The DMCI Minor provides students with a combination of analytical and applied skills training in digital media. Students will develop expertise in digital media topics and skills from a social sciences and critical-cultural perspective. The new minor furthers LMU’s emphasis on interdisciplinarity by requiring students to take a blend of courses from critical-cultural studies, sociology, and policy research. In addition, by requiring students to take courses in digital media production, including courses that focus on digital video, audio and other applied media skills, students will acquire the training needed to be competitive in career pathways in digital media fields.
The minor provides students with a critically informed, social justice-oriented understanding of our digital world and will help them discover potential roles in a broad range of digital media industries as diverse as podcasting, digital video production, software development, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies. Because the minor employs a critical approach to understanding media industries, it also prepares students for careers in internet policy and political advocacy. Beyond its potential for career training, the minor will help students understand the fast-paced, future-oriented digital media industries that have become central to social and political life in the 21st Century.
Admission
The minor is open to all students, including those majoring in Communication Studies. Criteria for admission into the minor will include an overall LMU GPA of 3.25, a resume and a letter of intent. Application details and deadlines available on the departmental website.
The minor requires six courses, including two lower-division courses (CMST 2500 and CMST 2510), three upper-division courses (one from each of the minor's three areas: Media Cultures, Media Production, and Media Industries), and either an applied media production course or an internship course. The minor is designed to be completed in four-to-five semesters, with careful advising.
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CMST 2500 | Media Studies | 4 |
| CMST 2510 | Digital Diversities: Media Production as Social Justice | 4 |
| Select one of the following: Media Cultures | 4 | |
| Global Media and Popular Culture | ||
| Digital Self | ||
| Media Affect | ||
| Digital Rhetoric | ||
| Digital Culture's Dark Side | ||
| Select one of the following: Media Production | 4 | |
| Immersed in Urban Oil: Documenting Los Angeles Petrocultures | ||
| Documentary in the Digital Age | ||
| Digital Media | ||
| Sound Studies: The Art of Podcast | ||
| Select one of the following: Media Industries | 4 | |
| Wires and Empires | ||
| Social Media Management | ||
| Business of Media | ||
| The Rise of Cable News: From CNN to YouTube | ||
| Citizen Media | ||
| Select one of the following: | 1 | |
| Applied Media Production | ||
| Internship for CMST Minor Programs | ||
| Total Semester Hours | 21 | |
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