# Media and Screen Studies and History, BA (Boston)
**Source**: https://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/arts-media-design/communication-studies/media-screen-studies-history-ba/
**Parent**: https://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/arts-media-design/communication-studies/
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](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/university-academics/university-wide-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](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/university-academics/nupath/ba-requirements/). 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](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/university-academics/nupath/).
NUpath requirements Interpreting Culture (IC) and Societies and Institutions (SI) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirements Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), Difference and Diversity (DD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) may be met through electives in the major.
NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND) and Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ) must be met through general electives.
## Media and Screen Studies Requirements
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Media and Screen Studies Common Requirements | | |
| [MSCR 1220](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%201220 "MSCR 1220") | Media, Culture, and Society | 4 |
| [MSCR 1320](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%201320 "MSCR 1320") | Media and Social Change | 4 |
| or [MSCR 1420](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%201420 "MSCR 1420") | Media History | |
| Foundation Course | | |
| Complete one of the following: | | 4 |
| [MSCR 1230](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%201230 "MSCR 1230") | Introduction to Film Production | |
| [MSCR 2220](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%202220 "MSCR 2220") | Understanding Media | |
| Diversity or Globalization Course | | |
| Complete one of the following: | | 4 |
| [MSCR 2325](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%202325 "MSCR 2325") | Global Media | |
| [MSCR 2505](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%202505 "MSCR 2505") | Digital Feminisms | |
| [MSCR 3392](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%203392 "MSCR 3392") | Gender and Film | |
| [MSCR 3437](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%203437 "MSCR 3437") | Media and Identity | |
| Writing-Intensive | | |
| Complete two of the following: | | 8 |
| [MSCR 2600](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%202600 "MSCR 2600") | Cloud, Closet, (Drop)Box | |
| [MSCR 3330](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%203330 "MSCR 3330") | Documentary Film Ethics | |
| [MSCR 3420](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%203420 "MSCR 3420") | Digital Media Culture | |
| [MSCR 3422](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%203422 "MSCR 3422") | Media Audiences | |
| [MSCR 3600](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%203600 "MSCR 3600") | Film Theory | |
| [MSCR 3700](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%203700 "MSCR 3700") | Queer Media | |
| [MSCR 4208](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%204208 "MSCR 4208") | TV History | |
## Media and Screen Studies Electives
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Complete THREE courses that have not been used to satisfy other requirements: | | 12 |
| *Media and Screen Studies courses, from the range MSCR 1200 - MSCR 4999* | | |
| [ARTD 2380](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARTD%202380 "ARTD 2380") and [ARTD 2381](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARTD%202381 "ARTD 2381") | Video Basics and Video Tools | |
| [ARTD 3480](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARTD%203480 "ARTD 3480") | Video: Sound and Image | |
| [ARTD 3485](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARTD%203485 "ARTD 3485") | Experimental Video | |
| [COMM 1450](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=COMM%201450 "COMM 1450") | Sound Production for Digital Media | |
| [COMM 2550](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=COMM%202550 "COMM 2550") | Television Field Production | |
| [COMM 2655](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=COMM%202655 "COMM 2655") | Television Studio Production | |
| [COMM 3655](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=COMM%203655 "COMM 3655") | Digital Editing for TV | |
| [COMM 3750](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=COMM%203750 "COMM 3750") | Special Effects and Postproduction for Television | |
## History Requirements
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| History Colloquium | | |
| [HIST 1200](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201200 "HIST 1200") | Historical Research and Writing | 1 |
| [HIST 1201](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201201 "HIST 1201") | First-Year Seminar | 4 |
| History Seminar and Historical Writing | | |
| [HIST 2301](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%202301 "HIST 2301") | The History Seminar | 4 |
| [HIST 2302](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%202302 "HIST 2302") | Historical Writing | 1 |
| Pre-1800 History Elective | | |
| Complete one course from the following: | | 4 |
| [HIST 1100](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201100 "HIST 1100") | Law and History | |
| [HIST 1185](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201185 "HIST 1185") | Introduction to Middle Eastern History | |
| [HIST 1187](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201187 "HIST 1187") | Introduction to Latin American History | |
| [HIST 1218](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201218 "HIST 1218") | Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804 | |
| [HIST 1252](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201252 "HIST 1252") | Japanese Literature and Culture | |
| [HIST 1272](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201272 "HIST 1272") | Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500 | |
| [HIST 1389](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201389 "HIST 1389") | History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II | |
| [HIST 2330](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%202330 "HIST 2330") | Colonial and Revolutionary America | |
| [HIST 2370](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%202370 "HIST 2370") | Renaissance to Enlightenment | |
| [HIST 2375](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%202375 "HIST 2375") | The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain | |
| [HIST 2390](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%202390 "HIST 2390") | Africa and the World in Early Times | |
| [HIST 3334](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%203334 "HIST 3334") | Assassinations in World History | |
| History Elective | | |
| Complete two HIST courses at any level in any field. | | 8 |
| Introductory-Level Course | | |
| Complete one course in the following range, not used to fulfill another requirement: | | 4 |
| HIST 1001–HIST 1999 | | |
| Intermediate/Advanced History | | |
| Complete minimum of one history course numbered 2000 to 2999 (Excluding [HIST 2301](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%202301 "HIST 2301") and [HIST 2302](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%202302 "HIST 2302")). | | 4 |
| Advanced History | | |
| Complete minimum of one history course numbered 3000 to 4999 (Excluding [HIST 4701](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%204701 "HIST 4701")). | | 4 |
| Capstone | | |
| [HIST 4701](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%204701 "HIST 4701") | Capstone Seminar | 4 |
## Integrative Requirement
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [HIST 1357](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201357 "HIST 1357") | Data, Surveillance, and Society | 4 |
## Media and Screen Studies Grade Requirement
No more than two grades below a C in media and screen studies courses may be used to satisfy degree requirements.
## Program Requirement
130 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 |
| [ENGW 1111](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111") | 4 | [MSCR 1320](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%201320 "MSCR 1320") or [1420](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%201420 "MSCR 1420") | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| [HIST 1200](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201200 "HIST 1200") and [HIST 1201](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201201 "HIST 1201") | 5 | [EEAM 2000](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=EEAM%202000 "EEAM 2000") | 1 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| [MSCR 1000](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%201000 "MSCR 1000") | 1 | Intro-level HIST course | 4 | | | | |
| [MSCR 1220](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=MSCR%201220 "MSCR 1220") | 4 | MSCR foundation course | 4 | | | | |
| Foreign Language | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | | | | |
| | 18 | | 17 | | 8 | | 8 |
| Year 2 | | | | | | | |
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| [HIST 2301](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%202301 "HIST 2301") and [HIST 2302](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%202302 "HIST 2302") | 5 | Co-op | | Co-op | | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR diversity/globalization | 4 | | | | | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR elective | 4 | | | | | | |
| Elective | 4 | | | | | | |
| | 17 | | 0 | | 0 | | 8 |
| Year 3 | | | | | | | |
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Intermediate/advanced history elective 1 | 4 | Co-op | | Co-op | | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR elective | 4 | | | | | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | | | | | | |
| Pre-1800 history elective | 4 | | | | | | |
| | 16 | | 0 | | 0 | | 8 |
| Year 4 | | | | | | | |
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | | | | |
| [HIST 1357](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%201357 "HIST 1357") | 4 | [HIST 4701](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=HIST%204701 "HIST 4701") | 4 | | | | |
| Advanced history elective | 4 | Intermediate/advanced history elective 3 | 4 | | | | |
| Intermediate/advanced history elective 2 | 4 | MSCR elective | 4 | | | | |
| MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | Elective | 4 | | | | |
| | 16 | | 16 | | | | |
| Total Hours: 132 | | | | | | | |