The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs

In addition to the MCID concentration’s required foundation course, News Media & Culture: Purveyors of International Affairs (3 credits), students are required to take at least 3 elective courses broadly related to Media issues: Culture, International Communications, Sociology, Liberal Studies and the like—9 credits total—either at GPIA or other New School divisions:
(1.) Sample “skill” courses—media management and business, telecommunications, technology, media law and the First Amendment, public relations, advertising, news writing/reporting;
(2.) Sample “perspective” courses—U.S. and international campaigns and elections, journalism and public policy, international news and foreign cultures, race, gender and the press, the role of advertisement and propaganda in news and politics, study of the language in politics and the press, visual art as news medium

With approval from an academic advisor, some of these electives could be substituted by:

• Individual MCID study project—3 credits
• Media/Culture studies-relevant internship—3 credits

In addition to GPIA courses and courses in other divisions at The New School, such as the Media Studies Program and the New School for Social Research, students are permitted to take up to 3 credits (1 class) at other universities in the New York area (see p. 7 of GPIA Handbook: “GPIA Courses taken outside The New School: MA and MS students may occasionally take classes at other universities in the New York area while matriculated in the GPIA degree program. Students are allowed to take up to 3 credits (one class) elsewhere while enrolled in GPIA. In exceptional cases an MA student may petition to take an additional course outside The New School. Students should first get approval from their advisor for any course taken outside The New School that they wish to count towards their degree. Students then register on a non-matriculated basis at the respective university and apply to transfer course credit. Students are responsible for becoming acquainted with the procedures, rules and regulations of the respective university. Students bear the tuition costs of the credits, and payment is made directly to the respective university.”

Foundation Course

News Media and Culture: Purveyors of International Affairs is the foundation course for the Media and Culture concentration. View the syllabus for Fall 2008 here.

Along with three other media/culture electives, satisfies the requirement for the concentration (12 credits total).

Current Courses (Fall 2008)

Spring 2009 Courses

Electives offered in years past

• The Politics of Cultural Memory
• Media and Politics of Propaganda
• The Foreign Correspondent
• Globalization and Media
• Identity, Difference & Film Narrative
• Human Rights and Media

You should also check out the current course log and cross listed courses on the Media Studies program.

To learn more about the Media & Culture Concentration please contact the Concentration Chair, Professor Nina L. Khrushcheva, at Room 603. Sonja Uwimana is the current Concentration Associate. Please contact her with questions, suggestions or concerns.