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Program checklist · BA

Media/Art/Culture, BA

Stony Brook University · Stony Brook, NY

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Program
Award
BA
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Catalog edition
Fall 2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
Media/Art/Culture is a specialized interdisciplinary curriculum that brings together art history, film and media history, and photography, film and digital media studio practice. The program offers courses informed by histories of media, technology, and art, explored through specific social and cultural formations. Students engage critically with diverse topics and issues at the intersection of digital art, media, technology, and culture. Students acquire practical skills to create innovative work in digital media, including writing, photography, video, sound, interactive, computational and internet-based media. Coursework emphasizes cross-disciplinary, project-based, and collaborative learning; students practice working in teams and using forms of design thinking that will help prepare them to contribute in a wide range of contemporary workplaces.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196097
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196097_c632f3a6
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Degree Requirements - Media/Art/Culture

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    Core Foundations Courses

    0 items

      Art Practice Courses

      2 items
      1. ARS 225
        Introduction to Digital Art 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      2. ARS 281
        Introductory Photography 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course

      Art History and Criticism Courses

      3 items
      1. ARH 207
        Digital Media: History/Theory 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      2. ARH 208
        History of Photography 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course
      3. ARH 210
        The Art and Technology of Film 3 credits
        Not resolved to a course

      Elective Intermediate Courses

      0 items

        Art Practice Courses

        23 items
        1. ARS 317
          Interactive Media, Performance, and Installation
          Not resolved to a course
        2. ARS 319
          Art + the Brain 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        3. ARS 324
          Digital Arts: Design 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        4. ARS 325
          Digital Arts: Print 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        5. ARS 326
          Video Art: Narrative Forms 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        6. ARS 327
          Digital Arts: Web Design and Culture 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        7. ARS 328
          Digital Arts: Animation 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        8. ARS 329
          Video Art: Experimental Forms 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        9. ARS 381
          Color and Light Photography 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        10. ARS 382
          Analog Black and White Photography 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        11. ARS 384
          Art, Media and Technology 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        12. ARS 390
          Topics in Studio Art 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        13. ARS 401
          Critical Issues Seminar 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        14. ARS 402
          Documentary Media Art 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        15. ARS 425
          Advanced New Media Art 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        16. ARS 475
          Undergraduate Teaching Practicum I 3 credits, *
          Not resolved to a course
        17. ARS 476
          Undergraduate Teaching Practicum II 3 credits, *
          Not resolved to a course
        18. ARS 481
          Advanced Photography 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        19. ARS 487
          Advanced Directed Projects in Studio Theory and Practice 0-6 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        20. ARS 488
          Internship 0-6 credits, *
          Not resolved to a course
        21. ARS 491
          Special Topics in Studio Theory and Practice 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        22. ARS 492
          Special Topics in Studio Theory and Practice*
          Not resolved to a course
        23. ARS 495
          Senior Honors Project in Studio Art 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course

        Art History and Criticism Courses

        15 items
        1. ARH 333
          Arts for the Public 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        2. ARH 334
          Performance Art I: The European Avant-Garde 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        3. ARH 336
          The Computer and the Arts 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        4. ARH 344
          Performance Art II: World War II to the Present 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        5. ARH 348
          Contemporary Art 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        6. ARH 391
          Topics in Global Art 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        7. ARH 395
          Topics in Visual Culture 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        8. ARH 397
          Topics in Photography 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        9. ARH 398
          Topics in Film and Video Art 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        10. ARH 400
          Seminar in Art History and Criticism 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        11. ARH 475
          Undergraduate Teaching Practicum I 3 credits, *
          Not resolved to a course
        12. ARH 476
          Undergraduate Teaching Practicum II 3 credits, *
          Not resolved to a course
        13. ARH 487
          Independent Reading and Research in Art 0-6 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        14. ARH 488
          Internship 0-6 credits, *
          Not resolved to a course
        15. ARH 495
          Senior Honors Project in Art History and Criticism 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course

        Advanced Capstone Class- One course (3 credits)

        1 item
        1. ARH 407
          Seminar in Media/Art/Culture 3 credits **
          Not resolved to a course

        Approved Additional Courses

        33 items
        1. CCS 301
          Cinema and Media Theory 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        2. CCS 311
          Gender and Genre in Film 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        3. CCS 312
          Cinema and the Ancient World 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        4. CCS 313
          Television Studies 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        5. CCS 381
          Topics in Cinema Studies 6 credits.
          Not resolved to a course
        6. CCS 382
          Topics in Media and Popular Culture 6 credits.
          Not resolved to a course
        7. CCS 383
          Topics in Game Studies 6 credits.
          Not resolved to a course
        8. CCS 391
          Topics in Contemporary African Cinema and Cultural Studies 6 credits.
          Not resolved to a course
        9. CCS 392
          Topics in American Cinema and Cultural Studies 6 credits.
          Not resolved to a course
        10. CCS 393
          Topics in European Cinema and Cultural Studies 6 credits.
          Not resolved to a course
        11. CCS 394
          Topics in Asian Cinema and Cultural Studies 6 credits.
          Not resolved to a course
        12. CCS 395
          Topics in Digital Technology and Culture 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        13. COM 407
          Social Media Analytics 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        14. EGL 303
          Genre or Media 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        15. EGL 325
          Screenwriting 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        16. EGL 351
          Documentary Cinema: History, Theory, Practice 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        17. EGL 389
          Science Fiction 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        18. EGL 394
          Topics in Literary and Cultural Studies of Science and Technology 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        19. FLM 301
          The Filmmaker’s Toolbox: Cinematography, Sound and Editing 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        20. FLM 302
          Producing Practices for Film and Television: Producing and Directing 6 credits as the topic changes.
          Not resolved to a course
        21. FLM 320
          Topics in Film for Filmmakers and Television Writers 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        22. JRN 319
          The Image of the Journalist in Popular Culture 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        23. MUS 314
          Music, Gender, and Sexuality 3 credits *
          Not resolved to a course
        24. MUS 341
          Sound Design 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        25. MUS 344
          Audio Engineering 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        26. MUS 437
          Electronic Music 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        27. SOC 315
          Sociology of Technology 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        28. SOC 330
          Media and Society 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        29. SOC 395
          Topics in Science, Technology, and Society 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        30. THR 325
          Screenwriting 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        31. THR 355
          Media and Production Design for Theatre 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        32. THR 403
          Media: Theory and Criticism 3 credits
          Not resolved to a course
        33. Note: This program contains courses that are crosslisted with at least one other academic department. Any course with an asterisk (*) indicates that it is crosslisted. Students will earn credit toward this degree requirement by registering for either course, but may not repeat the course by enrolling a second time under the other option. To view all course options, please click the course title.
          Not resolved to a course

        Notes

        3 items
        1. No more than three credits from any internship (488) may be applied to the major.
          Not resolved to a course
        2. No more than three credits from any teaching practicum or independent research (ARS 475 /ARS 476 or ARH 487 /ARH 488 ) may be applied to the major. Teaching practicums are supervised undergraduate TA experiences.
          Not resolved to a course
        3. No more than three credits from ARH/ARS 487 may be applied to the major.
          Not resolved to a course

        SBC Courses

        3 items
        1. Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
          Not resolved to a course
        2. Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
          Not resolved to a course
        3. Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
          Not resolved to a course

        Sample Course Sequence

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