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Media and Screen Studies and History, BA

2021-2022 Edition

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        • Linguistics and Communication Studies, BA
        • Media Arts and Communication Studies, BA
        • Media and Screen Studies, BA
        • 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
        • Health Science and Communication Studies, BS
        • Media and Screen Studies and Theatre, BS
        • Music and Communication Studies with Concentration in Music Industry, BS
        • Political Science and Communication Studies, BS
        • Argumentation and Law, Minor
        • Cinema Studies, Minor
        • Communication Studies, Minor
        • Digital Communications, Minor
        • Film Production, Minor
        • Human Communication, Minor
        • Improvisation and Storytelling, Minor
        • Media Screen Studies, Minor
        • Media Production, Minor
        • Oratory and Public Speaking, Minor
        • Political Communication, Minor
        • Rhetoric, Minor
        • Social Activism, Minor
        • Sports, Media, Communication, Minor
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The Media and Screen Studies Program and the Department of History offer a combined major in media and screen studies and history. The combined major integrates the analysis, research, and production of traditional and emerging media along with the study of local and regional histories as well as of the global exchanges between nations, regions, and cultures.

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),  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 1220Media, Culture, and Society4
MSCR 1320Media and Social Change4
or MSCR 1420 Media History
Foundation Course
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 3392
Gender and Film
MSCR 2325
Global Media
MSCR 2505
Digital Feminisms
MSCR 3437
Media and Identity
Writing-Intensive
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

Media and Screen Studies Electives

Course List
Code Title Hours
Complete three courses from MSCR or from the following:12
ARTD 2380
Video Basics
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
COMM 4755
Production Capstone

History Requirements 

Course List
Code Title Hours
History Colloquium
HIST 1200Historical Research and Writing1
HIST 1201First-Year Seminar4
Introductory-Level Course
Complete one course in the following range, not used to fulfill another requirement:4
HIST 1001–HIST 1999
History Seminar and Historical Writing
HIST 2301The History Seminar4
HIST 2302Historical Writing1
Pre-1800 History Elective
Complete one course from the following:4
HIST 1187
Introduction to Latin American History
HIST 1218
Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
HIST 1252
Japanese Literature and Culture
HIST 1272
Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
HIST 1285
Introduction to Russian Civilization
HIST 2330
Colonial and Revolutionary America
HIST 2370
Renaissance to Enlightenment
Intermediate/Advanced History Cluster
Complete three courses in the following range:12
HIST 2303–HIST 5999
Advanced History
Complete one course in the following range:4
HIST 3000–HIST 5999
Capstone
HIST 4701
Capstone Seminar

Integrative Requirement

Course List
Code Title Hours
HIST 1357History of Information in the United States: Media, Technology, Law4

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.

Experiential Liberal Arts

All undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.

Program Requirement

130 total semester hours required

Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MSCR 10001MSCR 1320 or 14204Foreign Language4Elective4
MSCR 12204MSCR foundation course4Elective4Elective4
HIST 1200
and HIST 1201
5Intro-level HIST course4  
ENGW 11114Foreign Language4  
Foreign Language4   
 18 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MSCR diversity/globalization4Co-opCo-opElective4
MSCR elective4  Elective4
HIST 2301
and HIST 2302
5   
Elective4   
EEAM 20001   
 18 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MSCR writing-intensive4Co-opCo-opElective4
Pre-1800 history elective4  Elective4
Intermediate/advanced history elective 14   
MSCR elective4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
MSCR writing-intensive4MSCR elective4  
Intermediate/advanced history elective 24Intermediate/advanced history elective 34  
Advanced history elective4HIST 47014  
HIST 13574Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 132
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