A FOUR-YEAR PLAN FOR THE JOURNALISM MAJOR
Below is a typical fall-spring sequence for a full-time student planning to complete a B.A. in Journalism in four regular academic years (no summers). Summer and/or winter courses could be taken to expedite the completion of the degree process. Please take this proposed 4-year plan as only a model. Completion of the major may depend on what courses are offered during a given semester.
FALL SEMESTER
BIOL 1000 Intro to Biology 3
CSCI 1011 Intro to Comp Inf Syst 3
HUM 1000 Intro to the Humanities 3
JOUR 1100 Writing for the Media 3
SPAN 1100 Beginning Spanish I 4
Total Credits: 16
SPRING SEMESTER
COM 2000 Public Speaking 3
GEOG 2000 Intro to Human Geography 3
MATH 1115 Survey of Math 3
SPAN 1200 Beginning Spanish II 4
WRI 1200 Rsch, Argmt, and Writing 3
Total Credits: 16
SOPHOMORE YEAR
FALL SEMESTER
COM 2300 Comm & Culture 3
ENG 1500 Ways of Reading 3
HIST 2001 Hist World Cult to 1500 3
MULT 2060 Modern Media Systems 3
PSCI 2000 Intro to Politics 3
Total Credits: 15
SPRING SEMESTER
ARTS 1000 Intro to Visual Arts 3
ECON 2015 Principles of Macroecon 3
JOUR 3550 Publication Production 3
MULT 2460 Graphic Design 3
MULT 2465 Video Production I 3
PHYS 1020 Astronomy 3
Total Credits: 18
JUNIOR YEAR
FALL SEMESTER
COM 3400 Comm Professionally 3
HIST 2002 Global Hist Exp since 1500 3
JOUR 3300 Reporting 3
JOUR 3455 Photojournalism I 3
MULT 3700 Radio Broadcasting 3
Total Credits: 15
SPRING SEMESTER
COM 3650 Media Ethics and Law 3
JOUR 3550 Publication Prod 3
JOUR 3400 Editing 3
JOUR 3420 Publication Design 3
JOUR 3500 The Journalist as Entrepr 3
Total Credits: 15
SENIOR YEAR
FALL SEMESTER
ENG 2000 Intro to Literature 3
HIST 1717 Reacting to the Past 3
JOUR 4800 Business of News 3
MULT 3360 Writing for New Media 3
MULT 3475 Intro to Web Design 3
SPRING SEMESTER
ART 1070 Watercolor I and II 3
COM 3300 Intercult Comm 3
ENG 2510 World Literature 3
JOUR 3600 Electronic journalism 3
JOUR 4900 Journalism Seminar 3
Total Credits: 15
Total Credits: 15
Total Credits: 125
