Concentration Information
A concentration in News-Editorial, Public Relations, Advertising, Photography or our new concentration in Broadcasting equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to explore a broad-based liberal arts degree, while also earning a skills and theory-based degree backed up with practical experience.
All majors in our department must complete a minor offered in another department of the College of Arts & Sciences or a concentration from a school outside of Arts & Sciences.
In addition, our department offers five choices for outside majors wishing to obtain a minor in JPR&NM: public relations, photojournalism, advertising, news-editorial or broadcast minor. Each consists of 18 semester hours. Equally, a secondary major from our department allows students to earn one bachelor's degree together with a secondary major associated with a different degree program without fulfilling all the core requirements associated with that second degree.
Number of hours/units required for graduation:
- The Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism (JPR&NM) requires a minimum of 124 credit hours
Number of hours/units required for a major/degree:
- 33 semester hours
Core Courses for ALL Students in the JPR&NM Program:
- JOU 2303 Reporting and Writing for Media
- JOU 3325 Editing
- JOU 4380 Law and Ethics of Journalism
Courses in track/sequence that all students in track/sequence must take: Degree emphasis (Provide number of credits earned.)
All courses are 3 credit hours.
Concentration I: News Editorial
- JOU 3355 Media Photography I
- JOU 3375 Advanced Reporting and Writing
- JOU (3376 or 4359) History of American Journalism or History of Photography
- JOU 4325 Advanced Editing
- JOU 4340 Writing and Editing for On-Line Media
Concentration II: Public Relations
- JOU 3367 Principles of Advertising and Public Relations
- JOU (3374 or 3375 or 3389) Public Relations Writing, or Advanced Reporting and Writing, or Magazine and Feature Writing
- JOU 4368 Advanced Public Relations
- JOU 4371 Public Relations Media Programming
- JOU (3355 or 4325 or 4340) Media Photo I: Introduction or Advanced Editing, or Writing and Editing for Online Media
Concentration III: Advertising
- JOU (3320 or 3367) Advertising Procedures, or Principles of Advertising and Public Relations
- JOU 3321 Advertising Copywriting
- JOU 3369 Media Design
- JOU (3374 or 3375 or 3389) Public Relations Writing, or Advanced Reporting and Writing, or Magazine and Feature Writing
- JOU 4315 Strategic Communication Research
- JOU 4320 Advertising Management
Concentration IV: Photojournalism
- JOU 3355 Media Photography I: Introduction
- JOU 3356 Media Photography II: Photojournalism
- JOU 3357 Advanced Photography
- JOU 3358 Video Photojournalism
- JOU 3369 Media Design
- JOU (3374 or 3375 or 3389) Public Relations Writing, or Advanced Reporting and Writing, or Magazine and Feature Writing
- JOU 4359 History of Photography
Concentration V: Broadcasting
- JOU 3315 Broadcast Writing
- JOU 3358 Videography for Broadcast
- JOU 3385 Advanced Reporting/Producing for Broadcast
- JOU 4340 Writing and Editing for Online Media
- JOU 3376 History of American Journalism - Or
- JOU 4359 History of Photography
Elective course or courses that must be taken within the track/sequence:
Concentration I: News Editorial
Nine hours of any level JOU electives, not to include JOU 3372 Writing for Media Markets
Concentration II: Public Relations
Nine hours of any level JOU electives, not to include JOU 3372 Writing for Media Markets
Concentration III: Advertising
Six hours of any level JOU electives, not to include JOU 3372 Writing for Media Markets
Concentration IV: Photojournalism
Three hours of any level JOU electives not to include JOU 3372 Writing for Media Markets
Concentration V: Broadcasting
Three hours of any level JOU electives not to include JOU 3372 Writing for Media Markets
Required outside of the accredited unit
A minor offered in the College of Arts and Sciences is required