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Media and Screen Studies, BA

2021-2022 Edition

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        • Media and Screen Studies and English, BA
        • Media and Screen Studies and History, BA
        • Media and Screen Studies and Journalism, BA
        • Media and Screen Studies and Media Arts, BA
        • Media and Screen Studies and Philosophy, BA
        • Media and Screen Studies and Political Science, BA
        • Media and Screen Studies and Sociology, BA
        • Media and Screen Studies and Theatre, BA
        • Political Science and Communication Studies, BA
        • Business Administration and Communication Studies, BS
        • Computer Science and Communication Studies, BS
        • Communication Studies and Speech-​Language Pathology and Audiology, BS
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        • Digital Communications, Minor
        • Film Production, Minor
        • Human Communication, Minor
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        • Media Screen Studies, Minor
        • Media Production, Minor
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The Bachelor of Arts in Media and Screen Studies offers courses in analysis and practice. Required courses offer students an opportunity to obtain the critical-thinking skills necessary to better understand media content, media technology, and media production. Students then decide how many production and analysis courses they want to take. Choosing from a broad range of electives, students can take more than half their major in media and film production courses, can take a majority of courses that critically examine media content and technology, or can combine courses in other ways.

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.

University-Wide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide Requirements.

BA Language Requirements

All BA students are required to complete the BA language requirements.

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 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
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 2505
Digital Feminisms
MSCR 3600
Film Theory
MSCR 3420
Digital Media Culture
MSCR 3422
Media Audiences
MSCR 3700
Queer Media
MSCR 4208
TV History
Capstone (Production or Theory)
Complete one of the following:4
MSCR 4623
Theories of Media and Culture
COMM 4755
Production Capstone
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
ARTD 2380
Video Basics (with optional ARTD 2381)
ARTD 3480
Video: Sound and Image
ARTD 3485
Experimental Video
MSCR 2160
Narrative Filmmaking
MSCR 2336
American Film and Culture
MSCR 3389
Screenwriting
MSCR 3446
Documentary Production
MSCR 3920
Topics in Film Studies
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 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
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