Undergraduate Program Requirements

Communication Program Requirements

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MJ MAGAZINE BA 2017

44 CREDITS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE MULTIMDEDIA JOURNALISM MAJOR WITH THE MAGAZINE CONCENTRATION.

Journalism internship credits do NOT count toward the degree requirements. They count toward College-Wide Electives.

A maximum of three (3) credits from Independent Projects may be used toward degree requirements. Additional credits from Independent Projects will count toward College-Wide Electives.

JOURN CORE REQS 20cr

Courses: 5/5
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
53-1011 Introduction to Journalism 4C
53-1015 Reporting and Writing I 3C
OR 1 of the following:
53-1015A College Newspaper Workshop 3C
53-1017 Editing Essentials 4C
53-2015 Media Ethics and Law 3C
53-2020A Reporting and Writing II 6C

MAGAZINE CORE REQS 12cr

Courses: 4/4
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
53-3210 Magazine Editing 3C
53-3215 Business-to-Business Magazine Writing 3C
53-3216 Magazine Article Writing 3C
53-3231 Digital Storytelling 3C


LOWER ELECTIVES 3cr

Courses: 3/3
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose three (3) credits from the following list. Additional courses may be substituted with the permission of an advisor:
53-1520 Smartphone/photo 1C
53-1521 Smartphone/video 1C
53-1523 Smartphone/audio 1C
53-1715 Essentials of Interviewing 1C
53-2116 Blogging: Beyond the Basics 3C
53-2205 Writing for Social Media 3C
53-2220 Visual Communication 3C
53-2520 Sports Reporting 3C
53-LELEC****C


UPPER ELECTIVES 9cr

Courses: 2/5
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose nine (9) credits from the following list. Additional courses may be substituted with the permission of an advisor:
52-2816 Reviewing the Arts 4C
52-2816HN Reviewing the Arts: Honors 4C
53-4621J Covering Europe: Ireland 3C
53-3115 Investigative Reporting 3C
53-3130 Interpretive Reporting 3C
53-3542 Fashion Journalism 3C
53-4120 Covering Politics: 3C
53-4131 Web Design for Storytelling 2C
53-4535 Launching a Journalism Startup 3C

Students in the Magazine Concentration are strongly encouraged to take this 6-credit 53-4536 College Magazine Workshop (which creates Echo Magazine)as part of the Upper Level Electives:
53-4536 College Magazine Workshop 6C
53-4540 Advanced Sports Reporting 3C
53-4660 Global Multimedia Reporting 2C
53-4840 Digital Storytelling II 3C
53-4890 Data Storytelling 3C
53-UELEC****C

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