Admission

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 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 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