• 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) 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

Introduction to College
MSCR 1000Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern1
Media and Screen Studies Common Requirements
MSCR 1220Media, Culture, and Society4
MSCR 1320Media and Social Change4
MSCR 1420Media History4
Foundation Course (Production or Theory)
Complete one of the following:4
Introduction to Film Production
Understanding Media
Diversity or Globalization Course
Complete one of the following:4
Global Media
Digital Feminisms
Gender and Film
Media and Identity
Writing-Intensives
Complete two of the following:8
Digital Feminisms
Film Theory
Digital Media Culture
Media Audiences
Queer Media
TV History
Capstone
MSCR 4623Media and Screen Studies Capstone4
Media and Screen Studies Electives
Complete five courses from the following list or media and screen studies courses not used to satisfy requirements above:20
Video Basics (with optional ARTD 2381)
Video: Sound and Image
Experimental Video
Narrative Filmmaking
American Film and Culture
Screenwriting
Documentary Production
Topics in Film Studies
Sound Production for Digital Media
Television Field Production
Television Studio Production
Digital Editing for TV
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 Four Years, Two Co-ops

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MSCR 10001MSCR 13204Media and screen studies elective4Elective4
MSCR 12204ENGW 11114Elective4Elective4
Elective4Foreign language core course4  
Elective4Elective4  
Foreign language core requirement4   
 17 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MSCR 14204Media and screen studies elective4Elective4Co-op0
MSCR 1230 or 22204Media and screen studies diversity/globalization course4Elective4 
Foreign language core course4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
 EEAM 20001  
 16 17 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0Media and screen studies elective4Media and screen studies elective4Co-op0
 Media and screen studies writing-intensive4Elective4 
 MSCR Elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0MSCR 46234  
 Media and screen studies writing-intensive4  
 Elective4  
 Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 130