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) and Societies and Institutions (SI) are met through the major course requirements. 

NUpath requirements Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Differences and Diversity (DD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) may be met through electives in the major.

NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND), Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), and Analyzing and Using Data (AD) must be met through general electives.


New York State Liberal Arts and Sciences Requirements

All undergraduate students enrolled in programs at the New York campus are required to fulfill New York State Liberal Arts and Sciences requirements.


Media and Screen Studies Requirements

Common Requirements
MSCR 1220Media, Culture, and Society4
MSCR 2220Understanding Media4
Cluster Courses
Critical Analysis
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:4
Media History
Television: Text and Context
Film Analysis
Media Production
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:4
Introduction to Film Production
Introduction to Screenwriting
Media Cultures
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:4
Global Media
Race and Social Justice in American Film
Gender and Film
Media and Identity
Writing-Intensive Seminars
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:8
Cloud, Closet, (Drop)Box
Documentary Film Ethics
Digital Media Culture
Media Audiences
Film Theory
Queer Media
Media and Screen Studies Electives
Complete 20 semester hours from the following:20
Introduction to Photography
Video: Sound and Image
Experimental Video
MSCR courses between MSCR 1200-4999 that have not been used to satisfy other degree requirements
Capstone Experience Course
MSCR 4623Media and Screen Studies Capstone4

Supporting Courses

Introduction to College
MSCR 1000Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern1
Writing Requirements
First-Year Writing
ENGW 1111First-Year Writing4
or ENGW 1102 First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
or ENGW 1114 First-Year Writing with Service-Learning
Advanced Writing Across the Disciplines
ENGW 3314Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design4
or ENGW 3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

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.

Optional Co-op

Successful completion of EXED 2000 is required for participation in co-op.
EXED 2000Professional Development for Co-op1
COOP 3945Co-op Work Experience0
or COOP 3946 Co-op Work Experience--Half Time
or COOP 3947 Co-op Work Experience Abroad--Half Time
or COOP 3948 Co-op Work Experience Abroad

Major Credit Requirement

Complete 52 semester hours in the major.

Program Requirement

128 total semester hours required