Literature, Communication & the Arts

This concentration is designed for students interested in studying literature, art history, writing and journalism, public speaking and rhetoric, film, theatre, music, and media communications. The concentration is also designed for students who work in arts administration and education, public speaking, writing, public relations, publishing, and mass media. This concentration prepares students for further studies in literature, Journalism, Creative Writing, Media Studies, American Studies, and, paired with history and political science course offerings, the concentration can be a preparation for law school. All students within the literature and communication concentration are strongly urged to take coursework in cultural and social theory as well as history courses --courses that enable a student to bring a social/historical context to the study of the movements within literature, the arts, and media institutions.

These courses are recommended as a foundation for the concentration:

     English Composition or Writing, Knowing, and Current Events
     Core Humanities I and II
     Writing for the Humanities
     Introduction to Media and Communication Arts
     Introduction to Journalism
     Foundations of Speech, Oral Interpretation, Advanced Public Speaking,  and/or  Argumentation
     Introduction to Creative Writing
     Critical Reading and Writing

Students interested in literature and creative writing should consider courses from the categories of Creative Writing Workshops, English Literature, American Literature, Africana Literature, Literary Perspectives on Women, and Historical Studies in World and Comparative Literature. See the CCNY Bulletin for more detailed course descriptions and listings and consult with your advisor.

Students interested in Journalism should consider:

     Introduction to Journalism
     Reporting and Writing
     News & Society

Students interested in language, literacy, and pedagogy should consider: 

     Literacy, Culture, and Power
     Sociology of Education
     Language and Literacy
     Advanced Grammar
     Peer Tutoring Workshop

Those interested in Media Studies should consider:

     Video Documentary Workshop I and II
     Introduction to Film Studies
     New York City in Film Labor and Film
     Special topics in film/filmmaking

Students of this concentration are also encouraged to develop critical skills and content knowledge in the disciplines of music, music history, art, art history, philosophy courses, as well as interdisciplinary courses in science and the arts:

     Drawing I and II
     Art History I & II
     Courses in the art and architecture of African, Oceanic, and New World
     Cultures
     Women and World Art
     Women and Art in New York City
     Music and Social Narrative
     Reason, Knowledge, and Values
     The Rational Animal
     Ethics
     From Frankenstein to Frankenfoods