Undergraduate Program Requirements

Communication Program Requirements

Currently displaying program requirements for academic year:

MJ News & Features BA17

43 CREDITS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE MULTIMEDIA JOURNALISM MAJOR WITH THE NEWS & FEATURES 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.

REQUIRED CORE 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

News&Features Core 11cr

Courses: 4/4
CourseTitleCreditsGrade
53-3120 Covering Urban Affairs 3C
53-3231 Digital Storytelling 3C
53-3115 Investigative Reporting 3C
53-4660 Global Multimedia Reporting 2C
Lower Electives

Lower Electives 3cr

Courses: 1/3
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose 3 (three) credits from the list below. 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
53-2220 Visual Communication 3C
53-2520 Sports Reporting 3C
53-2116 Blogging: Beyond the Basics 3C
53-LELEC****C
Upper Electives

Upper Electives 9cr

Courses: 3/3
CourseTitleCreditsGrade

Choose 9 (nine) credits from the list below. Additional courses may be substituted with the permission of a Journalism Advisor:
52-2816 Reviewing the Arts 4C
53-4621J Covering Europe: Ireland 3C
53-3125 Covering the Courts 3C
53-3130 Interpretive Reporting 3C
53-3216 Magazine Article Writing 3C
53-3542 Fashion Journalism 3C
53-4110 The Business Beat 3C
53-4120 Covering Politics: 3C
53-4131 Web Design for Storytelling 2C
53-4535 Launching a Journalism Startup 3C
53-4540 Advanced Sports Reporting 3C
53-4840 Digital Storytelling II 3C
53-4890 Data Storytelling 3C
53-UELEC****C

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