2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Journalism, B.S.


Students pursuing a major in Journalism complete 44 credits required courses in the following categories:

Journalism Essentials:


Students complete the following required 12 credits

Conceptual/Analytical Journalism:


Required course, 4 credits:

Additional Credits


An additional 4 Journalism credits are required for the major. Only 4 credits of internship may be counted toward the major requirements.

Journalism Diversity Requirement:


Students select one course, 4 credits, from the following; this requirement may be satisfied along with another Journalism requirement above:

Suggested Sequence of Courses for Undergraduate Majors


Sophomore Year, 8 credits


  • Course from the Daily Journalism options
  • Course from the Conceptual/Analytical Journalism options

Junior Year, 12 credits


  • Course from the Conceptual/Examination Journalism options
  • Course from the Advanced Reporting/Skills options
  • Course from the Profiles/In-Depth Journalism options
  • JR 499  4-Credit Internship

Senior Year, 12 credits


  • Course from the Enterprise Journalism options
  • Course from the Capstone options
  • Elective Journalism course or 4-credit Internship JR 499  

Student Learning Goals in the Journalism Major


Students will be able to:

1. Apply knowledge of the ways of government and communities to produce journalism that uses public information and diverse community and government sources to examine culture and concerns.

2. Cultivate and utilize a diversity of people, information, and perspectives to provide insight into the journalism about communities and institutions.

3. Incorporate best practices and values of the profession to produce journalism that is independent, truthful, representative, accountable, and respectful of people as subjects and as audience.

4. Apply a variety of media to reporting and producing journalism that best serves the story and the audience. Write accurate and precise news stories synthesizing information using the most effective formats, style, and language.