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.
Media and Screen Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Common Requirements | ||
| MSCR 1220 | Media, Culture, and Society | 4 |
| MSCR 2220 | Understanding Media | 4 |
| 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 Seminar | ||
| Complete 4 semester hours from the following: | 4 | |
| Cloud, Closet, (Drop)Box | ||
| Documentary Film Ethics | ||
| Digital Media Culture | ||
| Media Audiences | ||
| Film Theory | ||
| Queer Media | ||
| Media and Screen Studies Electives | ||
| Complete 12 semester hours from the following: | 12 | |
Media and Screen Studies courses from the range MSCR 1200 - MSCR 4999, which have not been used to satisfy other degree requirements. | ||
| Introduction to Photography and Photo Tools | ||
| Video: Sound and Image | ||
| Experimental Video | ||
| Production Practicum Abroad | ||
English Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Foundational Courses | ||
| ENGL 1160 | Introduction to Rhetoric | 4 |
| or ENGL 1410 | Introduction to Research on Writing | |
| ENGL 1400 | Introduction to Literary Studies | 4 |
| ENGL 1700 | Global Literatures 1 | 4 |
| or ENGL 1701 | Global Literatures 2 | |
English Electives
Two of the courses chosen from the lists below must be at the 3000 or 4000 level.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Diversity | ||
| Complete one of the following (you may reuse this course to fulfill an additional English requirement below): | 4 | |
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Asian-American Literature | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
| Literary Periods | ||
| Pre-1850 | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Shakespeare | ||
| Early African-American Literature | ||
| Early Literatures | ||
| 17th- and 18th-Century Literatures | ||
| Topics in 17th- and 18th-Century British Literatures | ||
| Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | ||
or JWSS 3678 | Bedrooms and Battlefields: Hebrew Bible and the Origins of Sex, Gender, and Ethnicity | |
| Post-1850 | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| The Graphic Novel | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| Postcolonial Women Writers | ||
| American Women Writers | ||
| Asian-American Literature | ||
| Irish Literary Culture | ||
| 20th- and 21st-Century Literatures | ||
| Theories and Methods | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Introduction to Rhetoric | ||
| Introduction to Research on Writing | ||
| Reading and Writing in the Digital Age | ||
| Science Fiction | ||
| What Is Nature? | ||
| Rhetoric of Law | ||
| The Practice and Theory of Teaching Writing | ||
| Opening the Archive | ||
| Film and Text | ||
| Narrative Medicine | ||
| Introduction to Linguistics | ||
| Linguistic Analysis | ||
| Syntax | ||
| Semantics | ||
| History of English | ||
| Language and Gender | ||
| Major Seminar | ||
| ENGL 3710 | Major Seminar | 4 |
| Writing | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Creative Writing | ||
| Style and Editing | ||
| Writing in Global Contexts | ||
| Writing to Heal | ||
| Writing Boston | ||
| Creative Nonfiction | ||
| Poetry Workshop | ||
| Fiction Workshop | ||
| Writing Seminar | ||
| English Electives | ||
| Complete any two ENGL courses that have not already been used to fulfill another requirement. | 8 | |
Integrative Requirement Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 8 semester hours from the following: | ||
| ENGL 1450 | Reading and Writing in the Digital Age | 4 |
| or ENGL 3340 | Technologies of Text | |
| MSCR 2336 | American Film and Culture | 4 |
| or MSCR 2330 | Film Genres | |
Capstone Experience Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 4 semester hours from the following: | 4 | |
| Capstone Seminar | ||
| Media and Screen Studies Capstone | ||
Supporting Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to College | ||
| ENGL 1000 | English at Northeastern | 1 |
| or MSCR 1000 | Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern | |
| Experiential Learning | ||
| EEAM 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | 1 |
| or EESH 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | |
| Writing Requirements | ||
| First-Year Writing | ||
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| or ENGW 1102 | First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers | |
| or ENGW 1114 | First-Year Writing with Service-Learning | |
| Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | ||
| ENGW 3314 | Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design | 4 |
| or ENGW 3309 | Advanced Writing in the Humanities | |
| 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.
Media and Screen Studies and English Major Credit Requirement
Complete 88 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirement
128 total semester hours required
Sample Plan of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| MSCR 1000 or ENGL 1000 | 1 | MSCR 2220 | 4 | Elementary Language 2 | 4 | Intermediate Language | 4 |
| ENGL 1160 or 1410 | 4 | MSCR Critical Analysis Cluster | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| ENGL 1400 | 4 | ENGL pre-1850 literature elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | Elementary Language 1 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111, 1102, or 1114 | 4 | EEAM 2000 or EESH 2000 (EEAM for CAMD ; EESH for CSSH) | 1 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| ENGL post-1850 literature elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3309, 3314, or 3315 | 4 |
| ENGL diversity elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR Media Production Cluster | 4 | ||||||
| MSCR Media Cultures Cluster | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| ENGL theories and methods elective | 4 | ENGL 1450 or 3340 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| ENGL elective | 4 | ENGL 3710 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| ENGL elective | 4 | MSCR Writing Intensive Seminar | 4 | ||||
| MSCR Elective 1 | 4 | MSCR 2336 or 2330 | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | ENGL 4710 or MSCR 4623 | 4 | ||||
| ENGL writing elective | 4 | ||||||
| MSCR Elective 2 | 4 | ||||||
| MSCR Elective 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 130 | |||||||