Bachelor of Arts Degree in Media, Culture, and the Arts
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Plato wrote, "Give me the
songs of a nation and it
matters not who writes its
laws." Overstated? Perhaps,
but for better or for worse,
culture plays a driving
force in what becomes part
of our political landscape.
Abraham Lincoln is supposed
to have said upon meeting
Harriet Beecher Stowe,
author of Uncle Tom's Cabin,
"So this is the little lady
who started this big war." A
century later, the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 did not
become law until the wider
culture deemed previous
racial discriminatory
behavior unacceptable.
Clearly, cultural change
often leads to political
change.
At The King's College we
believe that a well-ordered
society should be grounded
in a culture that embraces
God. Today, many say
religion is a product of
culture, but the opposite is
true: Religion is the
wellspring of culture.
Scripture shows us that
culture began in the garden
when God gave man the
cultural mandate to rule
over all things (Genesis
1:28). With the Fall,
culture became tainted with
sin, but hope for a better
world remains. Christ, who
comes to make all things
new, is the incarnate Word,
and in him all things
cohere. Christ calls
Christians to embody this
reality: God's image-bearers
have great creative
capacity.
This power of creativity
is particularly visible, for
good or ill, in New York
City. Over the past century,
however, some Christians
have tried to separate
themselves from New York and
its cultural products. These
separatists have created a
fortress mentality and have
lost the spiritual if not
moral authority to speak the
transforming life of Christ
into the wider culture.
Others have embraced the
culture, and in the process
have compromised their faith
and become indistinguishable
from non-believers. Neither
separatists nor embracers
have fostered cultural
renewal, transformation, or
redemption.
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Course |
Year |
Term |
Title |
Credits |
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YEAR 1 |
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CREDITS |
| POL |
110 |
1 |
Fall |
Introduction to Politics*
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3 |
| ENG |
110 |
1 |
Fall |
College Writing I
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3 |
| HIS |
111 |
1 |
Fall |
History of the West I
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3 |
| REL |
112 |
1 |
Fall |
Introduction to Old Testament Lit
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3 |
| URB |
110 |
1 |
Fall |
Introduction to the City*
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3 |
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Fall Total |
15 |
| ECO |
110 |
1 |
Spring |
Introduction to Economics*
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3 |
| ENG |
120 |
1 |
Spring |
College Writing II
(ENG 110) |
3 |
| HIS |
112 |
1 |
Spring |
History of the West II
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3 |
| REL |
111 |
1 |
Spring |
Introduction to New Testament Lit
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3 |
| PHL |
110 |
1 |
Spring |
Introduction to Logic*
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3 |
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Spring Total |
15 |
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YEAR 1 CREDITS |
30 |
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YEAR 2 |
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CREDITS |
| POL |
215 |
2 |
Fall |
American Political Thought and Practice I
(POL 110) |
3 |
| ECO |
210 |
2 |
Fall |
Macroeconomics*
(ECO 110) |
3 |
| REL |
212 |
2 |
Fall |
Foundations of Judeo-Christian Thought*
(REL 111) |
3 |
| HUM |
210 |
2 |
Fall |
Principles of Cultural Interpretation
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3 |
| MCA |
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2 |
Fall |
MCA Elective of Choice
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3 |
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Fall Total |
15 |
| POL |
216 |
2 |
Spring |
American Political Thought and Practice II
(POL 110) |
3 |
| ECO |
211 |
2 |
Spring |
Microeconomics*
(ECO 110) |
3 |
| MAT |
274 |
2 |
Spring |
Statistics
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3 |
| HUM |
211 |
2 |
Spring |
Christianity and Culture I
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3 |
| MCA |
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2 |
Spring |
MCA Elective of Choice
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3 |
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Spring Total |
15 |
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YEAR 2 CREDITS |
30 |
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YEAR 3 |
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CREDITS |
| PHL |
313 |
3 |
Fall |
Classical and Medieval Philosophy
(POL 110) |
3 |
| POL |
216 |
3 |
Fall |
American Political Thought and Practice III
(POL 110) |
3 |
| HUM |
212 |
3 |
Fall |
Christianity and Culture II
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3 |
| MED |
251 |
3 |
Fall |
The Enterprise of Mass Communication
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3 |
| ELEC |
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3 |
Fall |
Open Elective
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3 |
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Fall Total |
15 |
| PHL |
314 |
3 |
Spring |
Modern Philosophy
(PHL 313) |
3 |
| SCI |
312 |
3 |
Spring |
Scientific Reasoning*
(PHL 110) |
3 |
| HUM |
310 |
3 |
Spring |
Christianity and Post-modernity
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3 |
| MED |
253 |
3 |
Spring |
Media, Culture, and Society
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3 |
| MCA |
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3 |
Spring |
MCA Elective of Choice
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3 |
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Spring Total |
15 |
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YEAR 3 CREDITS |
30 |
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YEAR 4 |
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CREDITS |
| BUS |
273 |
4 |
Fall |
Principles of Management and Organization
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3 |
| MCA |
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4 |
Fall |
MCA Elective of Choice
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3 |
| ELEC |
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4 |
Fall |
Open Elective
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3 |
| ELEC |
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4 |
Fall |
Open Elective
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3 |
| ELEC |
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4 |
Fall |
Open Elective
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3 |
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Fall Total |
15 |
| MCA |
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4 |
Spring |
MCA Elective of Choice
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3 |
| ELEC |
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4 |
Spring |
Open Elective
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3 |
| ELEC |
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4 |
Spring |
Open Elective
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3 |
| ELEC |
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4 |
Spring |
Open Elective
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3 |
| ELEC |
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4 |
Spring |
Open Elective
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3 |
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Spring Total |
15 |
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YEAR 4 CREDITS |
30 |
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TOTAL FOR DEGREE |
120 |
The interdisciplinary program
in Media, Culture, and the Arts
(MCA) at The King’s College
prepares students for meaningful
careers as cultural creators,
critics, influencers, and
gatekeepers. The degree
emphasizes crucial skill sets:
writing, public speaking,
worldview discernment with
rigorous academic standards and
an emphasis on ethical
leadership. We will offer both
theory-based and experiential
courses. Accordingly, King’s
employs professors to teach core
classes, and creators, managers
and critics to teach skills
courses. Additionally, the
college leverages its New York
City setting by assisting
students with internships and
helping them interact with some
of the world’s greatest media
and arts institutions. The
King’s College aims to train
students to become leaders who
can effectively engage culture
and engender transformation.
The program begins, as do all
academic programs at King’s,
with the Common Core, a sequence
of twenty liberal arts courses
designed to give students a firm
grounding in Judeo-Christian
values and thinking, the
literature of the Old and New
Testament, Western civilization,
research writing, the urban
environment, scientific
thinking, and statistics.
Students also take introductory
courses in politics, philosophy
and economics, the central
organizing disciplines of the
College.
Once students choose MCA as
their major, they begin with
foundational coursework in media
and cultural studies. The four
courses of the Christ and
Culture sequence introduce
students to the principles of
cultural interpretation, the
development of world cultures
from the birth of civilization
to the present day, and the
nature of postmodern worldviews.
In the media courses, students
study the history, theory and
practice of media and
media-related technologies, with
an examination of how our
mediated and increasingly
urbanized world affects how we
live. The final required course
is a business class on the
management and organization
skills needed to run media,
cultural and arts organizations.
The aim is to prepare graduates
who are not just knowledgeable
about media, culture and the
arts, but ready to lead and
guide such organizations.
Students will regularly have the
opportunity to visit and
critique media and culture
throughout New York City.
Students will also choose
five MCA electives that will
best prepare them for the career
field they have chosen.
Presently, MCA electives are
available in the disciplines of
literature, creative writing,
journalism, media studies, and
the visual and theatre arts. In
addition to the required
courses, all MCA students take
eight general electives. These
electives can be chosen from any
courses offered by the college,
including those courses from the
Business Management and
Politics, Philosophy, and
Economics programs.
For course descriptions and a
list of MCA electives, please
click here.
*These courses are offered in
both the Fall and the Spring
semesters. Students may take
them in either term.
** Courses in bold (POL 110 and
ENG 120) must be taken at Kings.
No transfer credit accepted.
While the Bachelor of Arts
program in Media, Culture, and
the Arts may be started at the
beginning of any semester,
students should be aware that
not all courses will be offered
each semester.
While completing this course
of study, the following
requirements must be met:
- No fewer than 60 of the
semester hours of coursework
must be earned at The King’s
College, and these 60 hours of
credit must include at least
48 semester hours within the
MCA program.
- The successful candidate
for this degree must have a
cumulative GPA of 2.00 in all
work completed at The King’s
College. In addition, all
students must maintain at
least a 2.0 cumulative GPA in
the courses that are a part of
the Common Core.
- A student must obtain a
grade of C or higher in both
ENG 110, College Writing I,
and ENG 120, College Writing
II, within his first three
semesters of attendance.
Failure to do so will result
in dismissal from the College.
- The successful candidate
must satisfactorily complete
all the requirements for
Interregnum.
- The successful candidate
for the BA degree must obtain
approval for graduation from
the Office of the Registrar
and upon vote of the faculty.
