Journalism Major

36 credit hours

Required Courses:

JOUR 115W/ENGL 115W	News Reporting and Writing	3
JOUR 239W/ENGL 239W	Advanced Journalism	3
JOUR 243	Editorial Skills	3
JOUR 245	Photojournalism	3
JOUR 255	Multimedia Storytelling	3
JOUR 302	Ethics and Law of the Press	3
JOUR 395	Internship	4
JOUR 095	Journalism Participation	0- 1

JOUR 095 required for two semesters.

Three of the following courses:

COMM 280	History of U.S. Media	3
COMM 365/JOUR 365	Public Relations	3
GOVT 335/COMM 335/JOUR 335	Elections, Public Opinion and The Media	3
JOUR 215W/ENGL 215W	Newspaper Writing: Sports	3
JOUR 290W/HIST 290W	History of The American Press	3
JOUR 312W/ENGL 312W	Writing For Magazines	3
JOUR 315W/ENGL 315W	Newspaper Writing: Critical/Editorial	3
JOUR 197	Topics:	3
JOUR 297	Topics:	3
JOUR 397	Topics:	3

One of the following courses:

ENGL 225	World Literature I	3
ENGL 226	World Literature II	3
ENGL 230	Introduction to British Literary History	3
ENGL 240	Introduction to American Literary History	3
ENGL 269	English Grammar	3
ENGL 304W	Creative Writing: Fiction	3
ENGL 305W	Creative Writing: Poetry	3
ENGL 306W	Creative Writing: Drama	3
ENGL 311W	Advanced Composition	3

Recommended Supportive Courses:

ART 190	Graphic Design I	3
ART 321	Graphic Design II	3
BSAD 310	Principles of Marketing	3
ECON 120	Principles of Economics I	3
ECON 121	Principles of Economics II	3
GOVT 110	Introduction to Government	3

Journalism Sample Plan of Study

Following is one possible way to complete the major.  

Students should fill in gaps with coursework required for the core curriculum and other majors/minors to take an average of 14 credit hours each fall and spring, and 3-4 credit hours each Interim.  Total credit hours needs to be 124 for degree completion.

First Year

Fall Semester

FYS 110	First Year Seminar I	4
	Core, Major, Minor or Elective Course	3-4

Interim

Spring Semester

FYS 111

First Year Seminar II

4

Second Year

Fall Semester

Interim

Spring Semester

Third Year

Fall Semester

Interim

Spring Semester

Fourth Year

Fall Semester

Interim

Spring Semester