- 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.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
Introduction to College
Code | Title | Hours |
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JRNL 1000 | Journalism at Northeastern | 1 |
or ARTF 1000 | Art and Design at Northeastern |
Journalism Major Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Journalism Introductory Course | ||
JRNL 1150 | Understanding Today’s News | 4 |
Journalism Foundations | ||
Must receive a C or better in the following: | ||
JRNL 1101 and JRNL 1102 | Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting and Writing and Journalist’s Toolbox | 5 |
JRNL 2201 | Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting | 4 |
JRNL 2301 | Visual Storytelling in Journalism | 4 |
JRNL 3610 | Digital Storytelling and Social Media | 4 |
Law and Ethics | ||
JRNL 3550 | The First Amendment and the Media | 4 |
or JRNL 4650 | Ethics and Diversity in the News Media | |
Journalism Electives | ||
Complete three JRNL courses. | 12 |
Design Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Art + Design Fundamentals Required | ||
ARTF 1220 | Elements of Visual Composition (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 |
Art + Design Fundamentals Electives | ||
Complete three of the following: | 6 | |
Representational Drawing | ||
Abstract Drawing | ||
Making with Form and Materials and Making with Form and Materials Tools | ||
Making with Video, Sound, and Animation and Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools | ||
Designing Interactive Experiences and Designing Interactive Experiences Tools | ||
Design Required | ||
ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | Design Perspectives: An Introduction to Design in the World and Seminar for Design Perspectives | 4 |
ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | Design: Process + Practices and Studio for Design: Process + Practices | 4 |
ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | Typographic Systems and Studio for Typographic Systems | 4 |
Design Elective | ||
Complete any one ARTG design course not already required as long as prerequisites have been met. ARTG 2262 and ARTG 2263 are recommended. 1 | 4 | |
Art + Design History Elective | ||
Complete any one ARTH course. ARTH 1001 Visual Intelligence and ARTH 1002 Seminar in Visual Intelligence are recommended. | 4 | |
Art + Design Elective | ||
Complete any one ARTD, ARTE, ARTF (4 SH), ARTG, ARTH, ARTS, EXRE, or GAME course for which prerequisites have been met and course has not been used to fulfill other requirements of the program. | 4 | |
If ARTG 5000 Topics in Design (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives. | ||
Degree Capstone Project | ||
ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
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For students interested in the PlusOne in Information Design and Data Visualization, speak with an advisor about an alternative course option to Prototyping with Code (ARTG 2262) and Lab for ARTG 2262 (ARTG 2263).
Design Options
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete one of the following options: | 8 | |
Experience Design Option | ||
Experience Design Principles | ||
Topics In Experience Design Inquiry | ||
Graphic Design Option | ||
Graphic Design Principles | ||
Topics In Graphic Design Inquiry | ||
Information Design Option | ||
Information Design Principles | ||
Topics in Information Design Inquiry | ||
Interaction Design Option | ||
Interaction Design Principles and Interaction Design Principles Tools | ||
Topics In Interaction Design Inquiry |
Integrative Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Note: ARTG 4550 double counts with the specified requirements above. | ||
ARTG 4550 | Design Degree Project | 4 |
JRNL 5311 | Design for Storytelling | 4 |
Program Requirement
129 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study: Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
JRNL 1000 or ARTF 1000 | 1 | JRNL 1101 and JRNL 1102 | 5 | ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | 4 | Elective | 4 |
JRNL 1150 | 4 | ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | 4 | ARTF elective | 2 | Elective | 4 |
ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | 4 | MATH elective | 4 | ARTF elective | 2 | ||
ARTF 1220 (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 | Elective | 4 | ||||
ARTF elective | 2 | ||||||
ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
JRNL 2201 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
JRNL 5311 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
Design option level 1 | 4 | ||||||
ARTH elective | 4 | ||||||
EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||||
17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
JRNL 2301 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
JRNL elective 1 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
Design option level 2 | 4 | ||||||
Art+design elective | 4 | ||||||
16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
JRNL 3610 | 4 | JRNL 3550 or 4650 | 4 | ||||
JRNL elective 2 | 4 | JRNL elective 3 | 4 | ||||
Design elective | 4 | ARTG 4550 | 4 | ||||
Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
16 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 131 |
Sample Plan of Study: Five Years, Three Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
JRNL 1000 or ARTF 1000 | 1 | JRNL 1101 and JRNL 1102 | 5 | ARTG 1290 and ARTG 1291 | 4 | Vacation | |
JRNL 1150 | 4 | ARTG 1270 and ARTG 1271 | 4 | ARTF elective | 2 | ||
ARTF 1220 (with optional ARTF 1221) | 2 | MATH elective | 4 | ARTF elective | 2 | ||
ARTF elective e | 2 | Elective | 4 | ||||
ARTG 1001 and ARTG 1002 | 4 | ||||||
ENGW 1111 | 4 | ||||||
17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
JRNL 2201 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Vacation | |
Design option level 1 | 4 | ||||||
ARTH elective | 4 | ||||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||||
17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
JRNL 2301 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
JRNL elective 1 | 4 | ENGW 3302 | 4 | ||||
Design option level 2 | 4 | ||||||
Art+Design elective | 4 | ||||||
16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
JRNL 3610 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Vacation | |
JRNL elective 2 | 4 | ||||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
Elective | 4 | ||||||
16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Year 5 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
JRNL 5311 | 4 | JRNL 3550 or 4650 | 4 | ||||
JRNL 3550 or 4650 | 4 | JRNL elective 3 | 4 | ||||
Design elective | 4 | ARTG 4550 | 4 | ||||
Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
16 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 131 |