College Schools, Departments & Programs

Media School, The

Certificate in Journalism
Admission

Students in good academic standing at Indiana University who are not earning a B.A. in Journalism are eligible to apply to the certificate program. Students must contact a Media School academic advisor.

To apply for the certificate, students must have completed the following:

  1. 26 credit hours with a minimum 2.200 cumulative grade point average
  2. One of the following courses with a grade of C or higher:
    • MSCH-C 101 Media
    • MSCH-C 225 Reporting, Writing, and Editing I
    • MSCH-C 226 Visual Communication
  3. CASE English Composition requirement (see Foundations)
  4. CASE Mathematical Modeling requirement with a grade of C- or higher (see Foundations)
  5. One semester of a foreign language (List of Foreign Languages)
Requirements

Students must complete at least 25 credit hours, including all other College requirements for certificates and the following requirements:

  1. Core Courses. Complete all of the following courses (5 courses):
    • MSCH-C 101 Media
    • MSCH-C 225 Reporting, Writing, and Editing I 
    • MSCH-C 226 Visual Communication 
    • MSCH-J 300 Communications Law 
    • MSCH-J 410 The Media as Social Institutions 
  2. Advanced Skills. Complete at least two (2) courses selected from:
    • MSCH-A 420 Advertising Concepts and Copywriting
    • MSCH-J 303 Online Journalism
    • MSCH-J 315 Feature Writing
    • MSCH-J 341 News Reporting
    • MSCH-J 342 Magazine Reporting
    • MSCH-J 343 Broadcast News
    • MSCH-J 344 Photojournalism Reporting
    • MSCH-J 351 News Editing
    • MSCH-J 352 Magazine Editing
    • MSCH-J 353 Advanced Broadcast News
    • MSCH-J 354 Photojournalism Editing
    • MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties (Approved topics only)
    • MSCH-J 362 Journalism Multimedia Storytelling
    • MSCH-J 385 Television News
    • MSCH-J 401 Depth Reporting and Editing
    • MSCH-J 402 Depth Photojournalism
    • MSCH-J 404 Depth Multimedia
    • MSCH-J 444 Advanced Photojournalism
    • MSCH-J 460 Topics Colloquium (Approved topics only)
    • MSCH-J 463 Graphic Design I
    • MSCH-J 464 Infographics
    • MSCH-J 465 Graphic Design II
    • MSCH-J 481 Creating an Indiana Magazine
    • MSCH-J 488 Agency Practicum—Agency 7
    • MSCH-R 349 Public Relations Writing
    • MSCH-R 429 Public Relations Campaigns
  3. Electives. Complete one (1) course selected from:
    • Any Journalism course
    • Any CASE Intensive Writing course except MSCH-J 410
    • Any Journalism-approved statistics course