Minor in Media and Entertainment Industries

The minor in Media and Entertainment Industries will provide undergraduates with an understanding of how the media and entertainment industries operate. Students will survey the histories, structures, and contemporary work practices of the media and entertainment industries. They will learn about the activities of media organizations and how media professionals navigate a rapidly changing industrial environment. The minor is designed to prepare students for careers within and related to a range of media and entertainment industries and professions including film, television, social and mobile media, and gaming, among other possibilities. Students will be exposed to a range of employment opportunities in both the private and public sectors at a time when the media landscape is undergoing rapid transformations both nationally and internationally. The Media and Entertainment Industries minor allows students from a range of majors across UT Austin to interact in class, engage in experiential learning, enhance their employment qualifications, and generally prepare them to be leaders in these dynamically evolving industries. The minor also allows enough flexibility for students to customize their study to focus on areas of the media and entertainment industries of great interest to them.

Admission

This program is open to all students under the 2018–2020 and future catalogs who are not majoring in Radio-Television-Film and have a 2.5 cumulative grade point average.
Acceptance into the minor does not come with preference or guarantee of a seat in any RTF course.

Application Steps

  • Step 1: Apply for the Media and Entertainment Industries minor here: Media and Entertainment Industries Minor Application
  • Step 2: Select “RTF Radio-Television-Film" in the drop-down menu, and then ”Media and Entertainment Industries.”
  • Step 3: Begin taking your minor courses. (You do not have to be accepted to the Media and Entertainment Industries minor to take the courses, and any courses taken before applying will be applied once the application is complete.)

Requirements by Course Catalog

Requirements/Rules - Catalog 2018-2020

The minor requires fifteen hours of coursework, with at least nine hours being upper-division and at least nine hours completed in residence.

All courses must be taken for a letter grade, unless the course is only offered on a credit/no credit basis.  Only courses with a C- or better will be counted toward the minor. Courses that appear in multiple lists may only be counted once. If a student chooses to take a 6-hour internship course, only three of the hours may count toward the minor. Six hours of non-internship UTLA coursework may be counted toward the minor. Students must petition the internship coordinator in advance if they wish to substitute another internship course number in place of RTF 330.

Students must fulfill the following requirements*:

1. Three hours from the following:

  • RTF 303C - Introduction to Media & Entertainment Industries
  • RTF 347P - The Business of Hollywood

2. Three hours from the following courses:

  • RTF 303C - Introduction to Media & Entertainment Industries
  • RTF 330N - Internship in Media Industries
  • RTF 347P - The Business of Hollywood
  • RTF 350L - Semester in Los Angeles Internship (UTLA)
  • RTF 650L - Semester in Los Angeles Internship (UTLA)
  • RTF 367K - Producing Film and Television

3. Nine hours from the following:

  • RTF 303C - Introduction to Media & Entertainment Industries
  • RTF 306 - Introduction to World Cinema History
  • RTF 308 - Development of Film and Media
  • RTF 321C - History of American Television
  • RTF 324C - Introduction to Global Media
  • RTF 331K - Transmedia Storytelling
  • RTF 331P - Digital Media Platforms or Platforms and Digital Culture
  • RTF 331P - Internet Cultures
  • RTF 331P - The Video Game Industry
  • RTF 335 - Contemporary Television Criticism
  • RTF 345 - Documentary and Creative Non-Fiction
  • RTF 342 - Digital Mainland China and Taiwan
  • RTF 342S - Global Hollywood
  • RTF 347C - How Hollywood Works (Entertainment Industry: The Big Picture) (UTLA)
  • RTF 347C - Introduction to the Music Business
  • RTF 347P - The Business of Hollywood
  • RTF 348 - Telling & Selling the Story (UTLA)
  • RTF 348 - Inside the Music Industry (UTLA)
  • RTF 348 - New Media & Emerging Entertainment (UTLA)
  • RTF 359 - Asian American Media Cultures
  • RTF 365 - Media Industries and Entrepreneurship
  • RTF 367K - Producing Film and Television
  • RTF 377H - Global Sports Media
  • RTF 377H - Media & Popular Culture

Under specific circumstances, the faculty committee may approve course substitutions for minor course requirements. Students should meet with the minors advisor to discuss this process. Petitions will not be reviewed during registration or add/drop periods.

*NOTES:

  • Some courses may be restricted to only RTF majors at various points of the registration access period.
  • Not all courses are offered each semester.
  • Most courses are offered at least once within a three-year period.
  • Courses that appear in multiple lists may only be counted once.

If after full review of minor requirements you still have questions, please contact your academic advisor or email moodyminors@austin.utexas.edu

Requirements/Rules - Catalog 2020–2022

The minor requires fifteen hours of coursework, with at least nine hours being upper-division and at least nine hours completed in residence.

All courses must be taken for a letter grade, unless the course is only offered on a credit/no credit basis.  Only courses with a C- or better will be counted toward the minor. Courses that appear in multiple lists may only be counted once. If a student chooses to take a 6-hour internship course, only three of the hours may count toward the minor. Six hours of non-internship UTLA coursework may be counted toward the minor. Students must petition the internship coordinator in advance if they wish to substitute another internship course number in place of RTF 330.

Students must fulfill the following requirements*:

1. Three hours from the following:

  • RTF 303C - Introduction to Media & Entertainment Industries
  • RTF 347P - The Business of Hollywood

2. Three hours from the following courses:

  • RTF 303C - Introduction to Media & Entertainment Industries
  • RTF 330N - Internship in Media Industries
  • RTF 347P - The Business of Hollywood
  • RTF 350L - Semester in Los Angeles Internship (UTLA)
  • RTF 650L - Semester in Los Angeles Internship (UTLA)
  • RTF 367K - Producing Film and Television

3. Nine hours from the following:

  • RTF 303C - Introduction to Media & Entertainment Industries
  • RTF 306 - Introduction to World Cinema History
  • RTF 308 - Development of Film and Media
  • RTF 321C - History of American Television
  • RTF 324C - Introduction to Global Media
  • RTF 331K - Transmedia Storytelling
  • RTF 331P - Digital Media Platforms or Platforms and Digital Culture
  • RTF 331P - Internet Cultures
  • RTF 331P - The Video Game Industry
  • RTF 335 - Contemporary Television Criticism
  • RTF 345 - Documentary and Creative Non-Fiction
  • RTF 342 - Digital Mainland China and Taiwan
  • RTF 342S - Global Hollywood
  • RTF 347C - How Hollywood Works (Entertainment Industry: The Big Picture) (UTLA)
  • RTF 347C - Introduction to the Music Business
  • RTF 347P - The Business of Hollywood
  • RTF 348 - Telling & Selling the Story (UTLA)
  • RTF 348 - Inside the Music Industry (UTLA)
  • RTF 348 - New Media & Emerging Entertainment (UTLA)
  • RTF 359 - Asian American Media Cultures
  • RTF 365 - Media Industries and Entrepreneurship
  • RTF 367K - Producing Film and Television
  • RTF 377H - Global Sports Media
  • RTF 377H - Media & Popular Culture

Under specific circumstances, the faculty committee may approve course substitutions for minor course requirements. Students should meet with the minors advisor to discuss this process. Petitions will not be reviewed during registration or add/drop periods.

*NOTES:

  • Some courses may be restricted to only RTF majors at various points of the registration access period.
  • Not all courses are offered each semester.
  • Most courses are offered at least once within a three-year period.
  • Courses that appear in multiple lists may only be counted once.

If after full review of minor requirements you still have questions, please contact your academic advisor or email moodyminors@austin.utexas.edu

Read about all RTF minors.