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Program checklist · MA

Media Study BA Critical Studies Concentration/Arts Management MA

University at Buffalo · Buffalo, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
MA
Credential class
ceterms:MasterDegree
Catalog edition
2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196088
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196088_a29e973d
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

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

Course Requirements

0 items

    Three Introduction to Interpretation courses (12 credits)

    2 items
    1. DMS 107LEC
      Film & Media History 1
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. DMS 259SEM
      Understanding Media Study
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Four Advanced Analysis courses (16 credits)

    5 items
    1. DMS 303LEC
      Video Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. DMS 411SEM
      Film and Media Theory
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. DMS 305
      Film Analysis OR
      Not resolved to a course
    4. DMS 306
      Film Analysis II
      Not resolved to a course
    5. DMS 409
      Nonfiction Film Analysis
      Not resolved to a course

    One Media and Culture course (4 credits)

    4 items
    1. DMS 213LEC
      Immigration and Film
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. DMS 331LEC
      Social and Mobile Media
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. DMS 333LEC
      World Cinema
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    4. DMS 452LEC
      Media for Social Change
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    One New Media Theory course (4 credits)

    3 items
    1. DMS 415LEC
      Special Topics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. DMS 426SEM
      Sound Media Poetics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. DMS 480SEM
      Social Media & Networks
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    One Production course (4 credits)

    3 items
    1. DMS 103SEM
      Film Production 1
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    2. DMS 105SEM
      Basic Documentary
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. DMS 121SEM
      Basic Digital Arts
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Two Electives (6 credits minimum)

    17 items
    1. DMS 311LEC
      PLASMA: Performance, Screenings, and Lectures in Media Art
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. DMS 213LEC
      Immigration and Film
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    3. DMS 215LEC
      Special Topics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    4. DMS 216LEC
      Special Topics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    5. DMS 303LEC
      Video Analysis
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    6. DMS 331LEC
      Social and Mobile Media
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    7. DMS 333LEC
      World Cinema
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    8. DMS 415LEC
      Special Topics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    9. DMS 416LEC
      Special Topics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    10. DMS 417LEC
      Special Topics
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    11. DMS 418LEC
      Special Topics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    12. DMS 452LEC
      Media for Social Change
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    13. DMS 455LEC
      Special Topics
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    14. DMS 474SEM
      Media Studies
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    15. DMS 480SEM
      Social Media & Networks
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    16. DMS 496TUT
      Media Arts Internship
      Not resolved to a course
      1-4
    17. DMS 499TUT
      Independent Study
      Not resolved to a course
      1-8

    Breadth Requirement (6 credits)

    0 items

      Arts Management Graduate Core (39 credits)

      10 items
      1. AAP 501
        Why Manage the Arts?
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      2. AAP 508
        Arts and Cultural Policy and Diplomacy
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      3. AAP 509
        Research in Arts Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      4. AAP 511
        Fieldwork in Arts Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      5. AAP 551
        Introduction to Nonprofit Management I
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      6. AAP 552
        Introduction to Nonprofit Management II
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      7. AAP 585
        Legal Issues in Arts Management
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      8. AAP 560
        Managing Arts Spaces
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      9. AAP 512
        OR AAP 513 - Final Project or Thesis Guidance
        Not resolved to a course
        3
      10. AAP 500+ electives
        Not resolved to a course
        12

      Additional Degree Requirements Include

      2 items
      1. Additional coursework to fulfill UB Curriculum requirements
        Not resolved to a course
      2. Elective courses as needed to complete the 105 undergraduate credits total
        Not resolved to a course

      Academic Requirements

      0 items

        Program Distinction

        0 items

          Curricular Plan

          45 items
          1. Pathway
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          2. Scientific Literacy 1
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          3. Math and Quantitative Reasoning
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          4. ENG 105LEC
            Writing and Rhetoric
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          5. UB Seminar
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          6. Scientific Literacy 2
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          7. Scientific Lab
            Not resolved to a course
            1
          8. Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          9. Pathway
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          10. Intro to Interpretation I
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          11. Pathway
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          12. Pathway
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          13. Breadth Requirement I
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          14. Advanced Analysis I
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          15. Intro to Interpretation II
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          16. Communication Literacy II
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          17. Production Course
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          18. Pathway
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          19. Breadth Requirement II
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          20. Intro to Interpretation III
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          21. Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            2
          22. Pathway
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          23. New Media Theory Course
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          24. Advanced Analysis III
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          25. Advanced Analysis II
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          26. UBC 399MNT
            UB Curriculum Capstone
            Not resolved to a course
            1
          27. Media and Culture Course
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          28. Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          29. Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          30. Advanced Analysis IV
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          31. AAP 552LEC
            Arts Marketing and Analysis
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          32. AAP 551LEC
            Arts Business and Finance
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          33. AAP 501SEM
            Why Manage the Arts?
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          34. DMS Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          35. DMS Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            4
          36. AAP 509SEM
            Research in Arts Mgmt
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          37. AAP 585SEM
            Legal Issues in Arts Mgmt
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          38. AAP 511TUT
            Fieldwork in Arts Mgmt
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          39. AAP Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          40. AAP Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          41. AAP 508SEM
            Arts/Cul Pol & Diplomacy
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          42. AAP 560TUT
            Managing Arts Spaces
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          43. AAP Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          44. AAP 512TUT
            Project Guidance
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          45. AAP Elective
            Not resolved to a course
            3
          Source. University at Buffalo, catalog 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog — https://catalogs.buffalo.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=21&poid=8200&returnto=1177. Captured page pages/0382.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.