Journalism A.B.

Chair: Professor Hatcher

Professors: J. Anderson, Copeland (A.J. Fletcher Professor), Parsons

Associate Professors: Landesberg, T. Nelson, Padgett, Scott, Skube, Sturgill

Assistant Professors: Desalu, Fuller, Luchsinger, Tonkins

Lecturer: Furnas

Instructors: C. Donohue

Journalism serves an essential role in democracy by keeping citizens informed about their world. The news and information gained through reporting, writing, editing and visual journalism reaches the public through print, broadcast, online and mobile channels. (See School of Communications for additional program requirements and course descriptions)

Major Requirements

Required courses: 35-36 sh

IDS 115PUBLIC SPEAKING

2 sh

COM 100COMMUNICATIONS IN A GLOBAL AGE

4 sh

COM 110MEDIA WRITING

4 sh

COM 210WEB AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS

1 sh

COM 220CREATING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT

3 sh

JOU 250JOURNALISM IN A FREE SOCIETY

4 sh

JOU 315MULTIMEDIA NEWS PRODUCTION

4 sh

COM 381COMMUNICATIONS INTERNSHIP

1 or 2 sh

COM 400MEDIA LAW AND ETHICS

4 sh

JOU 450MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM

4 sh

COM 495GREAT IDEAS: ISSUES AND RESEARCH

4 sh

Select one course from the following: 4 sh

JOU 310REPORTING FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD

4 sh

JOU 311BROADCAST NEWS WRITING

4 sh

Select one course from the following: 4 sh

JOU 320EDITING AND DESIGN

4 sh

JOU 351TELEVISION NEWS REPORTING

4 sh

Select additional courses to total at least 52 semester hours of courses from COM, CDE, CTA, JOU, MEA, or STC.

Total Credit Hours: 54

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