Journalism
Journalism
The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Mass Media Arts with a concentration in Journalism curricula is to prepare students intending to enter the Journalism field by providing hands on experience for successful careers in journalism, media, writing for various platforms, multimedia storytelling and more. This program equips students with the knowledge, skills, and ethical grounding to succeed in the dynamic field of journalism.
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates with a Concentration in Journalism will be able to:
- Apply basic journalistic style writing techniques in the development of documents for various purposes and audiences.
- Utilize electronic sources, government records, interviews, observations, and more traditional methods such as library references, including almanacs, atlases, and specialized encyclopedias in conducting research.
- Analyze and apply major legal and ethical implications, considerations, and practices in media writing and presentation.
- Write and produce multimedia content (podcasts, infographics, transmedia projects) to tell stories.
- Write using Associated Press guidelines in a variety of traditional and online formats.
- Write, record (video and audio), and produce content for online news publications.
Journalism Concentration
Required Courses for the Journalism Concentration
(In addition to the MMA Major Core Courses)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Journalism Concentration Courses | ||
| CMMA 301 | News Editing I | 3 |
| CMMA 302 | News Editing II | 3 |
| CMMA 350 | Interpretative Reporting | 3 |
| CMMA 313 | Photojournalism | 3 |
| CMMA 489 | Internship | 3 |
| Total Hours | 15 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Journalism Concentration Cognate Courses | ||
| CENG 311 | Adv Grammar & Composition | 3 |
| CPSC 322 | International Relations | 3 |
| CPSC 336 | Current World Problems | 3 |
| CPSC 420 | Politics of Africa | 3 |
| CENG 201 | Intro to World Literature I | 3 |
| or CENG 202 | Intro to World Literature II | |
| CFLX | Foreign Language Requirement I | 3 |
| CFLX | Foreign Language Requirement II | 3 |
| Total Hours | 21 | |
Journalism Concentrators must take the following number of Journalism Elective hours: 15 Credits.
CMMA Journalism Electives (200-499 level or above) – (15 Credits)
Journalism Concentrators must take the following number of Free Elective hours: 15 Credits.
CXXX General Electives (200-499 level or above) – (15 Credits)
Mass Media, B.A., with Journalism Concentration
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | |
| CXXX | Natural Science Requirement (Area C) | 3 |
| CENG 105 | College Composition I (Area D) | 3 |
| CGED 100 | First Year Seminar | 1 |
| CMAT 104 | Finite Mathematics (Area C) | 3 |
| CSTA 101 | Fundamentals of Speech (Area D) | 3 |
| CXXX | Humanities Requirement (Area A) | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CXXX | Financial/Technological Requirement (Area E) | 3 |
| CENG 106 | College Composition II (Area D) | 3 |
| CGED 101 | 1st-Year Seminar | 1 |
| CMAT 105 | Pre-Calculus I (Area C) | 3 |
| CXXX | Humanities Requirement (Area A) | 3 |
| CXXX | Social/Behavioral Sci. Req. (Area B) | 3 |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CLFX | Foreign Language Requirement I | 3 |
| CENG 311 | Adv Grammar & Composition | 3 |
| CMMA 200 | News Writing | 3 |
| CMMA 201 | Survey of Media & Society | 3 |
| CXXX | Humanities Requirement (Area A) | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CLFX | Foreign Language Requirement II | 3 |
| CENG 201 or CENG 202 |
Intro to World Literature I or Intro to World Literature II |
3 |
| CMMA 203 | Multimedia Writing & Reporting | 3 |
| CPSC 322 | International Relations | 3 |
| Free Elective 1 | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CMMA 301 | News Editing I | 3 |
| Free Elective 1 | 3 | |
| CMMA 320 | 3 | |
| CMMA 315 | Mass Communication Research | 3 |
| CMMA 313 | Photojournalism | 3 |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CMMA 302 | News Editing II | 3 |
| Free Elective 1 | 3 | |
| CMMA 350 | Interpretative Reporting | 3 |
| CMMA 331 | International Journalism | 3 |
| CPSC 336 | Current World Problems | 3 |
| CMMA XXX | ||
| Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| First Semester | ||
| CMMA 422 | Philosophy & Ethics Mass Comm | 3 |
| CMMA 352 | Feature Writing | 3 |
| CBUS 380 | Entrepreneurial Thinking | 3 |
| CPSC 420 | Politics of Africa | 3 |
| CMMA 489J | 3 | |
| Hours | 15 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| CMMA 490 | Media Seminar | 3 |
| CMMA 425 | Communication Law | 3 |
| Journalism Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | ||
| CMMA 489 | Internship | 1-3 |
| Hours | 16-18 | |
| Total Hours | 123-125 | |
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Free Electives should be chosen in consultation with the advisor depending on the choice of minor or stackable credentials.