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104 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
The major requires a set of core courses designed to provide a foundation in
historical and analytical study and elementary production of various film and media.
Following this core, students individualize their major by choosing electives in one
of two concentrations: media production or media history, theory, criticism. Each
student is also required to engage in an independent professional project or
internship and to participate in an interdisciplinary senior seminar.
Students in the history, theory, criticism concentration study the literary, psychological,
sociological, and political impacts of film and mass media on how people think, process
information, and form beliefs. The production concentration asks students to produce
media texts, including narrative film, documentary, web-based media, photography, art,
music, or traditional print journalism.
Upon completion of the media and film studies major, students will be able to
• demonstrate significant familiarity with storytelling through film and media
from the 20 th century to the present
• analyze stylistic and structural features of film and media texts
• communicate written research, analysis, and conclusions in a clear, wellorganized
manner
• express themselves through narrative using conventional tools of digital media
Major Requirements
The following courses are required (11 units):
MFS 100
MFS 210
MFS 220
MFS 222
MFS 310 or MFS 322
MFS 397
MFS 470
four units from the following, with three units coming from one concentration and one
unit from the other concentration:
Media History, Theory, Criticism
AR 131
AR 324
ARB 165
ARH 216
EH 204
EH 240
EH 248
EH 349
EH 384
EH 420
Birmingham-Southern College Catalog 2023-2024
HON 284
IDS 115
MFS 250
MFS 260
MFS 277
MFS 310*
MFS 360
MFS 377
MU 322
PL 263