Overview
The Lew Klein College of Media and Communication has partnered with Temple University Rome (TU Rome) and Temple University Japan (TU Japan) to offer an 18–20-credit (at least 6 courses) Minor in Global Communication and Media Arts (GCMA). This program is designed to provide undergraduate students from a wide range of academic backgrounds and interests, and especially students already studying at TU Rome or TU Japan, or who may be planning to study on one of Temple's international campuses, with an international education in communication arts and media production.
To earn the GCMA minor, students, who can be from any major, must successfully complete at least nine of the minor's 18–20 credits on one of Temple's international campuses: TU Rome or TU Japan. If desired, students can complete all 18–20 credits for the minor on one or both of Temple's international campuses. However, a maximum of 10 credits completed on Temple's Main campus can count toward the GCMA minor. In other words, a student could complete the entire GCMA minor without taking any courses on Temple's Main campus.
Students majoring in Advertising, Communication and Social Influence, Film and Media Arts, Journalism, or Media Studies and Production may count up to 3 credits (1 course) from the array of courses in the minor toward both their major and the minor. Should students decide to pursue a major in one of these programs, any courses from the minor's array that were completed from that major can be applied to the major; however, only 3 credits can count toward completing both the major and the minor.
Campus Locations: Japan, Rome
Contact Information
Temple Japan Campus
Students interested in more information or declaring this minor should contact the TUJ Academic Advising Center (AAC), aac@tuj.temple.edu, Room 102, TUJ Building.
Requirements
To earn the Global Communication and Media Arts Minor transcript notation, a student must successfully complete a total of 18–20 credits of courses from the Klein College of Media and Communication and from the Department of Film and Media Arts. The minor requires that a minimum of 9 credits—and up to all—of the 18–20 credit hours must be taken on the campuses of either TU Rome or TU Japan, or both, and a maximum of 10 credit hours can be completed on Temple's Main campus. Each course that fulfills a requirement for the minor must be passed with a C- or better.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Course | ||
| Select one of the following: 1 | 3 | |
| Introduction to Media and Society | ||
| Journalism and Society | ||
| Introduction to Media Analysis | ||
| Electives | ||
| Select from the following list of courses, for a total of 15-17 credits: 2 | 15-17 | |
| Digital Media and Advertising | ||
| Personal Branding | ||
| Introduction to Art Direction: Visual Communication | ||
| Resistance, Protests, and Social Movements | ||
| Intercultural and Cross Cultural Conflict | ||
| Social Activism and Community Organizing | ||
| Intercultural Communication | ||
| Communication, Culture and Identity | ||
| Sports Writing | ||
| Travel Writing | ||
| Writing Arts Criticism | ||
| Documentary Photography | ||
| Ethnic and Alternative News Media | ||
| Introduction to Media Business | ||
| Introduction to Media Production | ||
| Travel Writing | ||
| Media and Cultural Differences | ||
| Media and the Environment | ||
| Global Media | ||
| Mobile Media | ||
| Creating a Media Business | ||
| Global Communication and Leadership | ||
| Media Arts for Non-Production Majors | ||
| Media & Culture | ||
| Introduction to Film and Video Analysis | ||
| Video Production for Non-Production Majors 3 | ||
| History of Experimental Film and Video Art | ||
| Cross-Cultural Image Making 4 | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 18-20 | |
- 1
At TU Rome and TU Japan, these courses may be cross-listed.
- 2
Not all of these courses will be offered at TU Rome or TU Japan every semester, but a select group will be offered regularly on both campuses.
- 3
Must be taken with FMA 3247.
- 4
Students without filmmaking experience must also take FMA 2245.