- 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), Societies and Institutions (SI), and Difference and Diversity (DD) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirements Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), 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 | |
| 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 | ||
Sociology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses in Sociology | ||
| SOCL 1101 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 |
| SOCL 2320 | Statistical Analysis in Sociology | 4 |
| SOCL 2321 | Research Methods in Sociology | 4 |
| SOCL 3300 | Social Theory | 4 |
| Introductory Electives | ||
| Complete two electives between SOCL 1200 and SOCL 2999. | 8 | |
| Advanced Electives | ||
| Complete three electives between SOCL 3000 and SOCL 4999. | 12 | |
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Integrative Courses | ||
| MSCR 3437 | Media and Identity | 4 |
| SOCL 4600 | Senior Seminar | 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
Sociology Major Grade Requirement
A GPA of 2.000 for major courses is required.
Program Requirement
128 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 |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | MSCR 1320 or 1420 | 4 | Foreign language core course | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1000 | 1 | SOCL 3300 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | MSCR foundation | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 1101 | 4 | Foreign language core course | 4 | ||||
| Sociology elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| SOCL 2320 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR diversity/globalization | 4 | ||||||
| MSCR elective | 4 | ||||||
| Foreign language core course | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| SOCL 2321 | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR elective | 4 | ||||||
| SOCL elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Integrative course | 4 | MSCR 3437 | 4 | ||||
| MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | SOCL 4600 | 4 | ||||
| MSCR elective | 4 | Integrative course | 4 | ||||
| SOCL elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||