Undergraduate Programs
Degree Program Requirements
The School of Journalism offers the B.A.J. degree on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses. Students on the Indianapolis campus must complete the following for the B.A.J. degree:Journalism Major (47 credit hours)
Academic Minor (minimum 15 credit hours)
Fundamental Skills
- Writing, one college-level course
- Mathematics, one college-level course
- Foreign language, one year of one language at the college level or equivalent
- Statistics, one course
- United States history, one course
- American political science, one course
- Economics, one course
- Literature or fine arts history/appreciation, one course
- Arts and Humanities, two courses
- Social and Historical Studies, two courses
- Natural and Mathematical Sciences, two courses
123 credit hours total
Journalism courses from either campus will satisfy requirements for the journalism major. Courses used to satisfy all other degree requirements will be determined by each campus. For the most part, the school will defer to the College of Arts and Sciences for the B.A.J. at Bloomington and the Schools of Liberal Arts and Science for the B.A.J. at Indianapolis to define which courses are acceptable.
Students who intend to receive their degree from the Bloomington campus must satisfy all nonmajor requirements with courses as defined by the College of Arts and Sciences. Students who intend to receive their degree from the Indianapolis campus must satisfy all nonmajor requirements with courses as defined by the Schools of Liberal Arts and Science. Students who plan to transfer permanently to either the Indianapolis or Bloomington campus and receive the degree from that campus should consult with an academic advisor concerning course equivalencies. The school maintains a list of Bloomington and Indianapolis courses that will satisfy nonmajor requirements on both campuses.
The following graduate-level courses are open to seniors and count for undergraduate credit toward the major:
- J501 Public Affairs Reporting
- J520 Seminar: Visual Communication
- J551 Seminar: Reporting the Law
- J552 Seminar: Reporting the Arts
- J553 Education and Media
- J554 Seminar: Science Writing
- J556 Seminar: Urban Affairs Reporting