Media Arts and Communication Studies, 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.

Media Arts Courses

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

Art and Design Fundamentals Required

ARTF 1240 — Making with Video, Sound, and Animation

Art and Design Fundamentals Electives

From the catalog
Complete 6 semester hours from the following:

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

Art and Design History

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

Media Art Basics Electives

From the catalog
Complete 10 semester hours from the following:

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 and Design Electives

8 semester hours.

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours of ARTD, ARTE, ARTG, ARTH, or ARTS courses not already required in this program, and for which prerequisites 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.

Common Requirements

COMM 1101 — Introduction to Communication Studies
One of:
- COMM 1112 — Public Speaking
- COMM 2301 — Communication Research Methods

Foundation Course

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- COMM 1210 — Persuasion and Rhetoric
- COMM 1225 — Communication Theory
- COMM 1231 — Principles of Organizational Communication
- COMM 1255 — Communication in a Digital Age

Cluster Course

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

Choose 4 semester hours from:
- COMM 1131 — Sex, Relationships, and Communication
- COMM 2303 — Global and Intercultural Communication
- COMM 2304 — Communication and Gender
- COMM 2501 — Communication Law
- COMM 2551 — Free Speech in Cyberspace

Writing Intensive Courses

From the catalog
Complete 8 semester hours from the following:

Choose 8 semester hours from:
- COMM 3200 — Mobile Communication
- COMM 3201 — Health Communication
- COMM 3230 — Interpersonal Communication
- COMM 3304 — Communication and Inclusion
- COMM 3320 — Political Communication
- COMM 3415 — Communication Criticism
- COMM 3500 — Environmental Issues, Communication, and the Media
- COMM 3501 — Free Speech: Law and Practice
- COMM 3530 — Communication and Sexualities
- COMM 3532 — Theories of Conflict and Negotiation
- COMM 4535 — Nonverbal Social Interaction
- COMM 4605 — Youth and Communication Technology
- COMM 4631 — Crisis Communication and Image Management

Communication Studies Electives

From the catalog
Complete 12 semester hours from the following:
COMM courses between COMM 1100 - 4999, which have not been used to satisfy other degree requirements.
MSCR courses in the ranges MSCR 2100 - 2199, MSCR 3100 - 3199, and MSCR 4100 - 4199.

Choose 12 semester hours from:
- JRNL 2301 — Visual Storytelling in Journalism
- MSCR 1230 — Introduction to Film Production
- PREL 1425 — Public Relations Principles
- PREL 3625 — Public Relations Practice

Integrative Course

COMM 2200 — Visual Communication

Capstone Experience Course

From the catalog
Complete 4 semester hours from the following:

One of:
- ARTD 4530 — Media Arts Degree Project
- COMM 4755 — Production Capstone
- COMM 4901 — Seminar in Communications

Introduction to College

One of:
- ARTF 1000 — Art and Design at Northeastern
- COMM 1000 — Communication 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 in the Disciplines
One of:
- COMM 3409 — Advocacy Writing
- 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

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under media-arts-and-communication-studies-ba-boston, and the official page is the authority.