A Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Media and Screen Studies is designed for the student who is interested in pursuing a career as a journalist specializing in the film industry.
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 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 | |
| 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 | ||
Journalism Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Journalism Foundations | ||
| JRNL 1101 and JRNL 1102 | Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting 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 Issues in Journalism | 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 | Theories of Media and Culture | 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 |
| MSCR 1000 or JRNL 1000 | 1 | MSCR 1230 or 2220 | 4 | Foreign language | 4 | Foreign language | 4 |
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | MSCR 1320 or 1420 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| JRNL 1150 | 4 | JRNL 1101 and JRNL 1102 | 5 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 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 |
| MSCR elective 1 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR diversity or globalization | 4 | ||||||
| JRNL 2201 | 4 | ||||||
| Journalism elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR 4623 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR writing intensive 1 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| JRNL 2301 | 4 | ||||||
| JRNL 5314 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| MSCR elective 2 | 4 | MSCR elective 3 | 4 | ||||
| MSCR writing intensive 2 | 4 | Journalism elective 3 | 4 | ||||
| JRNL 4650 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Journalism elective 2 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 131 | |||||||