• Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality. 
  • Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities.  Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality. 

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), Societies and Institutions (SI), Difference and Diversity (DD), Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) are met through the major course requirements. 

NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND) and Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ) may be met through electives in the major.

Communication and Media Studies Requirements

Introduction to College
COMM 1000Communication Studies at Northeastern1
or MSCR 1000 Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern
Common Requirements
COMM 1101Introduction to Communication Studies4
MSCR 1220Media, Culture, and Society4
COMM 2301Communication Research Methods4
Communication Studies Foundational Course
Complete one of the following:4
Persuasion and Rhetoric
Communication Theory
Principles of Organizational Communication
Communication in a Digital Age
Media Studies Foundational Course
Complete one of the following:4
Media and Social Change
Media History
Understanding Media
Diversity and Difference Cluster
Complete one of the following:4
Communication and Gender
Communication and Inclusion
Digital Feminisms
Gender and Film
Media and Identity
Globalization Cluster
Complete one of the following:4
Global and Intercultural Communication
Global Media
Creative Expression Cluster4
Complete one of the following:
Public Speaking
Introduction to Film Production
Screenwriting
Writing-Intensive
Complete two of the following:8
Mobile Communication
Health Communication
Interpersonal Communication
Political Communication
Communication Criticism
Public Relations Principles
Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media
Free Speech: Law and Practice
Communication and Sexualities
Theories of Conflict and Negotiation
Nonverbal Social Interaction
Youth and Communication Technology
Crisis Communication and Image Management
Digital Media Culture
Media Audiences
Film Theory
Queer Media
TV History
Capstone
Complete one of the following:4
Health Communication Campaigns
Communication and Quality of Life
Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
Strategic Communication Capstone
Online Communities
Production Capstone
Seminar in Communications
Media and Screen Studies Capstone
Elective courses
Choose five from the following list:20
Any COMM courses not already counting above
Any MSCR courses not already counting above
Video Basics (with optional ARTD 2381)
Video: Sound and Image

Major Grade Requirement

No more than three grades below a C in COMM and MSCR courses may be used to fulfill major requirements.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops 

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
COMM 1000 or MSCR 10001COMM foundational course4COMM 23014Writing-intensive course4
COMM 11014MSCR foundational course4Cluster 1: Difference and diversity course4Elective4
MSCR 12204Foreign language4  
ENGW 11114Elective 4  
Foreign language 4   
 17 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Cluster 2: Globalization course4Co-opCo-opMajor elective 34
Cluster 3: Creative expression course4  Elective4
Major elective 14   
Major elective 24   
EEAM 20001   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Writing-intensive course4Co-opCo-opElective4
Major elective 44  Elective4
Major elective 54   
Elective4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Capstone4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 130