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Media and Screen Studies and Sociology, BA

2021-2022 Edition

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        • Communication Studies, BA
        • Communication and Media Studies, BA
        • Communication Studies and Graphic and Information Design, BA
        • Communication Studies and Sociology, BA
        • Communication Studies and Theatre, BA
        • English and Communication Studies, BA
        • Human Services and Communication Studies, BA
        • Linguistics and Communication Studies, BA
        • Media Arts and Communication Studies, BA
        • 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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The Media and Screen Studies Program and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology offer a combined major in media and screen studies and sociology. The combined major integrates the analysis, research, and production of traditional and emerging media along with the critical perspective needed for studying the social and cultural arrangements in which people live, for understanding how societies function, for investigating the conditions under which people change their institutions, and for describing the modes and conditions of cooperation that make social life possible.

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 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

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 2325
Global Media
MSCR 2505
Digital Feminisms
MSCR 3392
Gender and Film
MSCR 3437
Media and Identity
Writing-Intensive
Complete two of the following:8
MSCR 2505
Digital Feminisms
MSCR 3420
Digital Media Culture
MSCR 3422
Media Audiences
MSCR 3600
Film Theory
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

Sociology Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Core Courses in Sociology
ANTH 1101Peoples and Cultures4
SOCL 1101Introduction to Sociology4
SOCL 2320Statistical Analysis in Sociology4
SOCL 2321Research Methods in Sociology4
SOCL 3300Social Theory4
SOCL 4600Senior Seminar4
Foundational Competency—Courses Numbered SOCL 1200 to SOCL 2900
Complete two of the following:8
SOCL 1228
Social Problems
SOCL 1245
Sociology of Poverty
SOCL 1260
Gender in a Changing Society
SOCL 1280
The Twenty-First-Century Workplace
Foundational Competency—Courses Numbered 3000 to 4999
Complete one of the following:4
ANTH 3120
Consumer Cultures
ANTH 4580
Special Topics in Anthropology
SOCL 3465
Globalization and the Evolution of Human Societies
SOCL 4518
Law and Society in a Digital World
SOCL 4520
Race, Class, and Gender
SOCL 4580
Special Topics in Sociology

Integrative Requirement

Course List
Code Title Hours
Integrative Courses
MSCR 3437Media and Identity4
SOCL 3450Class, Power, and Social Change4

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.

Experiential Liberal Arts

All undergraduate students in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities are required to complete the Experiential Liberal Arts Requirement.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required

Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MSCR 10001MSCR 1320 or 14204Foreign language core course4Elective4
MSCR 12204MSCR foundation4Elective4Elective4
SOCL 11014Foreign language core course4  
ANTH 11014SOCL 33004  
ENGW 11114   
 17 16 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MSCR diversity/globalization4Co-opCo-opElective4
MSCR elective4  Elective4
Foreign language core course4   
EEAM 20001   
SOCL 23204   
 17 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
SOCL 23214Co-opCo-opElective4
SOCL foundational competency elective 14  Elective4
MSCR writing-intensive4   
MSCR elective4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
SOCL foundational competency elective 24MSCR 34374  
MSCR elective4SOCL 46004  
MSCR writing-intensive4SOCL foundational competency elective4  
SOCL 34504Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 130
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