... a student must have an overall GPA of 2.5 or higher, as well as a journalism GPA of 2.5 or higher. To be admitted to the minor, students must have completed Journalism 101, 102 and 203, earning a C or better in each. |
After filling out an application to enroll in the minor program, you must take Jour 305 and two electives to complete your minor. To continue as a minor, students must maintain their GPAs of 2.5 or higher overall and in journalism. |
Journalism 101 Critical Analysis of Mass Media
A healthy dose of media literacy to get you cruising down the pop culture-strewn highway toward the land of clear thinking.
Journalism 102 News Reporting & Writing
In this class, you’ll learn how to gather, organize and report information. Prepare for a challenge.
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Journalism 203 Writing Across Media
Whether you want to create engaging advertisements, to deftly handle corporate communications or to become a watchdog of democracy in newspapers or television, the journey continues here.
Journalism 305 Media Ethics
Learn how to identify, consider and resolve ethical problems in journalism. |
| Choose two elective courses from the list below. Your choices must be approved by a journalism adviser.
Journalism 300 Visual Communication
You see a dozen magazines in the grocery store check-out line. One catches your attention and you pick it up. Why? This course examines visual literacy, perception, cognition, aesthetics and design principles.
Journalism 335 Corporate Communications
Explore the media planning, selection, copy writing and graphic design that advance a corporate or non-profit organization’s public relations' strategy.
Journalism 401 The First Amendment & Society
Ah, Freedom of the Press—an American tradition that we hope you’ll come to love as much as we do.
Journalism 413 History of Journalism
Ben Franklin. William Randolph Hearst. Matt Drudge. A look at the roots of the journalistic craft from colonial press days to the Internet era.
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Journalism 418 Magazine Writing
Emily Dickinson called publication “the auction of the mind of man.” Learn how to get some dough for your mind—that is, your published writing—in this class.
Journalism 434 Visual Persuasion for Advertising and IMC
Probe the nature of images as a tool for persuasive media messages, such as advertising.
Journalism 450 Media Technologies & Society
Examine the impact of communication technologies on social discourse and public perceptions.
Journalism 481 Race, Gender & Media
Explore ways in which media create and challenge social constructions of gender and race, with emphasis on women and minorities.
Journalism 499 Professional Internship
Put classroom ideas into practice in the professional realm by going to work for a newspaper, TV station, ad agency or public relations firm.
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