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 Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Interpreting Culture (IC), Societies and Institutions (SI), Difference and Diversity (DD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) are met through the major course requirements. 

NUpath requirement Analyzing and Using Data (AD) may be met through electives in the major.

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

Media and Screen Studies Requirements

Media and Screen Studies Common Requirements
MSCR 1220Media, Culture, and Society4
MSCR 1320Media and Social Change4
or MSCR 1420 Media History
Foundation Course
Complete one of the following:4
Introduction to Film Production
Understanding Media
Diversity or Globalization Course
Complete one of the following:4
Global Media
Digital Feminisms
Gender and Film
Media and Identity
Writing-Intensive
Complete two of the following:8
Cloud, Closet, (Drop)Box
Documentary Film Ethics
Digital Media Culture
Media Audiences
Film Theory
Queer Media
TV History

Media and Screen Studies Electives

Complete THREE courses that have not been used to satisfy other requirements: 12
Media and Screen Studies courses, from the range MSCR 1200 - MSCR 4999
Video Basics
and Video Tools
Video: Sound and Image
Experimental Video
Sound Production for Digital Media
Television Field Production
Television Studio Production
Digital Editing for TV
Special Effects and Postproduction for Television

Journalism Requirements

Journalism Foundations
JRNL 1101
and JRNL 1102
Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting and Writing
and Journalist’s Toolbox (A grade of C or higher is required)
5
JRNL 1150Understanding Today’s News4
JRNL 2201Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting (A grade of C or higher is required)4
Journalism and Advanced Writing
JRNL 2301Visual Storytelling in Journalism (A grade of C or higher is required)4
Television News
JRNL 5314Video News Reporting and Producing4
Ethics and Issues
JRNL 4650Ethics and Diversity in the News Media4
Journalism Electives
Complete three courses in the following range:12
JRNL 2000–JRNL 5999

Integrative Requirement

The following course also counts toward the media and screen studies requirements above.

Integrative Course
MSCR 4623Media and Screen Studies Capstone4

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.

Program Requirement

129 total semester hours required

Sample Four Years, Two Co-ops Spring/Summer First Half

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
JRNL 11504JRNL 1101
and JRNL 1102
5Foreign language 4Foreign language4
ENGW 11114MSCR 1230 or 22204Elective4Elective4
MSCR 1000 or JRNL 10001MSCR 1320 or 14204  
MSCR 12204EEAM 20001  
Elective4Foreign language 4  
 17 18 8 8
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
JRNL 22014Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
Journalism elective 14  Elective4
MSCR diversity or globalization4   
MSCR elective 14   
 16 0 0 8
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
JRNL 23014Co-op0Co-op0Elective4
JRNL 53144  Elective4
MSCR writing intensive 14   
Elective4   
 16 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
JRNL 46504MSCR 46234  
Journalism elective 24MSCR elective 34  
MSCR elective 24Journalism elective 34  
MSCR writing intensive 24Elective4  
 16 16  
Total Hours: 131