Academic Programs / Liberal Arts
American Culture and Media Arts
Bryant Simon, Director
946 Anderson Hall
215-204-1491
bryant.simon@temple.edu
941 Anderson Hall
215-204-1644
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 |
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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 |
|
|
|
|
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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 |
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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 |
|
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Total |
|
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36-42 |
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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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