About the Program

The journalism degree is designed to prepare students for careers as reporters, editors and writers with urban newspapers, community newspapers, news services, magazines, public information, public relations, and advertising.

Course Requirements for Major

Core Courses:

    COJO 1000 Introduction to Mass Media
    STAT 2070 Introductory Statistics for the Social Sciences
    (This course is a prerequisite for COJO 3070)
    COJO 3070 Introduction to Communication Research
    COJO 2100 Reporting and Newswriting (section for journalism majors)

Required Courses:

    COJO 2400 Introduction to Photography
    COJO 3200 Graphics of Communication or COJO 4120 News Editing
    COJO 3480 Internship (3 hours)
    COJO 3530 Online
    COJO 4500 Mass Communication Law
    Departmental electives
    (At least 12 of the 15 elective hours must be upper-division and must include one of the following specialty areas: News-Editorial, Advertising, Public Relations, or Photojournalism)

Elective Courses

3100 Public Affairs
   

3300 Advertising
   

3310 Public Relations
   

4200 Visual Comm

4100 Investigative
   

4300 Ad Campaigns
   

4310 PR Campaigns
   

4400 Photojournalism