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), Difference and Diversity (DD), Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND) and Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ) may be met through electives in the major.
Communication and Media Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to College | ||
| COMM 1000 | Communication Studies at Northeastern | 1 |
| or MSCR 1000 | Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern | |
| Common Requirements | ||
| COMM 1101 | Introduction to Communication Studies | 4 |
| COMM 2301 | Communication Research Methods | 4 |
| MSCR 1220 | Media, Culture, and Society | 4 |
| MSCR 2220 | Understanding Media | 4 |
| Communication Studies Foundational Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Persuasion and Rhetoric | ||
| Communication Theory | ||
| Principles of Organizational Communication | ||
| Communication in a Digital Age | ||
| Media Studies Foundational Course | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Media History | ||
| Television: Text and Context | ||
| Film Analysis | ||
| Diversity and Globalization Cluster | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Global and Intercultural Communication | ||
| Communication and Gender | ||
| Communication and Inclusion | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Global Media | ||
| Digital Feminisms | ||
| Gender and Film | ||
| Media and Identity | ||
| Creative Expression Cluster | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Public Speaking | ||
| Television Field Production | ||
| Voice-Over Artist | ||
| Introduction to Film Production | ||
| Character, Conflict, and Dialogue | ||
| Writing-Intensive | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Mobile Communication | ||
| Health Communication | ||
| Interpersonal Communication | ||
| Political Communication | ||
| Communication Criticism | ||
| Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media | ||
| Free Speech: Law and Practice | ||
| Communication and Sexualities | ||
| Theories of Conflict and Negotiation | ||
| Nonverbal Social Interaction | ||
| Youth and Communication Technology | ||
| Crisis Communication and Image Management | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Documentary Film Ethics | ||
| Digital Media Culture | ||
| Media Audiences | ||
| Film Theory | ||
| Queer Media | ||
| TV History | ||
| Capstone | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Health Communication Campaigns | ||
| Communication and Quality of Life | ||
| Strategic Communication Capstone | ||
| Online Communities | ||
| Production Capstone | ||
| Seminar in Communications | ||
| Media and Screen Studies Capstone | ||
| Elective courses | ||
| Choose three from the following list: | 12 | |
Any COMM courses not already counting above | ||
| Choose three from the following list: | 12 | |
Any MSCR courses not already counting above | ||
Major Grade Requirement
No more than three grades below a C in COMM and MSCR courses may be used to fulfill major requirements.
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 |
| COMM 1000 or MSCR 1000 | 1 | COMM 2301 | 4 | MSCR Foundational Course | 4 | MSCR Diversity & Globalization course | 4 |
| COMM 1101 | 4 | MSCR 2220 | 4 | COMM Diversity & Globalization course | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | COMM Foundational Course | 4 | ||||
| Foreign language Elementary 1 | 4 | Foreign language Elementary 2 | 4 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Creative expression course | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| COMM Writing Intensive course | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| COMM elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
| MSCR elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| MSCR Writing Intensive course | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Advanced Writing in the Discipline course | 4 |
| COMM Elective 2 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR Elective 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Intermediate Foreign Language | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| COMM Elective 3 | 4 | Capstone course | 4 | ||||
| MSCR Elective 3 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||