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.

BS with a Major in Journalism
Advertising Concentration (.pdf)

BS with a Major in Journalism
Advertising 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 Algebra 3

PSCI 1040, American Government 3

CSCI1 3

Wellness11 2-3

Total 17-18

SOPHOMORE YEAR

FALL HOURS
ENGL 2210, World Literature I 3

HIST 2610, United States History to 186512 3

JOUR 2310, Newspaper Reporting and Writing 4

Concentration44, 53 3

Natural Science9 4

Total 17

JUNIOR YEAR

FALL HOURS
JOUR 4040, Advertising Media and Marketing 3

LANG 2040, Foreign Language (intermediate)3 3

JOUR (cluster)45 3

Concentration44, 53 3

Laboratory Science (choice)9 4

Total 16

SENIOR YEAR

FALL HOURS
JOUR 4060, Case Studies in Advertising 3

JOUR (cluster, advanced)45 3

Concentration (advanced)53 3

Concentration (advanced)44, 53 3

Concentration (advanced)44, 53 3

Understanding of Ideas and Values17 3

Total 18

FRESHMAN YEAR

SPRING HOURS
ENGL 1320, College Writing II 3

JOUR 2010, Principles of Advertising 3

MATH 1680, Elementary Probability and Statistics 3

PSCI 1050, American Government 3

Visual and Performing Arts 7 3

Total 15

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 2020, Advertising and the Creative Process 3

Physical Science9 4

Total 16

JUNIOR YEAR

SPRING HOURS
JOUR 3010, Advertising Promotions and Sales 4

JOUR 4050, Advertising Copywriting 3

LANG 2050, Foreign Language (intermediate)3 3

Concentration44, 53 3

Concentration (advanced)44, 53 3

Total 16

SENIOR YEAR

SPRING HOURS
JOUR 4070, Advertising Campaigns 3

Concentration53 3

Concentration (advanced)53 3

Concentration (advanced)44, 53 3

Concentration (advanced)44, 53 3

Concentration (advanced)44, 53 3

Total 18

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 Advertising Concentration

1. Required journalism courses are JOUR 1210, 2010, 2020, 2310, 3010, 4040, 4050, 4060 and 4070, and two courses from 2700, 4055, 4800, 4200, 4420, 4620 and 4850.

2. Students must take at least 18 hours in the College of Business Administration, including MKTG 3650 and 4120, MGMT 3820, plus 9 hours approved by the Department of Journalism .

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