Minor in Media Arts Studies (23 hours*)
This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. Please see the college advisement center for information regarding requirements for admission to this minor.
Program Requirements |
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- Complete the following with a B grade or better:
TMA 102 : Introduction to Film.
(3:4:2)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Analytical studies for understanding and appreciating media forms and messages, as well as basic history, theory, and aesthetics. Lab required. |
TMA 112 : Collaboration, Research, and Visualization.
(2:4:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Overview and practical applications of principles of collaboration, research, and visualization as essential elements of appreciation and production of media arts projects. |
- Be admitted to the minor program by application (see the department office, D-581 HFAC.)
- Upon acceptance into the minor program, complete the following:
TMA 105 : Using Basic Media Tools.
(1:1:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major or minor status or animation major status; concurrent enrollment in TMA 185. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introductory course to familiarize students with basics in camera, lighting, and sound fundamentals. |
TMA 114 : Reading and Constructing Narratives.
(3:3:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Animation majors--admittance to the animation program; media arts studies majors/minors--TMA 102, 113, and admittance to media arts program; MDT--admittance to the MDT program; theatre arts studies majors/minors and BFA Acting--TMA 101; theatre education majors--Sc Ed 276R. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Analyzing basic narrative principles; conceptualizing and writing narratives for theatre and media. |
TMA 185 : Basic Media Production.
(3:4:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major/minor status or animation major status; concurrent enrollment in TMA 105. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to basics of film and video production. Includes lecture and practical lab experiences with audio and video. |
- Complete one course from the following:
TMA 293 : History of Documentary and Nonficton Film.
(3:ARR:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major/minor status; TMA 114. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to and contextualization of documentary film from its inception to present. |
- Complete three hours from the following advanced critical studies courses:
TMA 457 : Media in the Contemporary Classroom.
(3:4:4)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Sc Ed 276R in major area. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Developing educational methods and techniques for using media in the specialized media classroom; study of educational models and theories related to historical and emerging media technologies. |
TMA 492R : Media Arts Genres.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major or minor status; TMA 291 or 292. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Intensive analysis of a single major traditional media genre (i.e., western, musical, sitcom, or melodrama) with consideration of contextual, subtextual, and textual issues. |
TMA 494 : Transcendence: Religion and Film.
(3:6:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major or minor status; TMA 291 or 292. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Historical, stylistic, and thematic survey of approaches to religious and spiritual subject matter in film. |
TMA 497 : Media as a Mirror of Our Times.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major or minor status; TMA 291 or 292. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Interdisciplinary approach to media texts as aesthetic and historical documents expressing a people, place, and time. |
TMA 498R : Special Topics in Media Arts.
(3:3:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major or minor status; TMA 291 or 292. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Consideration of compelling issues in media arts practice, theory, history, and criticism. |
- Complete five hours of electives from the following:
TMA 274 : Nonfiction Production 1.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | TMA 105, 185, 273, 293. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Fundamental principles of nonfiction and experimental filmmaking. Lecture, discussion, lab, and individual/group experiences and critiques. |
TMA 293 : History of Documentary and Nonficton Film.
(3:ARR:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major/minor status; TMA 114. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Introduction to and contextualization of documentary film from its inception to present. |
TMA 295 : History of the Moving Image.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | On demand. |
| PREREQUISITE: | TMA 102. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Origins and development of the moving image in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries as revealed in television-as-art/entertainment and/or multimedia focusing on social contexts. |
TMA 387 : Production Management: Advanced.
(3:3:1)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major status; media arts foundation courses; TMA 187. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Overview of techniques for managing large arts projects, involving individual and team projects. |
TMA 391 : Introduction to Media Arts Theory.
(3:6:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| OFFERED: | F, Sp |
| PREREQUISITE: | TMA 291or 292. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Identifying and analyzing contemporary film and media theories, with application to specific media texts. |
TMA 392 : Children's Media.
(3:3:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| DESCRIPTION: | Historical and theoretical survey of media for and about children and the literature that informs it; discussions and strategies relating to production, reception, pedagogy, and parenting. |
TMA 492R : Media Arts Genres.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major or minor status; TMA 291 or 292. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Intensive analysis of a single major traditional media genre (i.e., western, musical, sitcom, or melodrama) with consideration of contextual, subtextual, and textual issues. |
TMA 494 : Transcendence: Religion and Film.
(3:6:0)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major or minor status; TMA 291 or 292. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Historical, stylistic, and thematic survey of approaches to religious and spiritual subject matter in film. |
TMA 497 : Media as a Mirror of Our Times.
(3:2:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major or minor status; TMA 291 or 292. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Interdisciplinary approach to media texts as aesthetic and historical documents expressing a people, place, and time. |
TMA 498R : Special Topics in Media Arts.
(3:3:3)
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)| PREREQUISITE: | Media arts major or minor status; TMA 291 or 292. |
| DESCRIPTION: | Consideration of compelling issues in media arts practice, theory, history, and criticism. |
(these 400-level courses may not be used if taken to fill item 5 above).
*Hours include courses that may fulfill university core requirements.