- 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 Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Interpreting Culture (IC), Societies and Institutions (SI), Difference and Diversity (DD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirement Analyzing and Using Data (AD) 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 | |
| Global Media | ||
| Digital Feminisms | ||
| Gender and Film | ||
| Media and Identity | ||
| Writing-Intensive | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Digital Feminisms | ||
| Digital Media Culture | ||
| Media Audiences | ||
| Film Theory | ||
| Queer Media | ||
| TV History | ||
Media and Screen Studies Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete three courses from the MSCR subject code 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 | ||
Journalism Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Journalism Foundations | ||
| JRNL 1101 and JRNL 1102 | Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting and Writing and Journalist’s Toolbox (A grade of C or higher is required) | 5 |
| JRNL 1150 | Understanding Today’s News | 4 |
| JRNL 2201 | Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting (A grade of C or higher is required) | 4 |
| Journalism and Advanced Writing | ||
| JRNL 2301 | Visual Storytelling in Journalism (A grade of C or higher is required) | 4 |
| Television News | ||
| JRNL 5314 | Video News Reporting and Producing | 4 |
| Ethics and Issues | ||
| JRNL 4650 | Ethics and Diversity in the News Media | 4 |
| Journalism Electives | ||
| Complete three courses in the following range: | 12 | |
JRNL 2000–JRNL 5999 | ||
Integrative Requirement
The following course also counts toward the media and screen studies requirements above.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Integrative Course | ||
| MSCR 4623 | Media and Screen Studies Capstone | 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.
Program Requirement
129 total semester hours required
Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| JRNL 1150 | 4 | JRNL 1101 and JRNL 1102 | 5 | Foreign language | 4 | Foreign language | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | MSCR 1230 or 2220 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1000 or JRNL 1000 | 1 | MSCR 1320 or 1420 | 4 | ||||
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | Foreign language | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| JRNL 2201 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Journalism elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
| MSCR diversity or globalization | 4 | ||||||
| MSCR elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| JRNL 2301 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| JRNL 5314 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR 4623 | 4 | ||||||
| MSCR writing intensive 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| JRNL 4650 | 4 | MSCR elective 3 | 4 | ||||
| Journalism elective 2 | 4 | Journalism elective 3 | 4 | ||||
| MSCR elective 2 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR writing intensive 2 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 131 | |||||||