FAQ's

Of the College of Arts & Science approximately 33 academic departments/programs, the journalism department is the fourth largest with 225 majors. We have an additional 68 minors and 10 secondary majors.

Students must complete 124 total hours to graduate.

The maximum number of hours is 33 hours for the journalism major (all sequences)

We have ten part-time faculty in our department.

We have 14 full-time faculty in our department

Fall 2019
American Studies - 5
News Editorial - 37
Public Relations - 113
New Media - 56
Photojournalism - 1
Undecided Concentration - 23
(mostly first-time freshman)
Total - 230

We have four sequences:

• News Editorial
• Public Relations
• Advertising
• Photography/Videography

We have approximately 231 majors enrolled in our department.

The mission of the department is to arm students in academic and state-of-the-art professional skills, including writing, editing and reporting in public relations; international communication; photojournalism and advertising.