Media and Screen Studies and Sociology, 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 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, 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

Core Courses in Sociology

• SOCL 1101 — Introduction to Sociology
• One of:
  • SOCL 2320 — Statistical Analysis in Sociology
  • INSH 3102 — Introduction to Statistics in the Social Sciences
• One of:
  • SOCL 2321 — Research Methods in Sociology
  • INSH 3101 — Research Methods in the Social Sciences
• SOCL 3300 — Social Theory

Introductory Electives

8 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete two electives between SOCL 1200 and SOCL 2999.

Advanced Electives

12 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete three electives between SOCL 3000 and SOCL 4999.

Integrative Requirement Courses

From the catalog

Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

• One of:
  • MSCR 1320 — Media and Social Change
  • MSCR 2450 — Sound Cultures
• SOCL 1102 — Sex, Gender, and Popular Culture

Capstone Experience Courses

From the catalog

Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 4 semester hours from:
  • One of:
    • MSCR 4623 — Media and Screen Studies Capstone
    • SOCL 4600 — Senior Seminar
    • ANTH 4100 — Making Anthropology and Sociology Public

Introduction to College

• One of:
  • MSCR 1000 — Media and Screen Studies at Northeastern
  • SOCL 1000 — Sociology 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

• From the catalog

  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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