
FMA |
W368 |
History of Narrative Film |
4 |
WI |
JPRA |
060 |
Introduction to Visual Communications |
3 |
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JPRA |
0222 |
Intro to Magazines |
3 |
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JPRA |
0226 |
Intro to Advertising |
3 |
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JPRA |
0320 |
Race and Racism in the News |
3 |
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JPRA |
0335 |
History of Journalism |
3 |
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JPRA |
0352 |
Gender and American Mass Media |
3 |
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Select five courses from this list (American Studies): |
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Am St |
0102 | Technology and American Culture |
3 |
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Am St |
0103 |
American Places: Home, City, Region |
3 |
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Am St |
0104 |
The Arts in America |
3 |
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Am St |
0105 |
Ideal America: Reform, Revolution and Utopia |
3 |
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Am St |
0108 |
Immigrant Experiences in America |
3 |
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Am St |
R112 |
African American Experiences |
3 |
RS |
Am St |
W118 |
The American Woman: Vision and Revision |
3 |
WI |
Am St |
0124 |
Political Protest and Culture in the 60s |
3 |
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Am St |
0125 |
Photography in America |
3 |
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Am St |
0126 |
Documentary Film and American Society |
3 |
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Am St |
0127 |
Mass Media and Amer. Pop Culture |
3 |
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Am St |
0128 |
Philadelphia Neighborhoods |
3 |
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Am St |
R136 |
Asian American Experience |
3 |
RS |
Am St |
W140 |
Radicalism in the U.S. |
3 |
WI |
Capstone Course (select one) Majors sign up, in their senior year, for either an academic thesis project or an internship at a media-related industry or museum in the Philadelphia area. |
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Am St |
W393 |
Senior Seminar in American Studies |
3 |
WI* |
FMA |
0380 |
Senior Media Culture Thesis I |
4 |
Writing Capstone |
JPRA |
0391 |
Special Projects I |
1-4 |
* Indicates Writing Capstone for the Major
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