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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 Department (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 SCT), 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. Academic work and fieldwork are coordinated and keyed to the student’s program of study and interests. Students in the American Culture and Media Arts program develop skills in historical and contemporary research. Seniors have the opportunity to gain practical experience through our internship program, working at one of any number of media-related industries and museums in the Philadelphia area. 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 media analysis for publications. Graduates can also pursue advanced training at the graduate level in documentary film production.

A fuller description of the program can be found in Intercollegial Programs.

Requirements For The Major

Department	Course #	Course Name	Hours	RCI
Select one of these two:			3
FMA Journalism	0102 C055	Production of Media Culture or Journalism and Society		IN

Select five courses from this list (SCT):			15-20
FMA FMA FMA FMA FMA Advertising Journalism Journalism Journalism Journalism	0155 0202 0203 W360 W368 0055 0222 0320 0335 0352	Introduction to Film and Video Analysis Production Research and Development Theory and Practice of Media Culture History of Documentary History of Narrative Film Intro to Advertising Intro to Magazines Race and Racism in the News History of Journalism Gender and American Mass Media		WI WI

Select five courses from this list (American Studies):			15
American Studies American Studies American Studies American Studies American Studies American Studies American Studies American Studies American Studies American Studies American Studies American Studies American Studies American Studies	0102 0103 0104 0105 0108 R112 W118 0124 0125 0126 0127 0128 R136 W140	Technology and American Culture American Places: Home, City, Region The Arts in America Ideal America: Reform, Revolution and Utopia Immigrant Experiences in America African American Experiences The American Woman: Vision and Revision Political Protest and Culture in the 60s Photography in America Documentary Film and American Society Mass Media and American Pop Culture Philadelphia Neighborhoods Asian American Experience Radicalism in the U.S.		RS WI RS WI

Capstone course (choose one from this list):			3-4
American Studies FMA Journalism	W393 0380 0391	Senior Seminar in American Studies Senior Media Culture Thesis I Senior Projects 1
Total			36-42

Distinction in Major

American Culture and Media Arts majors may graduate with distinction in the major if they have a GPA of at least a 3.5 in the major and a cumulative GPA of at least a 3.0.

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Requirements For The Major

Distinction in Major

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