Note: E59.1360 Research Methods and E59.1210 Senior Honors Thesis count toward any field of study. Several courses offered through the Global Communications department at AUP may also count towards these fields of study. For a list of these courses and their equivalent in our program of study, please refer to the AUP-NYU Communication Course Equivalents document.
Only the Director of the Media, Culture, and Communication undergraduate program may approve of course substitutions.
Global and Transcultural Communication
Courses examine challenges posed by globalization in terms of mobility of cultural products, transnational media and identity concerns, policy issues.
E59.0010 Language, Thought and CultureE59.0066 Business of TV & New Media
E59.1000.098 Media and Globalization: The European Experience (Amsterdam)
E59.1000.099 Media and Globalization: The Asian Experience (Hong Kong/Beijing)
E59.1005 The Culture Industries
E59.1011 Media and Migration
E59.1016 Media Audiences
E59.1020 The Business of Media
E59.1022 Latino Media
E59.1023 East Asian Media
E59.1300 Media and Global Communication
E59.1304 Global Media and International Law
E59.1305 Communication & International Development
E59.1340 Religion and Media
E59.1351 War As Media
E59.1354 Foreign Media (Study Abroad)
E59.1400.097 Media & Society: TV and Democracy in Italy
E59.1400.098, 099 Media, Culture and Globalization (Prague and London)
E59.1401 Global Cultures and Identities
E59.1405 Copyright, Commerce and Culture
E59.1407 Gender, Sex and The Global
E59.1735 Intercultural Communication (formerly Cross-Cultural Communication)
Images and Screen Studies
Courses that focus on technologically mediated images and visual communication in everyday life.
E59.1002 Space and Place in Human CommunicationE59.1003 Introduction to Digital Media
E59.1006 Television: History and Form
E59.1007 Film: History and Form
E59.1008 Video Games: Culture and Industry
E59.1009 Psychoanalysis: Desire and Culture
E59.1012 Crime, Violence & Media
E59.1015 Advertising & Society
E59.1015.099 Advertising and Society (Prague)
E59.1022 Latino Media
E59.1021 Dead Media Research Studio
E59.1029 New Media Research Studio
E59.1351 War As Media
E59.1400.097 Media & Society: TV and Democracy in Italy
E59.1517 Photography and the Visual Archive
E59.1520 Marking Time: Writing, Print & Virtual Bookmaking
Interaction and Social Processes
Courses analyze communication dynamics, interaction rituals, language and nonverbal practices in social and technologically mediated contexts.
E59.0010 Language, Thought and CultureE59.1009 Psychoanalysis: Desire and Culture
E59.1011 Media and Migration
E59.1013 Political Communication
E59.1016 Media Audiences
E59.1018 Kids in Media Culture
E59.1019 Media and Identity
E59.1401 Global Cultures and Identities
E59.1407 Gender, Sex and The Global
E59.1508 Print: History and Form
E59.1515 Print and the Human Experience
E59.1700 Gender & Communication
E59.1717 Modes of Listening
E59.1730 Nonverbal Communication
E59.1735 Intercultural Communication (formerly Cross-Cultural Communication)
E59.1745 Organizational Communication
E59.1805 Public Speaking
E59.1815 Conflict Management
E59.1830 Interpersonal Communication
E59.1835 Argumentation and DebateE59.1840 Team Building
Persuasion and Politics
Courses examine communication media, institutions and technologies as used for the purposes of manipulation and mobilization of opinions, public values and actions.
E59.1010 Censorship in American Culture
E59.1013 Political Communication
E59.1014 Mass Persuasion and Propaganda
E59.1015 Advertising and Society
E59.1015.099 Advertising and Society (Prague)
E59.1023 East Asian Media
E59.1304 Global Media and International Law
E59.1340 Religion and Media
E59.1402 Marxism and Culture
E59.1750 Comm & Public Relations
E59.1785 Marketing for Mass Media
E59.1790 Introduction to Rhetoric
E59.1795 Rhetorical Criticism
E59.1801 Rhetoric, Law & Public Policy
E59.1805 Public Speaking
E59.1808 Persuasion
E59.1835 Argumentation and Debate
Technology and Society
Courses that focus on societal implications of new technologies of information, communication and digital media.
E59.1003 Introduction to Digital Media
E59.1006 Television: History and Form
E59.1007 Film: History and Form
E59.1008 Video Games: Culture and Industry
E59.1012 Crime, Violence and Media
E59.1020 The Business of Media
E59.1021 Dead Media Research Studio
E59.1029 New Media Research Studio
E59.1034 Media, Technology and Society (formerly Impacts of Technology)
E59.1300 Media and Global Communication
E59.1305 Communication & International Development
E59.1402 Marxism and Culture
E59.1405 Copyright, Commerce and Culture
E59.1508 Print: History and Form
E59.1515 Print & the Human Experience
E59.1520 Marking Time: Writing, Print & Virtual Bookmaking
E59.1717 Modes of Listening
Applied Electives
The following courses do not count toward the upper-level fields of study. They may, however, be counted toward Specialization Electives.
E59.1100 Internship (2 or 4 credits)
E59.1715 Listening (2 credits)
E59.1720 Communication Consulting in Corporate America (2 credits)
E59.1725 Communication in Professional Settings (2 credits)
E59.1740 Interviewing Strategies (2 credits)
E59.1755 Public Relations: Principles and Practices (formerly Public Relations Techniques)
E59.1775 Advertising: Principles and Practices (formerly Advertising Techniques)
E59.1775.099 Advertising Techniques: Media Industries in China (Shanghai)
E59.1780 Advertising Campaigns (Advanced Advertising Strategies)