Media and Screen Studies, BA (Boston)
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Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
BA Language Requirements
All BA students are required to complete the BA degree language requirements, for a total of 12 semester hours of language study or demonstrated equivalent proficiency, as described in Additional Requirements for BA students. Successful demonstration of proficiency does not reduce total minimum semester hours of study required to earn the BA degree.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements Interpreting Culture (IC) and Societies and Institutions (SI) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirements Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Difference and Diversity (DD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) may be met through electives in the major.
NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND), Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), and Analyzing and Using Data (AD) must be met through general electives.
Media and Screen Studies Requirements
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- | | Introduction to College | | | | MSCR 1000 | Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern | 1 | | Media and Screen Studies Common Requirements | | | | MSCR 1220 | Media, Culture, and Society | 4 | | MSCR 1320 | Media and Social Change | 4 | | MSCR 1420 | Media History | 4 | | Foundation Course (Production or Theory) | | | | Complete one of the following: | | 4 | | MSCR 1230 | Introduction to Film Production | | | MSCR 2220 | Understanding Media | | | Diversity or Globalization Course | | | | Complete one of the following: | | 4 | | MSCR 2325 | Global Media | | | MSCR 2505 | Digital Feminisms | | | MSCR 3392 | Gender and Film | | | MSCR 3437 | Media and Identity | | | Writing-Intensives | | | | Complete two of the following: | | 8 | | MSCR 2600 | Cloud, Closet, (Drop)Box | | | MSCR 3330 | Documentary Film Ethics | | | MSCR 3600 | Film Theory | | | MSCR 3420 | Digital Media Culture | | | MSCR 3422 | Media Audiences | | | MSCR 3700 | Queer Media | | | MSCR 4208 | TV History | | | Capstone | | | | MSCR 4623 | Media and Screen Studies Capstone | 4 | | Media and Screen Studies Electives | | | | Complete FIVE courses that have not been used to satisfy other requirements: | | 20 | | Media and Screen Studies courses, from the range MSCR 1200 - MSCR 4999. | | | | ARTD 2380 and ARTD 2381 | Video Basics and Video Tools | | | ARTD 3480 | Video: Sound and Image | | | ARTD 3485 | Experimental Video | | | COMM 1450 | Sound Production for Digital Media | | | COMM 2550 | Television Field Production | | | COMM 2655 | Television Studio Production | | | COMM 3655 | Digital Editing for TV | | | COMM 3750 | Special Effects and Postproduction for Television | |
Media and Screen Studies Grade Requirement
No more than two grades below a C in media and screen studies courses may be used to fulfill degree requirements.
Media and Screen Studies Credit Requirement
52 total semester hours required in the major
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR 1000 | 1 | MSCR 1320 | 4 | Media and screen studies elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | ENGW 1111 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| Elective | 4 | Foreign language core course | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||
| Foreign language core requirement | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR 1420 | 4 | Media and screen studies elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| MSCR 1230 or 2220 | 4 | Media and screen studies diversity/globalization course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| Foreign language core course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | Media and screen studies elective | 4 | Media and screen studies elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| Media and screen studies writing-intensive | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | MSCR 4623 | 4 | ||||
| Media and screen studies writing-intensive | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 |