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 Seminstar | ||
| 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 | |
MSCR courses between MSCR 1200 - MSCR 4999 that have not been used to satisfy other degree requirements. | ||
| Production Practicum Abroad | ||
Media Arts Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ARTD 1001 and ARTD 1002 | Media Art, Culture, and Social Justice and Seminar for ARTD 1001 | 4 |
| Art + Design Fundamentals Required | ||
| ARTF 1240 and ARTF 1241 | Making with Video, Sound, and Animation and Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools | 2 |
| Art + Design Fundamentals Elective | ||
| Complete 6 semester hours of the following: | 6 | |
| Representational Drawing | ||
| Abstract Drawing | ||
| Elements of Visual Composition (with optional ARTF 1221) | ||
| Making with Form and Materials and Making with Form and Materials Tools | ||
| Designing Interactive Experiences and Designing Interactive Experiences Tools | ||
| Art + Design History | ||
| ARTH 1001 and ARTH 1002 | Visual Intelligence and Seminar in Visual Intelligence | 4 |
| ARTH 2212 | Survey of the Still and Moving Image | 4 |
| Media Arts Basics Electives | ||
| Complete 10 semester hours of the following sets: | 10 | |
| Introduction to Photography and Photo Tools | ||
| Animation Basics and Animation Tools | ||
| Video Basics and Video Tools | ||
| Art + Design Electives | ||
| Complete any 8-9 semester hours of courses not previously completed in ARTG, ARTE, ARTD, ARTH, or ARTS courses as long as prerequisites or corequisites have been met. | 8-9 | |
| If ARTD 3000 Topics in Media Arts (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives. | ||
Integrative Requirement Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 8 semester hours from the following: | ||
| ARTD 3000 | Topics in Media Arts | 4 |
| MSCR 2336 | American Film and Culture | 4 |
| or MSCR 2160 | Narrative Filmmaking | |
Capstone Experience Course
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 4 semester hours from the following: | ||
| ARTD 4530 | Media Arts Degree Project | 4 |
| or MSCR 4623 | Media and Screen Studies Capstone | |
Supporting Courses
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to College | ||
| ARTF 1000 | Art and Design at Northeastern | 1 |
| or MSCR 1000 | Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern | |
| Experiential Learning | ||
| EEAM 2000 | Professional Development for Co-op | 1 |
| 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 Across the Disciplines | ||
| ENGW 3314 | Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design | 4 |
| 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 Media Arts Major Credit Requirement
Complete 86 semester hours in the major.
Program Requirement
130 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 |
| ARTF 1000 or MSCR 1000 | 1 | ARTH 1001 and ARTH 1002 | 4 | Elementary Language 2 | 4 | Intermediate Language | 4 |
| ARTD 1001 and ARTD 1002 | 4 | Art + Design Fundamentals Elective 2 | 2 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| ARTF 1240 and ARTF 1241 | 2 | Art + Design Fundamentals Elective 3 | 2 | ||||
| Art + Design Fundamentals Elective 1 | 2 | MSCR 2220 | 4 | ||||
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | Elementary Language 1 | 4 | ||||
| ENGW 1111, 1102, or 1114 | 4 | EEAM 2000 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| ARTH 2212 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Elective | 4 |
| Media Arts Basics Elective 1 | 5 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR Critical Analysis Cluster | 4 | ||||||
| MSCR Media Production Cluster | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer Session A | Hours | Summer Session B | Hours |
| Art + Design Elective 1 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3314 or 3315 | 4 |
| Media Arts Basics Elective 2 | 5 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR Media Cultures Cluster | 4 | ||||||
| MSCR Elective 1 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Art + Design Elective 2 | 4 | ARTD 4530 or MSCR 4623 | 4 | ||||
| MSCR 2336 or 2160 | 4 | MSCR Writing Intensive | 4 | ||||
| MSCR Elective 2 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR Elective 3 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| 16 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 132 | |||||||