The Media and Screen Studies Program and the Department of Philosophy and Religion offer a combined major in media and screen studies and philosophy. The combined major integrates the analysis, research, and production of traditional and emerging media along with the study of questions and theories related to morality, society, religion, and the natural and social sciences.
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 language requirements.
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
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| (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
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy Required Courses | ||
| PHIL 1115 | Introduction to Logic | 4 |
| PHIL 2325 | Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought | 4 |
| or POLS 2325 | Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought | |
| PHIL 2330 | Modern Philosophy | 4 |
| Restricted Philosophy Electives | ||
| Complete three of the following with at least one course at the 4000 or 5000 level: | 12 | |
| Race and Religion in Film | ||
| The Religious Worlds of Boston: Faith and Devotion in Urban Life | ||
| Existentialism | ||
| Scientific Approaches to Philosophy | ||
| Moral Philosophy | ||
| Philosophy and Literature | ||
| Philosophy of Science | ||
| Theory of Knowledge | ||
| Advanced Logic | ||
| Philosophy of Mind | ||
| Philosophy of Biology | ||
| Seminar in Religion | ||
| Global Justice | ||
| Ethics and Public Policy | ||
| Information Ethics | ||
| AI Ethics | ||
| Philosophy Electives | ||
| Complete three additional electives from the philosophy department. | 12 | |
Integrative Requirement
| 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 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | MSCR 1320 or 1420 | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1000 | 1 | PHIL 2325 or POLS 2325 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | MSCR foundation | 4 | ||||
| PHIL 1115 | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | ||||
| Foreign Language | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | |
| PHIL 2330 | 4 | Restricted PHIL elective 1 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| MSCR diversity/globalization | 4 | PHIL elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| PHIL elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | ||
| MSCR elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Restricted PHIL elective 2 | 4 | ||||||
| PHIL elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | MSCR 3600 | 4 | |||||
| MSCR elective | 4 | ||||||
| Restricted PHIL elective 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||