Africana Studies and Media and Screen Studies, BA (Boston)

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BA Language Requirements

12 semester hours.

From the catalog
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.

Introduction to Africana Studies

AFCS 1101 — Introduction to African American and Africana Studies

Approaches to the Field

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Complete two of the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- AFCS 1140 — Introduction to African-American History
- AFCS 1270 — Introduction to Global Health
- AFCS 2270 — Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality
- AFCS 2325 — Black Feminist Studies
- AFCS 2600 — Issues in Race, Science, and Technology
- AFCS 3120 — Race, Crime, and Justice
- AFCS 3305 — Beyond the Binary: Race, Sex, and Science
- AFCS 3323 — Race, Inequality, and the Law
- AFCS 5001 — Special Topics in Race and the Law
- AFCS 5544 — Seminar in Black Leadership

Exploring Intellectual Traditions and Cultural Production

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Complete two of the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- AFCS 1113 — Black Popular Culture
- AFCS 2296 — Early African-American Literature
- AFCS 2455 — American Women Writers
- AFCS 2619 — Race and Religion in Film
- AFCS 2690 — Boston in Literature
- AFCS 3404 — African American Rhetorical Traditions
- AFCS 3664 — Black Poetry and the Spoken Word
- AFCS 3900 — Gender and Black World Literatures
- AFCS 4588 — Literature in Context

Understanding Society and Social Movements

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Complete two of the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- AFCS 1261 — Global Caribbean
- AFCS 2318 — New England Stories: Storytelling and the African American Experience
- AFCS 2325 — Black Feminist Studies
- AFCS 2330 — Afro-Latin American Studies
- AFCS 2337 — African American History Before 1900
- AFCS 2380 — Black Families and Incarceration
- AFCS 2390 — Africa and the World in Early Times
- AFCS 2410 — Possession, Sacrifice, and Divination in African Diasporic Religions
- AFCS 2900 — Swahili, Culture, and Politics in Kenya
- AFCS 3424 — Epidemiology of Pandemic Diseases and Health Disparities in the African Diaspora
- AFCS 4526 — Afro-Asian Relations in the Americas
- AFCS 4939 — Community Health, Culture, and Development in Kenya

Common Requirements

MSCR 1220 — Media, Culture, and Society
MSCR 2220 — Understanding Media

Cluster Courses

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Critical Analysis
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- MSCR 1420 — Media History
- MSCR 2300 — Television: Text and Context
- MSCR 2895 — Film Analysis
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Media Production
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:
Choose 4 semester hours from:
- MSCR 1230 — Introduction to Film Production
- MSCR 2391 — Introduction to Screenwriting
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Media Cultures
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:
Choose 4 semester hours from:
- MSCR 2325 — Global Media
- MSCR 2335 — Race and Social Justice in American Film
- MSCR 3392 — Gender and Film
- MSCR 3437 — Media and Identity

Writing Intensive Seminar

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Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- MSCR 2600 — Cloud, Closet, (Drop)Box
- MSCR 3330 — Documentary Film Ethics
- MSCR 3420 — Digital Media Culture
- MSCR 3422 — Media Audiences
- MSCR 3600 — Film Theory
- MSCR 3700 — Queer Media

Media and Screen Studies Electives

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Complete 12 semester hours from the following:
MSCR courses between MSCR 1200 - 4999, which have not been used to satisfy other degree requirements.

Choose 12 semester hours from:
- ARTD 2360 — Introduction to Photography
- ARTD 3480 — Video: Sound and Image
- ARTD 3485 — Experimental Video
- COMM 3307 — Production Practicum Abroad

Integrative Requirement Courses

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

AFCS 2619 — Race and Religion in Film
One of:
- MSCR 1320 — Media and Social Change
- MSCR 2450 — Sound Cultures

Capstone Experience Course

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

One of:
- AFCS 4700 — Capstone
- MSCR 4623 — Media and Screen Studies Capstone

Introduction to College

One of:
- MSCR 1000 — Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern
- INSH 1000 — Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern

Experiential Learning

One of:
- EEAM 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op
- EESH 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Writing Requirements

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First-Year Writing

One of:
- ENGW 1111 — First-Year Writing
- ENGW 1102 — First-Year Writing for Multilingual Writers
- ENGW 1114 — First-Year Writing with Service-Learning
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Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
One of:
- ENGW 3314 — Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design
- ENGW 3309 — Advanced Writing in the Humanities
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

GPA requirements

Minimum 2.000 GPA required

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

EEAM 2000 ↔ EESH 2000 (tier B)
ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1111 (tier C)
ENGW 1102 ↔ ENGW 1114 (tier C)
ENGW 1111 ↔ ENGW 1114 (tier C)

What the tiers mean

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