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Catalog 2024 - 2025     Discontinued (2024-01-01)    
School: Journalism and Communication / Department: Journalism and Communication

Requirements

REQUIRED COURSES (19 Total Credits)
  • Course(s):
    • COMM103 - Introduction to Mass Communication (3)
    • COMM240 - Communication Theory (3)
    • COMM397 - Communication Research (W) (3)
    • COMM415 - Portfolio and Career (1)
    • JOUR105 - Writing for the Media (3)
  • Select 6 credit(s):
    • ARTG115 - Introduction to Graphic Design (3)
    • BRDC127 - Introduction to Digital Storytelling (3)
    • COMM230 - Introduction to Acting (3)
    • PHTO125 - Introduction to Photography (3)
    • PHTO320 - Digital Photography (3)
    • PREL310 - Social Media Strategies (3)
  • Note: For those in the Writing and Publishing emphasis, ARTG 115 should be taken, it is a pre-requisite for JOUR 313 which is required.
EMPHASIS/CONCENTRATION (21 Total Credits)
  • Select one emphasis/concentration
  • Minimum 21 credits
FOREIGN LANGUAGE (0 - 6 Total Credits)
  • Complete at least 0-6 credits in this area
    (Elementary Foreign Language or Two years of Foreign Language in High School)
MINOR (18 Total Credits)
  • Minimum 18 credits
GENERAL EDUCATION (45 Total Credits)
ELECTIVES TO = 124 (21 - 15 Total Credits)
  • Complete at least 21-15 credits in this area
Grand Total Credits: 124


Communication Studies Emphasis

BA Communication

Catalog 2024 - 2025    
Discontinued (2024-01-01)
REQUIRED COURSES (21 Total Credits)
  • Course(s):
    • COMM330 - Intercultural Communication (W) (3)
    • COMM336 - Interpersonal Communication (3)
    • COMM340 - Group Dynamics and Leadership (3)
    • COMM406 - Persuasion and Propaganda (W) (3)
    • COMM497 - Advanced Communication Research (3)
  • Select 6 credit(s):
    • BRDC201 - Introduction to Digital Media (3)
    • ENGL320 - Rhetoric: The Performance of Argument (3)
    • COMM492 - Communication Internship (1 - 3)
    • COMM326 - Film Evaluation (IN-10) (W) (3)
    • COMM291 - Communication Practicum (0 - 3)
    • COMM391 - Communication Practicum (1 - 3)
Grand Total Credits: 21

Writing and Publishing Emphasis

BA Communication

Catalog 2024 - 2025    
Discontinued (2024-01-01)
REQUIRED COURSES (21 Total Credits)
  • Course(s):
    • COMM420 - Professional and Technical Writing (3)
    • ENGL313 - Expository Writing (W) (3)
    • JOUR205 - News Reporting (3)
    • JOUR313 - Publication Editing (3)
    • JOUR316 - Magazine and Feature Article Writing (W) (3)
    • JOUR416 - Literary Journalism (W) (3)
  • Select 3 credit(s):
    • BRDC315 - Scriptwriting (W) (3)
    • ENGL306 - Creative Writing: Literary Nonfiction (W) (3)
    • JOUR342 - Interactive Journalism (3)
    • JOUR356 - Investigative Reporting (W) (3)
    • MGNT371 - Principles of Entrepreneurship (3)
    • PREL355 - Advertising Copywriting (3)
    • JOUR291 - Practicum (1 - 3)
    • JOUR391 - Practicum (1 - 3)
Grand Total Credits: 21

Sample Degree Plan

Grand Total Credits: 124