Communication, B.A.: Journalism Option

General Education 47-48

Foundations Requirements 13

GE 1000	TRANSITION TO KEAN	1
	OR
GE 3000	TRANSFER TRANSITIONS	1

ENG 1030	COLLEGE COMPOSITION	3

MATH 1010	FOUNDATIONS OF MATH	3
	OR
MATH 1016	STATISTICS	3

COMM 1402	SPEECH COMM AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP	3
GE 2023	RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY	3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

ENG 1030, COMM 1402: A grade of “C” or better is required.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements

Humanities 9

ENG 2403

WORLD LITERATURE

ENG 2403: General Education Required Course

Select two from the following areas:

	Fine Arts or Art History	3
	Philosophy or Religion	3
	Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)	3
	Music or Theatre	3
	Interdisciplinary	3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062

WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

HIST 1062: General Education Required Course

Select two from the following areas:

	Psychology	3
	Economics or Geography	3
	Political Science	3
	Sociology or Anthropology	3
	Interdisciplinary	3

Science and Mathematics 10-11

MATH 1010	FOUNDATIONS OF MATH	3
	OR
MATH 1016	STATISTICS	3
	OR
MATH 1030	PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH	3
	OR
MATH 1054	PRE-CALCULUS	3
	OR
CPS 1032	MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS	3
	OR
CPS 1231	FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE	4

MATH 1010 or MATH 1016 or MATH 1030 or MATH 1054 or CPS 1032 or CPS 1231: General Education Required Course

Select any two areas from below; one must be a lab course:

	Biology	3,4
	Chemistry or Physics	3,4
	Astronomy, Geology or Meteorology	3,4
	Interdisciplinary	3

Health/Physical Education 3

ID 1225	CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH	3
	OR
ID 1010	LEISURE & RECREATION IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY	3

Major/GE Capstone Course 3

COMM 4962

COMMUNICATION RESEARCH SEMINAR

Additional Requirements 6

ID 2415	GROUP COMMUNICATION	3

FA 2275	DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY I	3
	OR
FA 3273	PHOTOJOURNALISM AND DOCUMENTARY PHOTO	3

Academic Major 45

Required Core I 12

COMM 2405	PUBLIC SPEAKING	3
COMM 2503	MASS MEDIA	3
COMM 3510	PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION	3
COMM 3720	COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA THEORY	3

Required Core II 18

COMM 2920	INTRODUCTORY JOURNALISM	3
COMM 2403	PRODUCTION FOUNDATIONS	3
COMM 3780	TOWER PRACTICUM	1
COMM 3780	TOWER PRACTICUM	1
COMM 3780	TOWER PRACTICUM	1
COMM 3910	PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORTING	3

COMM 3915	FEATURE WRITING	3
	OR
COMM 3920	SPECIALTY WRITING ON THE WEB	3

COMM 3925	EDITING SKILLS IN JOURNALISM	3

Communication Electives 15

Choose any 5 COMM courses

Free Electives 24-25

At least 50% must be 3000/4000 Level

Students should not take COMM courses as free electives

Total Credit Hours: 124