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
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Media and Screen Studies Common Requirements | ||
| MSCR 1220 | Media, Culture, and Society | 4 |
| MSCR 1320 | Media and Social Change | 4 |
| or MSCR 1420 | Media History | |
| Foundation Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Film Production | ||
| Understanding Media | ||
| Diversity or Globalization Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Gender and Film | ||
| Global Media | ||
| Digital Feminisms | ||
| Media and Identity | ||
| Writing-Intensive | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Digital Feminisms | ||
| Film Theory | ||
| Digital Media Culture | ||
| Media Audiences | ||
| Queer Media | ||
| TV History | ||
Media and Screen Studies Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete three courses from MSCR or from the following: | 12 | |
| Video Basics | ||
| Video: Sound and Image | ||
| Experimental Video | ||
| Sound Production for Digital Media | ||
| Television Field Production | ||
| Television Studio Production | ||
| Digital Editing for TV | ||
| Special Effects and Postproduction for Television | ||
| Production Capstone | ||
History Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| History Colloquium | ||
| HIST 1200 | Historical Research and Writing | 1 |
| HIST 1201 | First-Year Seminar | 4 |
| 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 2301 | The History Seminar | 4 |
| HIST 2302 | Historical Writing | 1 |
| Pre-1800 History Elective | ||
| Complete one course from the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Latin American History | ||
| Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804 | ||
| Japanese Literature and Culture | ||
| Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500 | ||
| Introduction to Russian Civilization | ||
| Colonial and Revolutionary America | ||
| 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 | ||
| Capstone Seminar | ||
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| HIST 1357 | History of Information in the United States: Media, Technology, Law | 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.
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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR 1000 | 1 | MSCR 1320 or 1420 | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | MSCR foundation course | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| HIST 1200 and HIST 1201 | 5 | Intro-level HIST course | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | ||||
| Foreign Language | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR diversity/globalization | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| MSCR elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| HIST 2301 and HIST 2302 | 5 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| Pre-1800 history elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Intermediate/advanced history elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
| MSCR elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | MSCR elective | 4 | ||||
| Intermediate/advanced history elective 2 | 4 | Intermediate/advanced history elective 3 | 4 | ||||
| Advanced history elective | 4 | HIST 4701 | 4 | ||||
| HIST 1357 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 132 | |||||||