The minor in Media Production is designed to give students majoring in any discipline foundational skills in media making, while also allowing students to pursue a range of electives courses in their particular area of creative interest.

The minor consists of a total of 19 credit hours (six courses), with three required courses that combine theory with technical skills plus three electives (one of which must be an upper-division Studio course).

Program requirements

Overall, the course requirements are as follows for a total of 19 credit hours:

1. Three lower-division foundation courses

CMDP 1400 Introduction to Contemporary Media Cultures—4 credit hours
Prepares students for critical practices in contemporary media cultures in a global context. This course explores the diversity of media practices, including narrative and non-narrative forms, emphasizing aesthetics and visual studies. In lectures and labs students will explore video, sound, the internet and other multi-media platforms of expression.

CMDP 2500 Introduction to Media Practices—3 
Working in design groups, students will explore the expressive potential of media through the production of short projects, discussions, readings, formal analysis and critique. The course provides a basic introduction to media practices as an extension of “visual thinking” and through approaches to storytelling, and hybrid media forms. Prereq. CMDP 1400. 

CMDP 3600 Creative Media Making—3 
Focus on developing an understanding of the principles, forms and aesthetics of media production. Working in design groups on small-scale media pre-production and production exercises, screenings and critiques, students learn creative solutions to problems in realizing expressive media projects. Prereq. CMDP 2500.

 

2. One upper-division Media Production studio elective

After successfully completing CMDP 3600 Media Practices II, students must select one additional upper-division studio production course (3000 or 4000 level).

These courses may include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • CMDP 3510 Critical Media Practices Workshop II—3
    Prereq. CMDP 2600 
  • CMDP 3620 Images and Stories—3
    Prereq. CMDP 2600 
  • CMDP 3720 Multimedia Composition—3 
  • CMDP 3820 Performance Media Practices—3
    Prereq. CMDP 2600 
  • CMDP 3810 Engaged Documentary Media Practices—3
    Prereq. CMDP 2600 
  • CMDP 3840 Sound Practices—3
    Prereq. CMDP 2500 
  • CMDP 3860 Introduction to Music Technology—3 
  • CMDP 3910 Media Production Topics—3
    Prereq. CMDP 2500 
  • CMDP 3990 Media Professional Seminar—3
    Prereq.CMDP 2600 
  • CMDP 4610 Small Screen Storytelling—3
    Prereq. CMDP 2600 
  • CMDP 4620 Media Installations and Environments—3
    Prereq. CMDP 2600 
  • CMDP 4630 Introduction to Computational Media—3
    Prereq. CMDP 2600 
  • CMDP 4640 Multimedia Sound—3 
  • CMDP 4710 Projection Practices—3
    Prereq. CMDP 2600 
  • CMDP 4730 Digital Art and Emergent Technologies—3
    Prereq. CMDP 2600

Students must complete all classes with a grade of "C-" or better and an overall GPA in the minor of 2.0. Students may apply no more than six credit hours of transfer work, including three hours of upper-division credit.

3. Two media production open electives (any level)

Students taking the minor must complete two additional Media Production courses of their choice. CMDP 1400 Introduction to Critical Media Practices is the prerequisite for critical studies courses in Media Production. CMDP 3600 Media Production II is the prerequisite for subsequent studio production courses.

 

Interested in a minor?

If you are not a CMCI major and wish to declare a CMCI minor, please fill out the CMCI Minor Declaration form. 

If you are a CMCI major, you may discuss and declare the minor with your CMCI advisor. You can also declare by filling out the CMCI Minor Declaration form.