Journalism Concentration- Required Courses and Recommended Course Sequence

First Semester

Eng 101 Composition or

4

Distribution Requirement

3

COM 101 Fundamentals of Speech

3

Distribution Requirements

6

FYF 101 First-Year Foundations

3

 

15-16

Second Semester

Eng 101 Composition or

4

Distribution Requirement

3

COM 102 Principles of Communication

3

Distribution Requirements

6

COM 124 Mass Media Literacy

3

 

15-16

Third Semester

COM 202 Interpersonal Communication

3

COM 260 Basic Newswriting

3

Concentration Selection

3

Free Electives

6

 

15

Fourth Semester

COM 262 Visual Rhetoric

3

Concentration Selection

3

Eng 201 Advanced Composition

3

Distribution Requirements

6

 

15

Fifth Semester

COM 362 Mass Communication Law

3

Distribution Requirements

3

Concentration Selections

6

Free Electives

3

 

15

Sixth Semester

COM 360 Advanced Newswriting

3

Free Elective

12

 

15

Seventh Semester

COM 324 Research Methods

3

Concentration Selection

3

Free Electives

9

 

15

Eighth Semester

COM 397 Senior Seminar

3

Free Electives

12

 

15

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