Department of Media, Culture, and Communication

Undergraduate - Media, Culture, and Communication

Fields of Study

Each student selects three courses in two of the following areas for a total of 24 points.

Note: Not all of these courses will be offered every semester or every year. MCC-UE 1210 Senior Honors Thesis can count toward any field of study. Several courses offered at NYU study abroad sites also count towards fields of study. Please inquire with your advisor for an up to date listing based on the semester you plan on traveling.

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.

MCC-UE 1005 The Culture Industries
MCC-UE 1011 Media and Migration
MCC-UE 1016 Media Audiences
MCC-UE 1020 The Business of Media
MCC-UE 1022 Latino Media
MCC-UE 1023 East Asian Media
MCC-UE 1300 Media and Global Communication
MCC-UE 1304 Global Media and International Law
MCC-UE 1305 Communication and International Development
MCC-UE 1306 Transnational Media Flows
MCC-UE 1307 Transnational Communities and Media Cultures (NYU Global sites)
MCC-UE 1340 Religion and Media
MCC-UE 1341 Islam, Media and the West
MCC-UE 1342 Sounds In and Out of Africa
MCC-UE 1351 War As Media
MCC-UE 1352 Empire, Revolution and Media
MCC-UE 1400 Communication in Cultural Contexts (NYU Global sites)
MCC-UE 1401 Global Cultures and Identities
MCC-UE 1403 Postcolonial Visual Culture
MCC-UE 1405 Copyright, Commerce and Culture
MCC-UE 1407 Gender, Sex and The Global
MCC-UE 1410 Global Visual Culture
MCC-UE 1451 Global Media Seminar: Media in China
MCC-UE 1452 Global Media Seminar: TV and Democracy in Italy
MCC-UE 1453 Global Media Seminar: Post Communist Media Systems
MCC-UE 1454 Global Media Seminar: France and Europe
MCC-UE 1455 Global Media Seminar: Latin America
MCC-UE 1735 Intercultural Communication (no longer offered)

Images and Screen Studies

Courses that focus on technologically mediated images and visual communication in everyday life.

MCC-UE 1002 Space and Place in Human Communication
MCC-UE 1003 Introduction to Digital Media
MCC-UE 1006 Television: History and Form
MCC-UE 1007 Film: History and Form
MCC-UE 1008 Video Games: Culture and Industry
MCC-UE 1009 Psychoanalysis: Desire and Culture
MCC-UE 1012 Crime, Violence and Media
MCC-UE 1015 Advertising and Society (Washington Square and Prague)
MCC-UE 1021 Dead Media Research Studio
MCC-UE 1022 Latino Media
MCC-UE 1024 Amateur Media
MCC-UE 1029 New Media Research Studio
MCC-UE 1030 Architecture as Media
MCC-UE 1065 Media Events and Spectacles
MCC-UE 1140 Screening History
MCC-UE 1151 Media History of New York
MCC-UE 1152 Cultural Capital: Media & Arts in NYC
MCC-UE 1345 Fashion and Power
MCC-UE 1347 Cultural History of the Screen
MCC-UE 1351 War as Media
MCC-UE 1352 Empire, Revolution and Media
MCC-UE 1403 Postcolonial Visual Culture
MCC-UE 1410 Global Visual Culture
MCC-UE 1411 Visual Culture in Science and Technology
MCC-UE 1517 Photography and the Visual Archive

Interaction and Social Processes

Courses analyze communication dynamics, interaction rituals, language and nonverbal practices in social and technologically mediated contexts.

MCC-UE 1009 Psychoanalysis: Desire and Culture
MCC-UE 1011 Media and Migration
MCC-UE 1013 Political Communication
MCC-UE 1016 Media Audiences
MCC-UE 1017 Youth Media
MCC-UE 1018 Kids in Media Culture
MCC-UE 1019 Media and Identity
MCC-UE 1025 Race and Media
MCC-UE 1026 Disability, Technology and Media
MCC-UE 1027 Environmental Communication
MCC-UE 1032 Social Media Networking 
MCC-UE 1036 On the Phone: Telephone and Mobile Communication Technology
MCC-UE 1037 Music and Media
MCC-UE 1040 Health Media and Communication
MCC-UE 1342 Sounds In and Out of Africa
MCC-UE 1345 Fashion and Power
MCC-UE 1401 Global Cultures and Identities
MCC-UE 1404 Media and the Culture of Money
MCC-UE 1407 Gender, Sex and The Global
MCC-UE 1408 Queer Identity and Popular Culture
MCC-UE 1508 Print: History and Form
MCC-UE 1571 The Rise of Internet Media
MCC-UE 1700 Gender and Communication
MCC-UE 1717 Listening: Noise, Sound and Music
MCC-UE 1730 Nonverbal Communication (no longer offered)
MCC-UE 1735 Intercultural Communication (no longer offered)
MCC-UE 1745 Organizational Communication
MCC-UE 1800 Political Rhetoric
MCC-UE 1805 Public Speaking
MCC-UE 1808 Persuasion
MCC-UE 1815 Conflict Management
MCC-UE 1830 Interpersonal Communication
MCC-UE 1835 Argumentation and Debate
MCC-UE 1840 Team Building (no longer offered)

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.

MCC-UE 1010 Censorship in American Culture
MCC-UE 1013 Political Communication
MCC-UE 1014 Mass Persuasion and Propaganda
MCC-UE 1015 Advertising and Society (Washington Square and Prague)
MCC-UE 1017 Youth Media: Communication, Community, and Social Change
MCC-UE 1023 East Asian Media
MCC-UE 1025 Race and Media
MCC-UE 1027 Environmental Communication
MCC-UE 1028 Ethics and Media
MCC-UE 1040 Health, Media and Communication
MCC-UE 1065 Media Events and Spectacles
MCC-UE 1140 Screening History
MCC-UE 1152 Cultural Capital: Media and Arts in New York City (Summer)
MCC-UE 1304 Global Media and International Law
MCC-UE 1340 Religion and Media
MCC-UE 1341 Islam, Media and the West
MCC-UE 1402 Marxism and Culture
MCC-UE 1404 Media and the Culture of Money
MCC-UE 1406 Hacker Culture & Politics
MCC-UE 1408 Queer Identity and Popular Culture
MCC-UE 1750 Public Relations: Theory and Process
MCC-UE 1785 Marketing for Mass Media (no longer offered)
MCC-UE 1800 Political Rhetoric
MCC-UE 1805 Public Speaking
MCC-UE 1808 Persuasion
MCC-UE 1821 Media, Policy, and Regulation
MCC-UE 1835 Argumentation and Debate

Technology and Society

Courses that focus on societal implications of new technologies of information, communication and digital media.

MCC-UE 1003 Introduction to Digital Media
MCC-UE 1006 Television: History and Form
MCC-UE 1007 Film: History and Form
MCC-UE 1008 Video Games: Culture and Industry
MCC-UE 1012 Crime, Violence and Media
MCC-UE 1020 The Business of Media
MCC-UE 1021 Dead Media Research Studio
MCC-UE 1024 Amateur Media
MCC-UE 1026 Disability, Technology and Media
MCC-UE 1028 Ethics and Media
MCC-UE 1029 New Media Research Studio
MCC-UE 1030 Architecture as Media
MCC-UE 1032 Social Media Networking 
MCC-UE 1034 Media, Technology and Society
MCC-UE 1036 On the Phone: Telephone and Mobile Communication Technology
MCC-UE 1037 Music and Media
MCC-UE 1151 Media History of New York
MCC-UE 1300 Media and Global Communication
MCC-UE 1303 Privacy and Media Technology
MCC-UE 1305 Communication and International Development
MCC-UE 1347 Cultural History of the Screen
MCC-UE 1402 Marxism and Culture
MCC-UE 1405 Copyright, Commerce and Culture
MCC-UE 1406 Hacker Culture and Politics
MCC-UE 1411 Visual Culture in Science and Technology
MCC-UE 1508 Print: History and Form
MCC-UE 1571 The Rise of Internet Media
MCC-UE 1717 Listening: Noise, Sound and Music