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

Introduction to College
COMM 1000Communication Studies at Northeastern1
or MSCR 1000 Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern
Common Requirements
COMM 1101Introduction to Communication Studies4
COMM 2301Communication Research Methods4
MSCR 1220Media, Culture, and Society4
MSCR 2220Understanding Media4
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
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
COMM 1000 or MSCR 10001COMM 23014MSCR Foundational Course4MSCR Diversity & Globalization course4
COMM 11014MSCR 22204COMM Diversity & Globalization course4Elective4
MSCR 12204EEAM 20001  
ENGW 11114COMM Foundational Course4  
Foreign language Elementary 14Foreign language Elementary 24  
 17 17 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Creative expression course4Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
COMM Writing Intensive course4  Elective4
COMM elective 14   
MSCR elective 14   
 16 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
MSCR Writing Intensive course4Co-op0Co-op0Advanced Writing in the Discipline course4
COMM Elective 24  Elective4
MSCR Elective 24   
Intermediate Foreign Language4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
COMM Elective 34Capstone course4  
MSCR Elective 34Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 130