Undergraduate Programs
Degree Programs
Journalism Track Requirements
Students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of journalism courses with a grade of C– or higher in each course from the following categories:
At Indianapolis, students are required to take J100 Computer Methods in Journalism in addition to the following required journalism courses:
- Core courses (18 credit hours):
- J110 Foundations of Journalism and Mass Communication
- J200 Reporting, Writing, and Editing I
- J201 Reporting, Writing, and Editing II
- J210 Visual Communication
- J300 Communications Law
- J410 The Media as Social Institutions
- One course from the approved list of reporting classes, 3 credit hours advanced skills courses:
- J340 Media Reporting
- J341 Newspaper Reporting
- J342 Magazine Reporting
- J343 Broadcast News
- J344 Photojournalism Reporting
- One course from the approved list of editing classes, 3 credit hours advanced skills courses:
- J350 Media Editing
- J351 Newspaper Editing
- J352 Magazine Editing
- J354 Photojournalism Editing
- One media management course (3 credit hours):
- J409 Media Management
- One design course (3 credit hours):
- J463 Computerized Publication Design I
- One course from the approved list of research courses (3 credit hours):
- J414 International News-Gathering Systems
- J423 Public Opinion
- J428 Public Relations Management
- J438 Problems in Advertising
- J450 History of Journalism
- J470 Broadcast Media Analysis
- One careers course (1 credit hour):
- J402 Careers in Journalism
- One internship course (1 credit hour):
- J492 Media Internship
- Journalism electives (9 credit hours):
- Courses may be selected from any other journalism courses open to undergraduates except Jour ‘C’ courses and JOUR J492. Students may include other advanced skills and research courses in addition to the courses taken to satisfy course requirements above.
Students have the option of taking additional mass communications courses (journalism, telecommun-ications, and selected communication and culture), but no more than 47 credit hours total of mass communications courses may be counted in the total 123 credit hours required for the degree. The limit of 36 credit hours of mass communications courses may be increased to 50 credit hours if one of the courses includes J414, J438, J450, J470, or J475.
The grade point average of all journalism, telecom-munications, and selected communication and culture courses must be at least a 2.0.