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Major in Media Studies

State University of New York at New Paltz · New Paltz, NY

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Program
Award
Major in Media Studies
CIP
09.0401
Total credits (published)
41
Catalog edition
2025-2026 Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
The major in Media Studies focuses on the history, impact, and content of mass media and aims to promote critical thinking and media literacy at all levels of media production and consumption. Our curriculum cultivates greater awareness of issues of diversity and representation in mass media and helps students develop the research and professional skills needed to succeed in today's media industry. A broad selection of elective courses enables students to focus on specific areas of interest, while a required internship and a senior capstone experience provides students with hands-on experience creating, producing, and managing media content.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196176
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196176_c341ec24
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Required Core Courses (24 Credits)

major core · 7 items
  1. DMJ 101
    3
  2. DMJ 211
    3
  3. DMJ 215
    4
  4. DMJ 310
    3
  5. DMJ 335
    3
  6. DMJ 350
    4
  7. DMJ 432
    4

Required Electives (9 Credits)

electives · 22 items
  1. Select three additional DMJ courses (or designated related courses), of which two (6 credits) must be upper division and Liberal Arts.
    Not resolved to a course
    9
  2. DMJ 210
    3
  3. DMJ 221
    3
  4. DMJ 230
    4
  5. DMJ 293
    3-12
  6. DMJ 300
    3
  7. DMJ 305
    3
  8. DMJ 314
    4
  9. DMJ 319
    3
  10. DMJ 321
    3
  11. DMJ 331
    3
  12. DMJ 333
    3
  13. DMJ 334
    4
  14. DMJ 343
    3
  15. DMJ 347
    4
  16. DMJ 373
    3
  17. DMJ 390
    4
  18. DMJ 393
    1-12
  19. DMJ 434
    3
  20. DMJ 452
    3
  21. DMJ 470
    1-4
  22. DMJ 475
    4

Required Capstone (4 Credits)

1 item
  1. DMJ 444
    4

Required Internship (4 Credits)

2 items
  1. DMJ 490
    Internship in Digital Media/Journalism
    or: DMJ461 Legislative Gazette
    3
  2. DMJ 491
    1
Source. State University of New York at New Paltz, catalog 2025-2026 Catalog — https://catalog.newpaltz.edu/undergraduate/college-liberal-arts-sciences/digital-media-journalism/major-media-studies/. Captured page pages/0341.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.