- 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), and Societies and Institutions (SI) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirements Analyzing and Using Data (AD), Differences 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 | |
| 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 MSCR or from the following: | 12-13 | |
| Recommendation: Complete MSCR 4623 as one of your MSCR electives to fulfill NUpath capstone. | ||
| Video Basics and Video Tools | ||
| 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 | ||
Media Arts Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ARTD 1001 and ARTD 1002 | Media Art, Culture, and Social Justice and Seminar for ARTD 1001 | 4 |
| ARTF 1000 | Art and Design at Northeastern | 1 |
| Art + Design Fundamentals Required | ||
| ARTF 1240 and ARTF 1241 | Making with Video, Sound, and Animation and Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools | 2 |
| Art + Design Fundamentals Elective | ||
| Complete three of the following: | 6 | |
| Representational Drawing | ||
| Abstract Drawing | ||
| Elements of Visual Composition (with optional ARTF 1221) | ||
| Making with Form and Materials and Making with Form and Materials Tools | ||
| Designing Interactive Experiences and Designing Interactive Experiences Tools | ||
| Art + Design History | ||
| ARTH 1001 and ARTH 1002 | Visual Intelligence and Seminar in Visual Intelligence | 4 |
| ARTH 2212 | Survey of the Still and Moving Image | 4 |
| Media Arts Basics Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following sets: | 10 | |
| Introduction to Photography and Photo Tools | ||
| Animation Basics and Animation Tools | ||
| Video Basics and Video Tools | ||
| Media Arts Capstone | ||
| ARTD 4530 | Media Arts Degree Project | 4 |
| Art + Design Electives | ||
| Complete any two courses not previously completed in ARTG, ARTE, ARTD, ARTH, or ARTS courses as long as prerequisites or corequisites have been met. | 8-9 | |
| If ARTD 3000 Topics in Media Arts (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives. | ||
Integrative Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MSCR 3600 | Film Theory | 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 fulfill degree requirements.
Program Requirement
130 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ARTF 1000 or MSCR 1000 | 1 | MSCR 1320 or 1420 | 4 | Art + Design Fundamentals Elective | 2 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Art + Design Fundamentals Elective | 2 | Elective | 4 |
| ARTD 1001 and ARTD 1002 | 4 | ARTF 1240 and ARTF 1241 | 2 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ARTH 1001 and ARTH 1002 | 4 | Art + Design Fundamentals Elective | 2 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR foundation | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Media arts basics elective | 5 | ||||||
| ARTH 2212 | 4 | ||||||
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| 18 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR diversity/globalization | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Media arts basics elective | 5 | ||||||
| Art + Design Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| MSCR 3600 | 4 | ARTD 4530 | 4 | ||||
| MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | MSCR elective | 4 | ||||
| Art + Design Elective | 4 | MSCR elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 132 | |||||||