Media and Screen Studies and Journalism, 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
From the catalog
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
From the catalog
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

From the catalog
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

From the catalog
Complete 12 semester hours from the following:
MSCR courses between MSCR 1200 - MSCR 4999 that 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

Journalism Foundations

All of:
- JRNL 1101 — Journalism 1: Fundamentals of Reporting and Writing
- JRNL 1102 — Journalist’s Toolbox
JRNL 1150 — Understanding Today’s News
JRNL 2201 — Journalism 2: Intermediate Reporting

Journalism and Advanced Writing

JRNL 2301 — Visual Storytelling in Journalism

Television News

JRNL 5314 — Video News Reporting and Producing

Ethics and Issues

JRNL 4650 — Ethics and Diversity in the News Media

Journalism Electives

From the catalog
Complete three courses in the following range:
JRNL 2000–JRNL 5999

Choose 12 semester hours from:
- Any JRNL course numbered 2000–5999

Integrative Requirement Courses

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

JRNL 3370 — Podcast and Radio Journalism
One of:
- MSCR 1320 — Media and Social Change
- MSCR 2337 — True Crime Media

Capstone Experience Course

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

MSCR 4623 — Media and Screen Studies Capstone

Introduction to College

One of:
- JRNL 1000 — Journalism at Northeastern
- MSCR 1000 — Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern

Experiential Learning

EEAM 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
From the catalog
Advanced Writing Across the Disciplines
One of:
- ENGW 3314 — Advanced Writing in the Arts, Media, and Design
- 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:

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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