Media and Screen Studies and History, 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.

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 Elective Courses

From the catalog
Complete 12 semester hours from the following:
Media and Screen Studies courses from the range MSCR 1200 - MSCR 4999, which have not been used to satisfy other degree requirements.

Choose 12 semester hours from:
- All of:
  - ARTD 2360 — Introduction to Photography
  - ARTD 2361 — Photo Tools
- ARTD 3480 — Video: Sound and Image
- ARTD 3485 — Experimental Video
- COMM 3307 — Production Practicum Abroad

History Colloquium

HIST 1200 — Historical Research and Writing
HIST 1201 — First-Year Seminar

History Seminar and Historical Writing

HIST 2301 — The History Seminar
HIST 2302 — Historical Writing

Pre-1800 History Elective

From the catalog
Complete one course from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- HIST 1100 — Law and History
- HIST 1185 — Introduction to Middle Eastern History
- HIST 1187 — Introduction to Latin American History
- HIST 1218 — Pirates, Planters, and Patriots: Making the Americas, 1492–1804
- HIST 1252 — Japanese Literature and Culture
- HIST 1272 — Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1500
- HIST 1389 — History of Espionage 1: Antiquity to World War II
- HIST 2330 — Colonial and Revolutionary America
- HIST 2370 — Renaissance to Enlightenment
- HIST 2375 — The Tudors, the Stuarts, and the Birth of Modern Britain
- HIST 2390 — Africa and the World in Early Times
- HIST 3334 — Assassinations in World History

History Elective

8 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete two HIST courses at any level in any field.

Introductory-Level Course

From the catalog
Complete one course in the following range, not used to fulfill another requirement:
HIST 1001–HIST 1999

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- Any HIST course numbered 1001–1999

Intermediate/Advanced History

4 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete minimum of one history course numbered 2000 to 2999 (Excluding HIST 2301 and HIST 2302).

Advanced History

4 semester hours.

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Complete minimum of one history course numbered 3000 to 4999 (Excluding HIST 4701).

Integrative Requirement Courses

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Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

HIST 1357 — Data, Surveillance, and Society
One of:
- MSCR 1320 — Media and Social Change
- MSCR 2336 — American Film and Culture

Capstone Experience Course

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- HIST 4701 — Capstone Seminar
- MSCR 4623 — Media and Screen Studies Capstone

Intoduction to College

One of:
- MSCR 1000 — Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern
- HIST 1000 — History 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 3308 — Advanced Writing in the Social Sciences
- ENGW 3309 — Advanced Writing in the Humanities
- ENGW 3315 — Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

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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