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Media and Screen Studies and Journalism, BA

2021-2022 Edition

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        • Linguistics and Communication Studies, BA
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        • 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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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

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

Journalism Requirements

Course List
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 1150Understanding Today’s News4
JRNL 2201Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting (A grade of C or higher is required)4
Journalism and Advanced Writing
JRNL 2301Visual Storytelling in Journalism (A grade of C or higher is required)4
Television News
JRNL 5314Video News Reporting and Producing4
Ethics and Issues
JRNL 4650Ethics and Issues in Journalism4
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.

Course List
Code Title Hours
Integrative Course
MSCR 4623Theories of Media and Culture4

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
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MSCR 1000 or JRNL 10001MSCR 1230 or 22204Foreign language 4Foreign language4
MSCR 12204MSCR 1320 or 14204Elective4Elective4
JRNL 11504JRNL 1101
and JRNL 1102
5  
ENGW 11114Foreign language 4  
Elective4   
 17 17 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
EEAM 20001Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
MSCR elective 14  Elective4
MSCR diversity or globalization4   
JRNL 22014   
Journalism elective 14   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MSCR 46234Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
MSCR writing intensive 14  Elective4
JRNL 23014   
JRNL 53144   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
MSCR elective 24MSCR elective 34  
MSCR writing intensive 24Journalism elective 34  
JRNL 46504Elective4  
Journalism elective 24Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 131
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