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.
From introductory to upper-level courses, students will build a portfolio of critical and creative work. The senior year capstone course is advised by faculty members. In this course, students work on projects in small and large groups that allow students to leverage their fluency in the history, theory, and practice of digital media, while gaining valuable full-scale development skills. With a flexible format, this final project is also aimed to support students’ next steps: it could be submitted in applying to graduate programs, used in a grant proposal for an art project or exhibition, or shared as a work sample in a job interview. Graduating students will be able to pursue a range of paths, working in artistic, historical, technological, and media contexts.
The Major in Media/Art/Culture leads to the Bachelor of Arts degree. Completion of the major requires 12 courses, or 36 credits in total. All courses for the major in Media/Art/Culture must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher, or a grade of S. Please note that enrollment in any course is contingent on requirements stated in the undergraduate course catalog, and some upper-division courses require lower-level prerequisites.
Introductory courses provide students with the opportunity to gain exposure to media arts history, theory and practice, providing foundational knowledge and proficiencies, enabling realization of critical and creative thinking into outcomes. Intermediate courses critically engage with contexts, methods, processes (analysis and application) of the languages of media. Students also have the opportunity to select special topics courses, or electives outside of the department, expanding the learning experience.
The following completed requirements lead to a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Major in Media/Art/Culture:
Art Practice Courses:
Art History and Criticism Courses:
Art Practice Courses:
Art History and Criticism Courses:
* Pre-approval by Director of Undergraduate Studies and Faculty Advisor required.
Additional ARS and ARH Topics courses (300 and 400-level) can be used with the permission of the Undergraduate Director by petition if the topic is deemed pertinent to the MAC major.
Additional courses outside the Art Department can be used with the permission of the Undergraduate Director by petition if the topic is deemed pertinent to the MAC major.
Additional Notes:
| FRESHMAN |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| First Year Seminar 101 | 1 |
| WRT 101 | 3 |
| ARS 225 | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| First Year Seminar 102 | 1 |
| WRT 102 | 3 |
| ARH 207 | 3 |
| ARH 208 | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 16 |
| SOPHOMORE |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| ARS 324 | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| ARH 336 | 3 |
| ARS 326 | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| SBC | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| JUNIOR |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| ARS 327 | 3 |
| ARH 348 | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Upper-division SBC | 3 |
| Upper-division SBC | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| ARH 391 | 3 |
| ARH 395 | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| SBC or Elective | 3 |
| SBC or Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| SENIOR |
|---|
| FALL | Credits |
|---|---|
| ARS 384 | 3 |
| Upper-Division Elective | 3 |
| SBC or Elective | 3 |
| SBC or Elective | 3 |
| Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| SPRING | Credits |
|---|---|
| ARH 407 | 3 |
| Upper-Division Elective | 3 |
| SBC or Elective | 3 |
| SBC or Elective | 3 |
| SBC or Elective | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
Major in Media/Art/Culture
Department of Art, College of Arts and Sciences
Chair: Linda O'Keeffe
Director of Undergraduate Studies: Izumi Ashizawa
Assistant to the Chair: Laura Sisti
Office: 2224 Staller Center for the Arts
Phone: (631) 632-7250
Website: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/art/
Minors of particular interest to students majoring in Media/Art/Culture: Studio Art, Digital Art, Art History