Advance Schedule

Spring 2025

MSCH-H 317 - Children and Media

Acquaints students with the popular and research literatures on children and media, including television and computers. Students will be expected to identify recurring themes and topics related to children and media and to evaluate their significance in understanding the role of media in children's lives.

Summer 2025

MSCH-H 420 - Foreign Study for Honors Students

Three-credit summer course that is a required component of the honors Summer in London program and counts as one of the two required honors electives for Media School honors students. Summer in London is open to rising juniors in the Ernie Pyle Scholars and Media Scholars programs and is explained in detail at a call-out meeting during fall semester of student's sophomore year, with a registration deadline immediately after Thanksgiving holiday break.

Fall 2025

MSCH-H 410 - Media as Social Institutions

Examine functions and impact of the mass media in society with primary focus on the United States. Discuss values of media organizations and professional and ethical values of journalists. Critical analysis of the relationship of media and society and the effect of political, economic, and cultural factors on media operation.

Spring 2026

MSCH-H 310 - Propaganda, Conspiracy, Misinformation

This seminar addresses the contemporary concept that has come to be known as “misinformation.” We explore the recent emergence of the idea, along with historical antecedents such as “propaganda,” “conspiracy theory,” and “disinformation.” We consider philosophies that bear on misinformation. We look at recent developments in social media, hoping to answer questions about whether new media structures promote misinformation. We consider and assess empirical work, to determine whether there are social media effects in the area of misinformation.

Summer 2026

MSCH-H 420 - Foreign Study for Honors Students

Three-credit summer course that is a required component of the honors Summer in London program and counts as one of the two required honors electives for Media School honors students. Summer in London is open to rising juniors in the Ernie Pyle Scholars and Media Scholars programs and is explained in detail at a call-out meeting during fall semester of student's sophomore year, with a registration deadline immediately after Thanksgiving holiday break.

Fall 2026

MSCH-H 317 - Children and Media

This course focuses on the psychological and social scientific research on the effects of the media on children. This course centers on media effects literature and controversies relevant to child and adolescent viewers. Topics include young people’s perceptions of the media, effects of certain types of media such as violence and news, specific manifestations of effects such as behavior, emotion, and learning, and possible interventions to limit negative effects.

Spring 2027

MSCH-H 310 - Television Sitcoms and Social Change

This class uses television sitcoms from the 1950s onward to explore depictions of social and cultural life in America. Issues examined include representations of family life, work life, gender roles, racial relations, and selected specific issues such as abortion and drug use. Theories and research that examine media both as reflection and as cause of social change are presented in the class.

Summer 2027

MSCH-H 420 - Foreign Study for Honors Students

Three-credit summer course that is a required component of the honors Summer in London program and counts as one of the two required honors electives for Media School honors students. Summer in London is open to rising juniors in the Ernie Pyle Scholars and Media Scholars programs and is explained in detail at a call-out meeting during fall semester of student's sophomore year, with a registration deadline immediately after Thanksgiving holiday break.

Spring 2028

MSCH-H 310 - History of Journalism

This course explores the relationship between the news media and American society from the colonial period through the twentieth century. In addition to reading the work of professional historians, students will create their own original historical works – in the form of traditional research papers, online exhibits, or podcasts – drawing from the broad array of media-related archival collections available on IU’s campus. 

Summer 2028

MSCH-H 420 - Foreign Study for Honors Students

Three-credit summer course that is a required component of the honors Summer in London program and counts as one of the two required honors electives for Media School honors students. Summer in London is open to rising juniors in the Ernie Pyle Scholars and Media Scholars programs and is explained in detail at a call-out meeting during fall semester of student's sophomore year, with a registration deadline immediately after Thanksgiving holiday break. 

Fall 2028

MSCH-H 317 - Children and Media

This course focuses on the psychological and social scientific research on the effects of the media on children. This course centers on media effects literature and controversies relevant to child and adolescent viewers. Topics include young people’s perceptions of the media, effects of certain types of media such as violence and news, specific manifestations of effects such as behavior, emotion, and learning, and possible interventions to limit negative effects.

Fall 2022

MSCH-H 300 - Communications Law

History and philosophy of laws pertaining to free press and free speech. Censorship, libel, contempt, obscenity, right of privacy, copyright, government regulations, and business law affecting media operations. Stresses responsibilities and freedoms in a democratic communications system. 

Spring 2023

MSCH-H 310 - Television Sitcoms and Social Change

This class uses television sitcoms from the 1950s onward to explore depictions of social and cultural life in America. Issues examined include representations of family life, work life, gender roles, racial relations, and selected specific issues such as abortion and drug use.Theories and research that examine media both as reflection and as cause of social change are presented in the class.

Fall 2023

MSCH-H 310 - Power, Inclusion, and Organizational Communication

Examines organizational communication as a dialogic vehicle for forging decentralized, pluralistic, and inclusive organizational culture by examining intra, interpersonal, organizational, and societal factors.  

MSCH-H 410 - Media as Social Institutions

Examine functions and impact of the mass media in society with primary focus on the United States. Discuss values of media organizations and professional and ethical values of journalists. Critical analysis of the relationship of media and society and the effect of political, economic, and cultural factors on media operation.

Spring 2024

MSCH-H 310 - Misinformation and Media

This course addresses the contemporary concept that has come to be known as “misinformation.” We explore the recent emergence of the idea, along with historical antecedents such as “propaganda,” “conspiracy theory,” and “disinformation.” We consider philosophies that bear on misinformation. We look at recent developments in social media, hoping to answer questions about whether new media structures promote misinformation. We consider and assess empirical work, to determine whether there are social media effects in misinformation. 

Summer 2024

MSCH-H 420 - Foreign Study for Honors Students

Three-credit summer course that is a required component of the honors Summer in London program and counts as one of the two required honors electives for Media School honors students. Summer in London is open to rising juniors in the Ernie Pyle Scholars and Media Scholars programs and is explained in detail at a call-out meeting during fall semester of student's sophomore year, with a registration deadline immediately after Thanksgiving holiday break.

Fall 2024

MSCH-H 300 - Communications Law

History and philosophy of laws pertaining to free press and free speech. Censorship, libel, contempt, obscenity, right of privacy, copyright, government regulations, and business law affecting media operations. Stresses responsibilities and freedoms in a democratic communications system.

MSCH-H 310 - History of Journalism

This course explores the relationship between the news media and American society from the colonial period through the twentieth century. In addition to reading the work of professional historians, students will create their own original historical works – in the form of traditional research papers, online exhibits, or podcasts – drawing from the broad array of media-related archival collections available on IU’s campus.