Vol. 5 [UT Stories] Moody College of Communication Announces Three New Minors

• UT Austin's Moody College of Communication announced in March that it will offer three new minors — digital game industries, advertising, and radio-television-film (RTF) — starting fall 2026, open to all students regardless of major.
  
• Senior Associate Dean Cassandre Giguere Alvarado explained that advertising and RTF are Moody's two most sought-after majors, so their minors were created to meet demand, while the digital game industries minor was designed to bring structure to existing related coursework.
  
• The gaming minor will be anchored by a new course, "Video Games: Concept to Console," featuring guest speakers from across the industry, according to Ben Bays, RTF Associate Professor and Karch Gaming Institute Director. He noted strong student interest, pointing to a business and video games course that filled 65 seats immediately upon launch.
  
• The RTF minor covers five course types: storytelling, filmmaking fundamentals, film and TV producing fundamentals, and two film history courses. Department chair Cindy McCreery described it as a broad introduction well-suited for students in STEM and other fields, noting that media and film connect to far more industries than people typically assume.
  
• The advertising minor opens with a foundational course followed by elective options, giving students — such as English or rhetoric majors interested in copywriting — a way to build communication skills without committing to a full degree in the field.

(Source: Daily Texan)