BA with a Major in Journalism (Broadcast News Concentration)

Major in Journalism

Following is one suggested four-year degree plan. Students are encouraged to see their adviser each semester for help with program decisions and enrollment.

BA with a Major in Journalism
Broadcast News Concentration (.pdf)
BA with a Major in Journalism
Broadcast News Concentration

Note: The order of semesters and summer terms has been changed from the print version to accommodate the one-column format of HTML publishing. A conventional Four-Year Plan is available in the .pdf file.

FRESHMAN YEAR

FALL HOURS

ENGL 1310, College Writing I 3
JOUR 1210, Survey of Mass Communication¹⁴ 3
MATH 1100, College Algebra⁴ 3
PSCI 1040, American Government 3
Wellness¹¹ 2-3
Total 14-15

SOPHOMORE YEAR

FALL HOURS

ENGL 2210, World Literature I 3
HIST 2610, United States History to 1865 3
JOUR 2310, Newspaper Reporting and Writing 4
CSCI¹ 3
Natural Science⁹ 4
Total 17

JUNIOR YEAR

FALL HOURS

JOUR 3320, Desk Work 4
JOUR 4330, Broadcast News 3
LANG 2040,Foreign Language (intermediate)³ 3
Elective¹⁶ 3
Minor⁴³ 3
Total 16

JUNIOR YEAR

SUMMER I & II HOURS

JOUR 4800, Internship 3
Total 3

SENIOR YEAR

FALL HOURS

JOUR 4410, Reporting of Public Affairs 4
JOUR or RTVF (advanced)⁴⁷ 3
Minor (advanced)^{43, 46}3
Minor (advanced)⁴³ 3
Understanding of Ideas and Values¹⁷ 3
Total 16

FRESHMAN YEAR

SPRING HOURS

ENGL 1320, College Writing II 3
MATH 1600, College Math with Calculus⁵ 5
PSCI 1050, American Government 3
RTVF 2200, RTVF Production 3
Total 14

SOPHOMORE YEAR

SPRING HOURS

ECON 1110, Principles of Macroeconomics 3
ENGL 2220, World Literature II 3
HIST 2620, United States History Since 1865¹² 3
JOUR 2320, Newspaper Reporting and Writing 4
Physical Science⁹ 4
Total 17

JUNIOR YEAR

SPRING HOURS

JOUR 4620, Mass Communication Law or RTVF 4320, Law and Regulations of Radio/Television/Film 3
LANG 2050,Foreign Language (intermediate) 3
Elective (advanced)¹⁶ 3
Laboratory Science (choice)⁹ 4
Minor (advanced)⁴³ 3
Total 16

SENIOR YEAR

SPRING HOURS

RTVF 4410, Topics in Radio/Television/Film (News Production topic only), or JOUR 4210, Topics in Journalism and Mass Media 3
RTVF 4420, Broadcast and Cable Television Programming, or 4430, Broadcast and Cable Management 3
Minor (advanced)⁴³ 3
Minor (advanced)^{43, 46} 3
Visual and Performing Arts⁷ 3
Total 15

Actual degree plans may vary depending on availability of courses in a given semester. Some courses may require prerequisites not listed. See Arts and Sciences folding key (#2) after page 208 for footnotes.

Supplemental Information for the Broadcast News Concentration

1. Required courses are JOUR 1210, 2310, 2320, 3320, 4330, 4410, 4620 or RTVF 4320; RTVF 2200, 4420 or 4430, 4410 (News Production Only) or JOUR 4210; and two courses from JOUR 3310, 4210, 4800, 4900-4910; RTVF 3300, 3330 and 3750.

2. Also required are one course from PSCI 3010, 4020 or 4450 (or PADM 4450); and one of the following: PSCI 3100, 3110, 3130, 3200 (or CJUS 3200), 3420 (or PADM 3420), 4100, 4320, 4450 (or PADM 4450).

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