Our curriculum is organized around the five areas of study described below. These are not strict tracks, but thematic clusters to help students plan their path of intellectual inquiry through the major.
Global Communication and Media
Courses examine global media production, circulation and consumption in relation to citizenship and identity, immigration and diasporas, human rights and social movements, political-economic inequalities, and geopolitics.
Framing Courses
- MCC-UE 1300 Media and Globalization
- MCC-UE 1037 Music and Media
- MCC-UE 0005 Language and Communication
Focus Courses
- MCC-UE 1002 Space and Place in Human Communication
- MCC-UE 1005 The Culture Industries (Note: was a framing course through F24, effective Spring 2025 it is a focus)
- 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 1302 Global Television
- MCC-UE 1304 Global Media and International Law
- MCC-UE 1306 Global Media Flows
- MCC-UE 1310 Culture and Media in Urban China
- MCC-UE 1314 South Asian Diaspora: Media and Cultural Politics
- MCC-UE 1340 Religion and Media
- MCC-UE 1341 Middle East Media
- MCC-UE 1342 Sounds In and Out of Africa
- MCC-UE 1351 War As Media
- MCC-UE 1352 Revolution and Media
- 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 1413 Cultural Memory
- MCC-UE 1431 Topics in Digital Humanities: Street Food and Urban Family (Shanghai)
- MCC-UE 9451 Global Media Seminar: Media in China
- MCC-UE 9452 Global Media Seminar: Media Activism and Democracy in Italy
- MCC-UE 9453 Global Media Seminar: Post Communist Media Systems
- MCC-UE 9454 Global Media Seminar: France and Europe
- MCC-UE 9455 Global Media Seminar: Latin America
- MCC-UE 9456 Global Media Seminar: Australia
- MCC-UE 9457 Global Media Seminar: Britain and Europe
- MCC-UE 1762 Cultural Geography of Commodities
Visual Culture and Sound Studies
Courses focus on the ways that visual and sound media shape everyday life on and offline, especially through politics and power.
Framing Courses
- MCC-UE 1006 Television: History and Form
- MCC-UE 1015 Advertising and Consumer Society
- MCC-UE 1037 Music and Media
- MCC-UE 1412 Introduction to Visual Culture
Focus Courses
- MCC-UE 1007 Film: History and Form
- MCC-UE 1008 Video Game Economies
- MCC-UE 1009 Psychoanalysis: Desire and Culture
- MCC-UE 1012 Crime, Violence, and Media
- 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 1031 Digital Media: Theory and Practice
- MCC-UE 1036 On the Phone: Telephone and Mobile Communication
- MCC-UE 1043 Queer and Trans Games Studies
- MCC-UE 1044 Black Screen Cultures
- MCC-UE 1045 Queer Film and TV
- MCC-UE 1065 Media Events and Spectacle
- MCC-UE 1140 Screening History
- MCC-UE 1141 Hollywood Films and American Life
- MCC-UE 1142 Critical Video: Theory & Practice
- MCC-UE 1151 Media History of New York
- MCC-UE 1152 Cultural Capital: Media and Arts in NYC
- MCC-UE 1162 Cultural Capital: Food and Media in NYC
- MCC-UE 1171 History of Computing
- MCC-UE 1302 Global Television
- MCC-UE 1339 Theory of the Digital
- MCC-UE 1342 Sounds In and Out of Africa
- MCC-UE 1345 Fashion and Power
- MCC-UE 1346 Fame
- MCC-UE 1347 Cultural History of the Screen
- MCC-UE 1351 War As Media
- MCC-UE 1352 Revolution and Media
- MCC-UE 1403 Postcolonial Visual Culture
- MCC-UE 1409 Consumption, Culture, and Identity
- MCC-UE 1410 Global Visual Culture
- MCC-UE 1411 Visual Culture in Science and Technology
- MCC-UE 1413 Cultural Memory
- MCC-UE 1517 Photography and the Visual Archive
- MCC-UE 1717 Listening: Noise, Sound, and Music
Technology and Society
Courses focus on information and communication technologies and their social, political and ethical implications.
Framing Courses
- MCC-UE 1027 Media and the Environment
- MCC-UE 1034 Technology and Society
- MCC-UE 1039 Platform Cultures
- MCC-UE 1349 Data and Society
- MCC-UE 1423 AI and Society
Focus Courses
- MCC-UE 1006 Television: History and Form
- MCC-UE 1007 Film: History and Form
- MCC-UE 1008 Video Game Economies
- 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 1031 Digital Media: Theory and Practice
- MCC-UE 1032 Social Media Practicum
- MCC-UE 1033 Critical Making
- MCC-UE 1036 On the Phone: Telephone and Mobile Communication
- MCC-UE 1037 Music and Media
- MCC-UE 1043 Queer and Trans Games Studies
- MCC-UE 1043 Black Screen Cultures
- MCC-UE 1141 Hollywood Films and American Life
- MCC-UE 1142 Critical Video: Theory & Practice
- MCC-UE 1151 Media History of New York
- MCC-UE 1154 Advanced Coding Workshop
- MCC-UE 1171 History of Computing
- MCC-UE 1300 Media and Globalization
- MCC-UE 1303 Privacy and Media Technology
- MCC-UE 1305 Communication and International Development
- MCC-UE 1339 Theory of the Digital
- MCC-UE 1347 Cultural History of the Screen
- MCC-UE 1349 Data and Society
- 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 1431 Topics in Digital Humanities: Street Food and Urban Family (Shanghai)
- MCC-UE 1508 Print: History and Form
- MCC-UE 1571 The Rise of Internet Media
- MCC-UE 1585 Creative Coding
- MCC-UE 1717 Listening: Noise, Sound, and Music
Media Industries and Politics
Courses examine the political economy of media and information industries, the use of media to shape and mobilize public opinion, social movements, and electoral politics.
Framing Courses
- MCC-UE 1013 Political Communication
- MCC-UE 1008 Video Game Economies
- MCC-UE 1015 Advertising and Consumer Society
Focus Courses
- MCC-UE 1005 The Culture Industries (Note: was a framing course through F24, effective Spring 2025 it is a focus)
- MCC-UE 1010 Censorship in American Culture
- MCC-UE 1014 Mass Persuasion and Propaganda
- MCC-UE 1017 Youth Media and Social Change
- MCC-UE 1023 East Asian Media
- MCC-UE 1025 Race and Media
- MCC-UE 1027 Media and the Environment
- MCC-UE 1028 Ethics and Media
- MCC-UE 1035 Forensic Media
- MCC-UE 1040 Media and the Culture of Health and Disease
- MCC-UE 1065 Media Events and Spectacle
- MCC-UE 1140 Screening History
- MCC-UE 1152 Cultural Capital: Media and Arts in NYC
- MCC-UE 1162 Cultural Capital: Food and Media in NYC
- MCC-UE 1304 Global Media and International Law
- MCC-UE 1340 Religion and Media
- MCC-UE 1341 Middle East Media
- MCC-UE 1346 Fame
- 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 and Trans Identity
- MCC-UE 1409 Consumption, Culture, and Identity
- MCC-UE 1419 Mediating Love, Sex, and God
- MCC-UE 1750 Rethinking Public Relations (formerly PR Theory & Process)
- MCC-UE 1762 Cultural Geography of Commodities
- MCC-UE 1800 Political Rhetoric
- MCC-UE 1821 Media, Policy, and Regulation
- MCC-UE 1826 Media Activism and Social Movements
Interaction and Experience
Courses explore how we relate to ourselves, each other, and the material world in various social, cultural, and technological contexts.
Framing Courses
- MCC-UE 0005 Language and Culture
- MCC-UE 1009 Psychoanalysis: Desire and Culture
- MCC-UE 1019 Media and Identity
- MCC-UE 1025 Race and Media
Focus Courses
- MCC-UE 1002 Space and Place in Human Communication
- MCC-UE 1011 Media and Migration
- MCC-UE 1013 Political Communication
- MCC-UE 1016 Media Audiences
- MCC-UE 1026 Disability, Technology and Media
- MCC-UE 1027 Media and the Environment
- MCC-UE 1032 Social Media Practicum
- MCC-UE 1035 Forensic Media
- MCC-UE 1040 Media and the Culture of Health and Disease
- MCC-UE 1041 Resisting Dystopia
- MCC-UE 1105 The Psychic Life of Media
- MCC-UE 1162 Cultural Capital: Food and Media in NYC
- 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 and Trans Identity
- MCC-UE 1419 Mediating Love, Sex, and God
- MCC-UE 1508 Print: History and Form
- MCC-UE 1571 The Rise of Internet Media
- MCC-UE 1700 Communicating Gender & Identity
- MCC-UE 1745 Organizational Communication
- MCC-UE 1826 Media Activism and Social Movements