Journalism

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The eleven core courses for Journalism majors are:

1. COM 1500 Survey of Mass Communication. Cr. 3
2. COM 2030 Journalistic Grammar and Style. Cr. 3
3. COM 2100 News Reporting. Cr. 4
4. COM 3100 Public Affairs Reporting. Cr. 3
5. COM 3210 (CL) News Editing. Cr. 4
6. COM 4100 (WI) Feature Writing. Cr. 4
7. COM 4250 Reporting Race, Gender, and Culture. Cr. 3
8. COM 5080 History and Law of American Journalism. Cr.4
9. COM 5250 Professional Issues in News Media Management. Cr.4
10.COM 6190 Internship. Cr. 1-3 (Max. 6).
11. HIS 2040 United States to 1877. Cr. 3

Students must take an additional nine credits in electives from this list focusing on their specific area of career interest:

• COM 2230 (WI)(CL) Broadcast News Writing. Cr. 3
• COM 2250 South End Workshop. Cr. 3
• COM 2280 Photojournalism. Cr. 3
• COM 3010 (WI) Television Criticism. Cr. 3
• COM 3170 Fundamentals of Public Relations. Cr. 3
• COM 3280 Advanced Photojournalism. Cr. 3
• COM 3500 Newspaper Design and Layout. Cr. 4
• COM 4010 Special Topics in Journalism Cr. 3 (Max. 9)
• COM 4310 Audio Production. Cr. 4
• COM 4410 Television Production. Cr. 4
• COM 4990 Directed Study. Cr. 1-3 (Max. 4)
• COM 5160 Public Relations Campaigns and Issues Management. Cr. 3
• COM 5260 Professional Writing Workshop. Cr. 3
• COM 5300 Desktop Publishing. Cr. 4
• COM 5310 Investigative Reporting. Cr. 4
• COM 5381 TV News Reporting and Digital Editing. Cr. 3
• COM 5460 Magazine Writing. Cr. 3
• COM 5500 Publishing on the Internet. Cr. 3
• COM 6190 Internship. Cr. 1-3 (Max. 6)
• MKT 2300 Marketing Management. Cr. 3
• MKT 5490 Principles of Advertising. Cr. 3
• MKT 5510 Advertising Media Planning. Cr. 3