• 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 Interpreting Culture (IC), Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), Societies and Institutions (SI), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) are met through the major course requirements.

NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND), Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), and Difference and Diversity (DD) may be met through electives in the major.

Media and Screen Studies Requirements

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
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

(NUpath capstone recommendation: Complete MSCR 4623 as one of your MSCR electives if a philosophy capstone course is not selected for "Restricted Philosophy Electives.")
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

Philosophy Requirements

Philosophy Required Courses
PHIL 1115Introduction to Logic4
PHIL 2325Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought4
or POLS 2325 Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought
PHIL 2330Modern Philosophy4
Advanced Electives
Complete three PHIL courses with a designation of 3000 or above not used to satisfy another requirement, and at least one at 4000 or 5000 level.12
Critical Philosophy Elective
Take one of the following courses not used to fulfill another requirement:4
Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion
Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Human Rights
Indigenous Philosophy
Race and Religion in Film
Sexuality, Gender, and the Law
Philosophy of Race and Racism
Philosophy Electives
Complete two additional PHIL electives, not used to satisfy another requirement.8

Integrative Requirement

MSCR 3600Film Theory4

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

Major Credit Requirement

Complete 76 semester hours in the major.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ENGW 11114MSCR 1320 or 14204Foreign Language4Elective4
MSCR 10001PHIL 2325 or POLS 23254Elective4Elective4
MSCR 12204MSCR foundation4  
PHIL 11154Foreign Language4  
Foreign Language4   
 17 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
EEAM 20001MSCR writing-intensive4Elective4Co-op
PHIL 23304Restricted PHIL elective 14Elective4 
MSCR diversity/globalization4Critical Philosophy Elective4  
MSCR elective4Elective4  
PHIL elective4   
 17 16 8 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-opMSCR writing-intensive4Elective4Co-op
 MSCR elective4Elective4 
 Restricted PHIL elective 24  
 PHIL elective4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-opMSCR 36004  
 MSCR elective4  
 Restricted PHIL elective 34  
 Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 130