Film and Creative Media, 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 Film and Creative Media at Northeastern

MSCR 1000 — Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern

Common Requirements

All of:
- ARTF 1220 — Elements of Visual Composition
- ARTF 1221 — Elements of Visual Composition Tools
All of:
- ARTF 1240 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation
- ARTF 1241 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools
MSCR 1230 — Introduction to Film Production

Foundation Courses

From the catalog
Film Foundation Courses
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- MSCR 2105 — Sound Production for Digital Media
- MSCR 2170 — Producing for the Entertainment Industry
- MSCR 2391 — Introduction to Screenwriting
From the catalog
Creative Media Foundation Courses
Complete 9-10 semester hours from the following:
Choose 10 semester hours from:
- ARTD 2100 — Narrative Basics
- All of:
  - ARTD 2360 — Introduction to Photography
  - ARTD 2361 — Photo Tools
- All of:
  - ARTD 2380 — Video Basics
  - ARTD 2381 — Video Tools

Film and Media Criticism Electives

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- All of:
  - ARTD 1001 — Media Art, Culture, and Social Justice
  - ARTD 1002 — Seminar for ARTD 1001
- All of:
  - ARTH 1001 — Visual Intelligence
  - ARTH 1002 — Seminar in Visual Intelligence
- ARTH 2212 — Survey of the Still and Moving Image
- MSCR 2300 — Television: Text and Context
- MSCR 2330 — Film Genres
- MSCR 2335 — Race and Social Justice in American Film
- MSCR 2336 — American Film and Culture
- MSCR 2450 — Sound Cultures
- MSCR 2895 — Film Analysis
- MSCR 3392 — Gender and Film
- MSCR 3437 — Media and Identity
- MSCR 5300 — Media and Technology Ethics
- MUSC 1113 — Film Music
- MUSC 2351 — Music, Sound, and the Screen
- MUSI 1230 — Introduction to Music Industry
- MUSI 2231 — Music Licensing for Media
- MUSI 2332 — Music Publishing and Royalties
- THTR 1235 — Fashion and Costume Design in Film and Television

Writing-Intensive Seminars

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- ARTH 3000 — Topics in Visual Studies
- JRNL 3610 — Digital Storytelling and Social Media
- MSCR 3330 — Documentary Film Ethics
- MSCR 3420 — Digital Media Culture
- MSCR 3600 — Film Theory
- MSCR 3700 — Queer Media
- MUSC 3355 — Music, Noise, Silence

Media Production Electives

From the catalog
Complete 16 semester hours from the following (any course listed as a foundation course that is not used to satisfy those requirements can count toward the media production electives):

Choose 16 semester hours from:
- ARTD 2000 — Introduction to Immersive Media
- ARTD 2340 — Introduction to Computational Creative Practice
- All of:
  - ARTD 2370 — Animation Basics
  - ARTD 2371 — Animation Tools
- COMM 3307 — Production Practicum Abroad
- COMM 3450 — Voice-Over Artist
- JRNL 2301 — Visual Storytelling in Journalism
- MSCR 2111 — Television Field Production
- MSCR 2121 — Television Studio Production
- MSCR 2175 — The Business of Entertainment
- MSCR 2185 — Beyond Television
- MSCR 3130 — Inclusive Filmmaking
- MSCR 3150 — Digital Editing for TV
- MSCR 3155 — Special Effects and Postproduction for Television
- MSCR 3389 — Screenwriting: Short Film
- MSCR 3390 — Screenwriting: Feature Films
- MUST 2320 — Sound Design
- THTR 1125 — Improvisation
- THTR 1600 — Movement: Embodied Approaches to Creativity
- THTR 2345 — Acting for the Camera
- THTR 2400 — Scenic Design
- THTR 3670 — Mixed-Media Performance Lab

Advanced Media Production Electives

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- ARTD 3000 — Topics in Media Arts
- ARTD 3460 — Photography: Concept + Process
- ARTD 3480 — Video: Sound and Image
- ARTD 3485 — Experimental Video
- JRNL 5309 — News Documentary Production
- JRNL 5314 — Video News Reporting and Producing
- MSCR 2160 — Narrative Filmmaking
- MSCR 3446 — Documentary Production
- THTR 4345 — Advanced Acting for the Camera

Capstone Experience

One of:
- ARTD 4530 — Media Arts Degree Project
- COMM 4755 — Production Capstone

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

Advanced Writing in the Discipline

One of:
- ENGW 3314 — Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines
- JRNL 2301 — Visual Storytelling in Journalism

Substitutions

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

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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