Media and Screen Studies and Media Arts, 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

From the catalog
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 Seminstar

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.

COMM 3307 — Production Practicum Abroad

Media Arts Requirements

All of:
- ARTD 1001 — Media Art, Culture, and Social Justice
- ARTD 1002 — Seminar for ARTD 1001

Art + Design Fundamentals Required

All of:
- ARTF 1240 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation
- ARTF 1241 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation Tools

Art + Design Fundamentals Elective

From the catalog
Complete 6 semester hours of the following:

Choose 6 semester hours from:
- ARTF 1200 — Representational Drawing
- ARTF 1210 — Abstract Drawing
- ARTF 1220 — Elements of Visual Composition
- All of:
  - ARTF 1230 — Making with Form and Materials
  - ARTF 1231 — Making with Form and Materials Tools
- All of:
  - ARTF 1250 — Designing Interactive Experiences
  - ARTF 1251 — Designing Interactive Experiences Tools

Art + Design History

All of:
- ARTH 1001 — Visual Intelligence
- ARTH 1002 — Seminar in Visual Intelligence
ARTH 2212 — Survey of the Still and Moving Image

Media Arts Basics Electives

From the catalog
Complete 10 semester hours of the following sets:

Choose 10 semester hours from:
- All of:
  - ARTD 2360 — Introduction to Photography
  - ARTD 2361 — Photo Tools
- All of:
  - ARTD 2370 — Animation Basics
  - ARTD 2371 — Animation Tools
- All of:
  - ARTD 2380 — Video Basics
  - ARTD 2381 — Video Tools

Art + Design Electives

8 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete any 8-9 semester hours of courses not previously completed in ARTG, ARTE, ARTD, ARTH, or ARTS courses as long as prerequisites or corequisites have been met.
If ARTD 3000 Topics in Media Arts (or any other topics course in the subjects listed above) is completed more than once, the additional completions may be allowed toward the electives.

Integrative Requirement Courses

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

ARTD 3000 — Topics in Media Arts
One of:
- MSCR 2336 — American Film and Culture
- MSCR 2160 — Narrative Filmmaking

Capstone Experience Course

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

One of:
- ARTD 4530 — Media Arts Degree Project
- MSCR 4623 — Media and Screen Studies Capstone

Introduction to College

One of:
- ARTF 1000 — Art and Design at Northeastern
- MSCR 1000 — Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern

Experiential Learning

EEAM 2000 — Professional Development for Co-op

Writing Requirements

From the catalog
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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