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.
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), 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 | ||
| ANTH 1101 | Peoples and Cultures | 4 |
| 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 |
| SOCL 4600 | Senior Seminar | 4 |
| Foundational Competency—Courses Numbered SOCL 1200 to SOCL 2900 | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Sociology of Poverty | ||
| Sociology of Gender | ||
| The Twenty-First-Century Workplace | ||
| Foundational Competency—Courses Numbered 3000 to 4999 | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Special Topics in Anthropology | ||
| Globalization and the Evolution of Human Societies | ||
| Law and Society in a Digital World | ||
| Race, Class, and Gender | ||
| Special Topics in Sociology | ||
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Integrative Courses | ||
| MSCR 3437 | Media and Identity | 4 |
| SOCL 3450 | Class, Power, and Social Change | 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 Four Years, Two Co-ops
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR 1000 | 1 | MSCR 1320 or 1420 | 4 | Foreign language core course | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | MSCR foundation | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| SOCL 1101 | 4 | Foreign language core course | 4 | ||||
| ANTH 1101 | 4 | SOCL 3300 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR diversity/globalization | 4 | Co-op | Co-op | Elective | 4 | ||
| MSCR elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Foreign language core course | 4 | ||||||
| EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| SOCL 2320 | 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 | ||
| SOCL foundational competency elective 1 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | ||||||
| MSCR elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| SOCL foundational competency elective 2 | 4 | MSCR 3437 | 4 | ||||
| MSCR elective | 4 | SOCL 4600 | 4 | ||||
| MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | SOCL foundational competency elective | 4 | ||||
| SOCL 3450 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||