{"id":147,"date":"2026-06-11T15:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T19:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/?page_id=147"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:16:37","slug":"curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-media-culture-and-the-arts-b-a\">Media, Culture, and the Arts, B.A.<\/h1>\n\n\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><nav class=\"is-responsive wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Menu 2\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"menu-title\">Menu<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\" id=\"modal-1\" data-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\" data-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\" data-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" data-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\" data-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\" data-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" data-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\" id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container is-responsive wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Overview<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/curriculum\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Curriculum<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/experiential-learning\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Experiential learning<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/visual-and-performing-arts\/academics\/media-culture-and-the-arts-ba\/careers\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Careers<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-curriculum\">Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45rem\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">The Bachelor of Arts in Media, Culture, and the Arts requires 13 courses organized into five distinct categories. Together they form a coherent education in the production, cultural context and meaning of media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-core-foundation\">Core foundation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every media, culture, and the arts student begins with\u00a0<strong>MCA 101: Introduction to the Theory, History and Analysis of Media<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 the anchor of the major and a prerequisite for declaring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-media-production-workshops\">Media Production Workshops<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Three courses, from different program areas <\/em><br>These hands-on courses develop practical skills across disciplines. Options span visual art, photography, graphic design, digital filmmaking, documentary production, music composition, theater, audio production, digital 3D modeling, and journalism. By working across different areas, students develop fluency across a broad range of media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-histories-of-sight-and-sound-nbsp\">Histories of Sight and Sound&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em style=\"caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); white-space: normal;\">Three courses \u2014 from Classical and early modern, modern, and contemporary periods; each from a different program area<\/em><br>These courses examine media within their historical, cultural, and social context. You&#8217;ll move across time periods and disciplines \u2014 art history, music history, film history, literary history \u2014 developing skills in critical analysis. Courses include Bach and Baroque Art, the History of U.S. Film Since 1960, the History of Game Development, and Post-Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-theories-of-culture-nbsp\">Theories of Culture&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Two courses from different program areas<\/em><br>These seminars examine how culture is defined, expressed, and disseminated through media. How is meaning produced? How do relations of power, ideology, race, class, and gender manifest in media forms across historical periods and locations? Courses range from Hip Hop and Social Identity to Meme Culture and Comedy Theory, Gender and Film, Ecologies in Crisis, and From Wagnerism to Nazism \u2014 a range that reflects the breadth of the media, culture, and the arts program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group padded has-lighter-orange-background-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"color:var(--clarku-color-dark-orange)\" class=\"eyebrow  has-text-align-left\">Signature experience<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-creative-intermedia-seminars-nbsp\">Creative Intermedia Seminars&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Two courses<\/em><br>Creative intermedia seminars are the signature courses of the media, culture and the arts major. Each seminar investigates a focused, conceptually ambitious subject that spans two or more disciplines \u2014 and every creative intermedia seminar culminates in a public demonstration of student work. These courses are where history, theory, and practice come together in a fully collaborative setting that encourages bold thinking. Options include animation and motion graphics, podcasting, soundtracks, interactive theater, portfolio development, and acting for film and television.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-capstone\">Capstone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior year culminates in either the Visual and Performing Arts capstone course or a media, culture and the arts honors thesis\/project. Both require advanced independent or collaborative work that addresses a significant issue or theme \u2014 and both involve a public demonstration of the work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/catalog.clarku.edu\/preview_program.php?catoid=35&amp;poid=7206&amp;returnto=2879&amp;_gl=1*1mhjc35*_gcl_au*MTYxNTIxODY4OC4xNzc3OTE5OTgy#mediacultureandtheartscourses\">Courses<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/curriculum-and-careers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/67\/Media-Culture-and-the-Arts-Major-Map.pdf\">Major map<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-white-color has-dark-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-6579163e4dd710fa92113ebe4b794368 is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-internships\">Internships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Students may register for MCA 298 to complete an internship for credit. With program director approval, an internship can substitute for one Creative Intermedia Seminar requirement. Consult the media, culture and the arts program director for the full policy.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum The Bachelor of Arts in Media, Culture, and the Arts requires 13 courses organized into five distinct categories. Together they form a coherent education in the production, cultural context and meaning of media. 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