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JOURNALISM (BS)
UNIVERSITY CORE
Bible
BIBL 101 Life and Teachings of Jesus ..................................... 3
BIBL 102 Acts-Revelation ........................... ........... ....... 3
BIBL 211 Message of the Old Testament ................................... 3
BIBL 212 Christianity in Culture ...................................... 3
Advanced Bible ..................................... ........................ 3
English
ENGL 111 Composition and Rhetoric ............................... 3
Sophomore Literature ................................................. 3
Speech
COMS 111 Fundamentals of Communication ................... 3
History
HIST 117 Civilization I or
HIST 221 American History I ....................................... 3
Science
Choose from (must include two different fields): biology,
chemistry, geology, physics, AENV 130, ANSC 111,
ANSC 235, ENVR 112, NUTR 120 ............................. 6
Mathematics
MATH 120, MATH 123, MATW 120/020 or higher
(except MATH 147) ................................................ 3
Exercise Science
EXSC 100 + 3 activities ............................................... 4
University Seminar
UNIV 100 ........................................................... 1
TOTAL UNIVERSITY CORE ..................................................... 41
BS DEGREE CORE
English
Composition: ENGL 112, 326 or Sophomore Literature ............... 3
Social Sciences/Humanities
HIST 118 Civilization II or
HIST 222 American History II* ..................................... 3
Choose from: anthropology, economics (also AGRB 261),
geography, philosophy, political science, psychology
(also EDUC 221), sociology
(maximum one course per area) ..................................... 6
Fine Arts
Choose one: ART 101, MUSM 230, MUSM 231,
MUSM 232, MUSM 233, THEA 220 or THEA 250 ................ 3
TOTAL BS CORE .................................... ..... ............. 15
*The student must continue the sequence chosen for the
University Core.
Journalism and Mass Communication
JMC 100 Media Issues ............................................ 3
JMC 102 Creating Media Messages ..................................... 3
JMC 201 Introduction to Visual Media ..................................... 3
JMC 310 Interactive Media or
JMC 451 Electronic Publishing ..................................... . 3
JMC 321 Student Media Lab ............................................... 0
Two semesters ofJMC 321 required, one must be on
the student newspaper.
JM C 342 Publication Design ........................................... ...... 3
JMC 488 Communication Law (writing-intensive course) ............ 3
JM C 495 Internship ................................................................... 1
Total Journalism and Mass Communication Core .................. 19
Journalism
JMC 223 Basic News ....................................................... 3
JMC 324 Reporting ........................................ .......... 3
Total Journalism Core ................................................. 6
TOTAL ........................... .. ....... .................... 25JOURNALISM TRACKS
Choose one of the following 15 hour tracks:
Broadcast Journalism (BJ)
JMC 111 Announcing ........................... ....................... 3
JMC 260 Television Studio Production ..................................... 3
JMC 360 Television Field Production ..................................... 3
JMC 438 Broadcast News .................................................. 3
JM C electives .................................... .. .................. 3
Print Journalism (JO)
JMC 341 Copy Writing ......................... ..................... 3
JMC 449 Opinion Writing ...................................... 3
JMC 450 Feature Writing ................................................. 3
JM C electives ................................... . ......................... 6
Photojournalism (PJ)
JMC 233 Introduction to Photography .................................... 3
JMC 333 Photojoumalism .......................... .................. 3
JMC 405 Visual Portfolio ...................................... 3
JMC electives ....................................... ..................... 6
Religion Journalism (RJ)
JMC 341 Copy Editing .......................... ...................... 3
JMC 364 Media and Religion .................................... .... 3
JMC 449 Opinion Writing or
JMC 450 Feature W riting ............................ ........... ...... 3
JM C electives .................................... ......... ................. 6
TOTAL ................................................................................ 15
Concentration
Choose from: business, English, ethnic and women's studies,
foreign language, history, political science, psychology, science
or sociology.
Religious journalism support field must be in Bible and include 3
hours of advanced text (beyond university core), 6 hours ministry
and 6 hours Greek.
Lower level selections ................................... ........................ 9
Advanced selections ............................ ......................... 6
TOTAL ....................................... .................... 15
M inim um ....... ................................................. ........... 18
OTHER GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
M inimum GPA in major .......................................... 2.00
Minimum GPA for graduation ........................................ 2.25
Minimum liberal arts and sciences hours ..................................... 65
Minimum advanced hours ..................... ......... 33
Minimum total hours ............................. ........... 129
Courses numbered 0** do not count in
minimum hours required for degree.
Digital Media Minor
This 18-hour minor is designed to provide digital media support
for all types of majors - particularly in careers that require
message presentation comprising digital photography and
video; presentation graphics; computer-assisted training; and
desktop, CD, DVD and World-Wide Web publishing. The
program is managed by the Department of Journalism and
Mass Communication, but a maximum of two courses may
be substituted from other departments to give the minor an
interdisciplinary flavor.
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