IUPUI Campus Bulletin 2012-2014

• Approved Distribution Courses by Department
• Credit Hour & Grade Point Requirements
• Fundamental Skills
• Degree Programs
  • B.A.J. Requirements
  • Certificates for Non-Majors
  • Academic Minor or Outside Concentration
  • Advertising Minor
• Student Learning Outcomes
• Transfer Credit in Journalism

Undergraduate Programs

Credit Hour & Grade Point Requirements

1. 123 credit hours required for graduation, including the following minimums:

• At least 39 credit hours of mass communications courses (journalism, telecommunications, and selected communication and culture).
• At least 65 credit hours from the College of Arts and Sciences or School of Liberal Arts and School of Science at Indianapolis, excluding Linguistics L100, all telecommunications courses, and selected communication and culture courses.
• Minimum 15 credit hours in approved academic minor in a second concentration selected from one academic discipline outside of journalism, telecommunications, and selected communication and culture courses.
• At least 36 credit hours at the 300 and 400 level.

2. Credit hour limits

• No more than 12 transfer credit hours of mass communications (journalism, telecommunications, and selected communication and culture).
• No more than 3 credit hours total of internship credit, either from JOUR J492 or any other academic unit.
• No more than 60 transfer credit hours from a community college.
• Optional electives - 10 or fewer credit hours outside the School of Journalism and the College of Arts and Sciences or School of Liberal Arts and School of Science at Indianapolis.
• Optional electives - 15 or fewer credit hours of approved courses outside the School of Journalism and the College of Arts and Sciences or the School of Liberal Arts and the School of Science at Indianapolis.
• For students satisfying the requirements for a secondary teaching certificate, no more than 29 credit hours of approved education courses.

3. Grade Point Average

• A minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average in all course work.
• A minimum 2.0 grade point average in all major course work (journalism, telecommunications, and selected communication and culture), "C-" or higher in each course.
• A minimum 2.0 grade point average in all course work for the second concentration, "C" or higher in each course.
• The school will honor the university FX policy up to 15 credit hours.