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), Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), Societies and Institutions (SI), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), and Ethical Reasoning (ER) are met through the major course requirements.
NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND), Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), and Difference and Diversity (DD) may be met through electives in the major.
Media and Screen Studies Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Media and Screen Studies Common Requirements | ||
| MSCR 1220 | Media, Culture, and Society | 4 |
| MSCR 1320 | Media and Social Change | 4 |
| 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
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Production Capstone | ||
Philosophy Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Philosophy Required Courses | ||
| PHIL 1115 | Introduction to Logic | 4 |
| PHIL 2325 | Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought | 4 |
| or POLS 2325 | Ancient Philosophy and Political Thought | |
| PHIL 2330 | Modern Philosophy | 4 |
| Advanced Electives | ||
| Complete three PHIL courses with a designation of 3000 or above not used to satisfy another requirement, and at least one at 4000 or 5000 level. Except PHIL 5110. | 12 | |
| Critical Philosophy Elective | ||
| Take one of the following courses not used to fulfill another requirement: | 4 | |
| Goddesses, Witches, Saints, and Sinners: Women and Religion | ||
| Sex in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam | ||
| Human Rights | ||
| Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions | ||
| Indigenous Philosophy | ||
| Race and Religion in Film | ||
| Sexuality, Gender, and the Law | ||
| Religion, Race, and Politics | ||
| Philosophy of Race and Racism | ||
| Philosophy Electives | ||
| Complete two additional PHIL electives, not used to satisfy another requirement. | 8 | |
Integrative Requirement
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| MSCR 3600 | Film Theory | 4 |
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
Major Credit Requirement
Complete 76 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 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 | 4 | MSCR 1320 or 1420 | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1000 | 1 | PHIL 2325 or POLS 2325 | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| MSCR 1220 | 4 | MSCR foundation | 4 | ||||
| PHIL 1115 | 4 | Foreign Language | 4 | ||||
| Foreign Language | 4 | EEAM 2000 (For CAMD students) | 1 | ||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EESH 2000 (For CSSH students) | 1 | MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| PHIL 2330 | 4 | Restricted PHIL elective 1 | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||
| MSCR diversity/globalization | 4 | Critical Philosophy Elective | 4 | ||||
| MSCR elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| PHIL elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | MSCR writing-intensive | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| MSCR elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | ||||
| Restricted PHIL elective 2 | 4 | ||||||
| PHIL elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | MSCR 3600 | 4 | ||||
| MSCR elective | 4 | ||||||
| Restricted PHIL elective 3 | 4 | ||||||
| Elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 131 | |||||||