Media Studies Major

Film/Video

• One intermediate or advanced film/video production class.
• One additional course in media history.
• Four appropriate electives, drawn from the list of all approved courses.

Digital/Electronic Media

• One intermediate or advanced film/video production class.
• One course in twentieth or twenty-first century art history.
• Four appropriate electives, drawn from the list of all approved courses.

Critical Studies

• One additional media theory course as listed above. One of the two required media theory courses must be MS 147 PO, MS 148 PO, or MS 149 PO.
• One additional course in media history.
• Four appropriate electives, drawn from the list of all approved courses.

Critical Studies students also have the option of a sub-focus Film Studies

Students desiring an emphasis in Film Studies should follow the Critical Studies track, tailoring their major by selecting the following courses:

One introduction critical/theoretical course

MS 50 PZ or LIT 130 CM, Language of Film

           MS 82 PZ or ART 148 SC or MS 182s HM, Introduction to Video Art

           MS 147 PO, MS 148 PO, or MS 149 PO

One course in film theory such as: LIT 103 HMC, Third Cinema; LIT 138 CMC, Film and Mass Culture; LIT 139 CM, Film Theory; MS 46 PZ, Feminist Documentary Production and Theory; MS 72 PZ, Women and Film; or MS 76 PZ, Gender and Genre; MS 48 PZ, Media Ethnography/Autobiography; MS 74 PZ, Sound Theory, Sound Practice; MS 110 PZ, Media and Sexuality; MS 197 PZ, Media Praxis in Ontario; or ARHI 141B PO, Africana Cinema: Through the Doc Lens

LIT 131 CM, Film History I (1925-1965) and LIT 132 CM, Film History II (1965-Present)

MS 190 PO, Senior Seminar

• LIT 131 CM - Film History I (1925-1965)
• LIT 132 CM - Film History II (1965-Present)
• LIT 138 CM - Film and Mass Culture
• MS 046 PZ - Feminist Documentary
• MS 074 PZ - Sound Theory, Sound Practice
• MS 110 PZ - Media and Sexuality
• MS 197 PZ - Media Praxis
• Three appropriate film-oriented electives drawn from the list  of all approved courses

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• MS 190 JT - Senior Seminar in Media Studies

Critical Studies (or Critical Studies: Film Studies option)

Students in this concentration must complete MS 190 JT Senior Seminar in Media Studies  in the fall or spring of their senior year. Critical Studies students will work on a significant writing project that may be used in conjunction with their senior thesis. This course fulfills the Scripps Senior Exercise requirement for students in the critical studies track. 

Film/Video and Digital/Electronic

Students in this concentration must complete MS 190 JT Senior Seminar in Media Studies  in the fall of their senior year. During this course, seniors concentrating in film/video and digital/electronic will complete an approved project (film, video, printed matter, installation, etc.) and a major paper about their work. This course fulfills the Scripps Senior Exercise requirement for students in the film/video and digital/electronic tracks. 

Dual Majors

Students combining Media Studies with a second major intending to complete a single senior thesis (or honors thesis/project) must integrate the skills and knowledge of both disciplines. The thesis (or honors project/thesis) must be cooperatively reviewed, read and graded by one faculty reader from each discipline; one of the two readers must be a Scripps faculty member. Dual majors may pursue honors in either or both majors. Fall or spring thesis enrollment (depending on the discipline of the other major) will be in ID 191D .

Honors Requirements

A Scripps student who wishes to graduate with honors in Media Studies must:

1. Achieve a minimum grade point average of 3.67 in the major.
2. Earn a grade of A or A- on their thesis project. 
3. Be nominated for honors by IMS faculty.

The main website for Intercollegiate Media Studies webpage can be found at https://www.pitzer.edu/ims/