- 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.
Journalism Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundation Courses | ||
| A grade of C or better is required in JRNL 1101, JRNL 1102, and JRNL 2201. | ||
| JRNL 1101 and JRNL 1102 | Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting and Writing and Journalist’s Toolbox | 5 |
| JRNL 1150 | Understanding Today’s News | 4 |
| JRNL 2201 | Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting | 4 |
| Visual Storytelling | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Visual Storytelling in Journalism | ||
| Podcast and Radio Journalism | ||
| News Documentary Production | ||
| Photojournalism | ||
| Video News Reporting and Producing | ||
| The Newsroom | ||
| Practicing Photojournalism: Community and the Camera | ||
| Law and Ethics | 4 | |
| The First Amendment and the Media | ||
or JRNL 4650 | Ethics and Diversity in the News Media | |
| Journalism Electives | ||
| Complete four JRNL courses (two must be 3000 level or above). | 16 | |
Cultural Anthropology Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Requirements | ||
| ANTH 1101 | Peoples and Cultures | 4 |
| ANTH 2305 | Global Markets and Local Culture | 4 |
| ANTH 3410 | Ethnographic Field Experience | 4 |
| ANTH 3421 | Foundations of Anthropological Theory | 4 |
| Anthropology Area Requirements | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8 | |
| Ethnography of Southeast Asia | ||
| Latin American Society and Development | ||
| Anthropology of Africa | ||
| Culture and Politics in Modern India | ||
| Chinese Society and Culture | ||
| Anthropology Electives | ||
| Complete two ANTH courses in addition to the above requirements. One course from study-abroad may also count toward this requirement, with permission from the department. | ||
| ANTH 2000 to ANTH 4999 | 8 | |
| Capstone | ||
| ANTH 4600 | Senior Seminar | 4 |
Introductory
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 1000 | Anthropology at Northeastern | 1 |
| or JRNL 1000 | Journalism at Northeastern | |
Co-op Preparatory Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following if electing to do a co-op: | ||
| EESH 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | 1 |
| or EEAM 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | |
Integrative Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ANTH 3418 | Wired/Unwired: Cybercultures and Technopolitics | 4 |
| or ANTH 4100 | Making Anthropology Public | |
| JRNL 3700 | Data Storytelling | 4 |
| or JRNL 5250 | Gender in the Newsroom | |
Writing Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| ENGW 3308 | Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences | 4 |
| or ENGW 3315 | Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | |
| or JRNL 2301 | Visual Storytelling in Journalism | |
Journalism and Cultural Anthropology Major Credit Requirement
Complete 81 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirement
129 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ANTH 1000 or JRNL 1000 | 1 | ANTH 2305 | 4 | Language | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| ANTH 1101 | 4 | JRNL 1101 and JRNL 1102 | 5 | JRNL elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| JRNL 1150 | 4 | Anthropology elective | 4 | ||||
| Language | 4 | Language | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EESH 2000 or EEAM 2000 | 1 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| ANTH 3410 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ANTH 3421 | 4 | ||||||
| JRNL 2201 | 4 | ||||||
| JRNL elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| JRNL 3550 or 4650 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| JRNL visual storytelling requirement | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| ANTH area requirement | 4 | ||||||
| ANTH elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| ANTH 4600 | 4 | ANTH elective | 4 | ||||
| ANTH area requirement | 4 | JRNL elective | 4 | ||||
| JRNL elective | 4 | Integrative course | 4 | ||||
| Integrative course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 131 | |||||||