Journalism
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 |
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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 |
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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 | ||
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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 |
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 | |
Free Elective 1 | 3 | |
Hours | 15 | |
Total Hours | 122 |
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Free Electives should be chosen in consultation with the advisor depending on the choice of minor or stackable credentials.