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Core (21 hours):

â–¡ MCOM 1300 Media and Society [Required for all FILM, JOUR & MCOM courses]

â–¡ JOUR 2300 Beginning Reporting [Prereq – WRTG 1320]

[Prerequisite for all other journalism courses except for Print Media Applications] – Please check prerequisites for all upper-level classes

â–¡ JOUR 2305 Basic Press Photography

â–¡ JOUR 2325 Principles of Online Journalism

â–¡ JOUR 2340 Broadcast Journalism Production I [Prereq – JOUR 2300]

â–¡ JOUR 3300 Advanced Reporting and Editing

â–¡ MCOM 3301 Media Law and Ethics

 

Required (6 hours):

Must complete both courses in at least one of the three options:Print

â–¡ JOUR 3305 Publication Design & Makeup

â–¡ JOUR 3308 Advanced Reporting and EditingBroadcast

â–¡ JOUR 3374 Broadcast Journalism Prod II [Prereq – JOUR 2340]

â–¡ JOUR 4315 Broadcast Journalism Prod III [Prereq – JOUR 3374]Online

â–¡ JOUR 3345 Online Publishing I [Prereq – JOUR 2325]

â–¡ JOUR 3346 Online Publishing II [Prereq – JOUR 3345]

 

Electives (9 hours):

Choose from the following:

â–¡ JOUR 2301 Broadcast Announcing

â–¡ JOUR 3305 Publication Design & Makeup

â–¡ JOUR 3308 News Editing

â–¡ JOUR 3311 Digital Imaging [Prereq – JOUR 2305]

â–¡ JOUR 3334 Non-Fiction Writing

â–¡ JOUR 3345 Online Publishing I

â–¡ JOUR 3346 Online Publishing II

â–¡ JOUR 3363 Audio Production

â–¡ JOUR 3365 Broadcast Management

â–¡ JOUR 3373 Documentary Production*

â–¡ JOUR 3374 Broadcast Journalism Prod II

â–¡ JOUR 4313 Writing for Electronic Media

â–¡ JOUR 4315 Broadcast Journalism Prod III

â–¡ JOUR 4331 In-Depth & Comp-Aided Reporting

□ JOUR  4332 Writing Editorials & Reviews

â–¡ MCOM 3302 Media History

â–¡ MCOM 3307 Theories of Mass Communication

â–¡ MCOM 3322 Directed Study

â–¡ MCOM 3391/4391 Topics in Mass Communication

â–¡ MCOM 43XX Media Effects*

â–¡ MCOM 33XX Intro to Mass Comm Research Methods*

â–¡ MCOM 4323 Seminar in Mass Communication

â–¡ MCOM 43xx Research Project*

□ SPCH  3310 Writing for Public Relations

□ WRTG 3300 Creative Writing:  Scriptwriting

â–¡ WRTG 3310 Technical Writing

â–¡ WRTG 3320 Forms of Scriptwriting [Prereq – JOUR 3308]

* New course proposalsApplication Courses (4 Hours):

All students are to complete 1 hour credit at each level.  (Each level may be repeated for a maximum 2 hours credit.) Online Journalism students must complete at least one hour of print and one hour of electronic applications among the four.

OR

[Prerequisite for Electronic Med Apps:  JOUR 2340]

â–¡ JOUR 1121 Print Media Applications

â–¡ JOUR 2121 Print Media Applications

â–¡ JOUR 3121 Print Media Applications

â–¡ JOUR 4121 Print Media Applications

â–¡ JOUR 2123 Electronic Media Applications

â–¡ JOUR 3123 Electronic Media Applications

â–¡ JOUR 4123 Electronic Media Applications

â–¡ JOUR _____

 

Internship (3 hours):  (Required of all Journalism emphases; counts toward hours in major)

â–¡ JOUR 3321 Internship (120 hrs.)

 

SUMMARY OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:

Total of 124 minimum hours [40 in upper division], including

□  GENERAL EDUCATION hours (47)

□  SPECIAL DEGREE hours (BA or BS) **See the chart

□  MAJOR hours (43)

□  MINOR hours (contact minor department)

â–¡ Grade point average of 2.0 or better is required in each of the major and minor and cumulatively.