Departments & Programs
The Media School
Certificate in Journalism
Students in good academic standing at Indiana University who do not plan to major in journalism are eligible to apply to the certificate program. Students must file an application with the advisor in the Department of Journalism.
To apply for the certificate, students must have completed 26 credit hours with a minimum 2.200 cumulative grade point average (FX and WF will be calculated as F), including the following:
1. one of these three courses in The Media School with a grade of C or higher
- MSCH-C 101 Media
- MSCH-C 225 (formerly JOUR-J 200) Reporting, Writing, and Editing I
- MSCH-C 226 (formerly JOUR-J 210) Visual Communication
2. English composition with a grade of C or higher (or exemption) See Foundations.
3. one mathematical modeling course with a grade of C- or higher (or exemption). See Foundations.
4. one semester of a foreign language. See the List of Foreign Languages.
Requirements
A grade of C– or higher in each course (with the exception of the Media School or journalism course used for admission to the Certificate--MSCH-C 101 or JOUR-J 110, MSCH-C 225 or JOUR-J 200, or MSCH-C 226 or JOUR-J 210—in which a grade of C or higher is required) and an overall GPA of 2.000 in all courses taken for the certificate are required.
Required Courses
1. Core courses (16 cr.):
- MSCH-C 101 Media (or JOUR- J 110 Foundations of Journalism and Mass Communication)
- MSCH-C 225 Reporting, Writing, and Editing I (formerly JOUR-J 200)
- MSCH-C 226 Visual Communication (JOUR-J 210)
- MSCH-J 300 Communications Law (JOUR-J 300)
- MSCH-J 410 The Media as Social Institutions (JOUR-J 410)
2. Two courses from the approved list of advanced skills courses (6 cr.):
- MSCH-A 420 (JOUR-J 420) Advertising Concepts and Copywriting
- MSCH-J 303 (JOUR-J 303) Online Journalism
- MSCH-J 315 (JOUR-J 315) Feature Writing
- MSCH-J 341 (JOUR-J 341) News Reporting
- MSCH-J 342 (JOUR-J 342) Magazine Reporting
- MSCH-J 343 (JOUR-J 343) Broadcast News
- MSCH-J 344 (JOUR-J 344) Photojournalism Reporting
- MSCH-J 351 (JOUR-J 351) News Editing
- MSCH-J 352 (JOUR-J 352) Magazine Editing
- MSCH-J 353 (JOUR-J 353) Advanced Broadcast News
- MSCH-J 354 (JOUR-J 354) Photojournalism Editing
- MSCH-J 360 (JOUR-J 360) Journalism Specialties (Approved topics)
- MSCH-J 362 (JOUR-J 362) Journalism Multimedia Storytelling
- MSCH-J 385 (JOUR -J 385) Television News
- MSCH-J 401 (JOUR-J 401) Depth Reporting and Editing
- MSCH-J 444 (JOUR-J 444 Advanced Photojournalism
- MSCH-J 460 Topics Colloquium (Approved topics)
- MSCH-J 463 (JOUR-J 463) Graphic Design I
- MSCH-J 464 (JOUR-J 464) Infographics
- MSCH-J 465 (JOUR-J 465) Graphic Design II
- MSCH-J 481 (JOUR-J 481) Creating an Indiana Magazine
- MSCH-J 488 (JOUR-J 488) Agency Practicum—Agency 7
- MSCH-R 349 (JOUR-J 349) Public Relations Writing
- MSCH-R 429 (JOUR-J 429) Public Relations Campaigns