Required
JOUR 301: Journalism in a Free Society: (Prerequisite: ENGL 110. Students need to earn a grade of "B" or higher in ENGL 110 before taking JOUR 301. Notes: JOUR301 satisfies the University breadth requirement, Group B, History and Cultural Change); JOUR 301 is a prerequisite for JOUR 425.
Either ENGL 307 or COMM 329:
ENGL 307: News Writing and Editing: (Prerequisite: ENGL 110. Notes: Satisfies A&S writing requirement. ENGL 307 is a prerequisite for several ENGL courses listed below: 308, 309, 310, 407, and 408.)
COMM 329: Broadcast Newswriting (No prerequisite. Note: Section satisfies A&S writing requirement.)
Either ENGL 308 or COMM 326 :
ENGL 308: Reporter's Practicum (Prerequisite: ENGL 307. Notes: Satisfies A&S writing requirement.)
COMM 326: Field Television Production (No prerequisite. Note: Satisfies the University discovery learning requirement)
Three of the following courses:
COMM 245: Media and Society (No prerequisite)
COMM301: Introduction to Communication Research Methods. (Prerequisite: COMM 256, or COMM 245 or COMM 330. Not open to freshmen.)
COMM/POSC 340: Politics and the Media (No prerequisite)
COMM/LEST 345: Legal Issues of the Mass Media (No prerequisite)
COMM 418: Topics in Mass Communication (No prerequisite)
COMM/POSC 425: Advanced Topics in Politics and Broadcast Journalism (COMM 324 suggested prerequisite)
COMM 427: Broadcast News (No prerequisite. Not open to COMI majors.)
Either ECON 100 or ECON 101 (students cannot count both toward JOUR minor)
ECON 100: Economic Issues and Policies (No prerequisite. May not be taken for credit after taking ECON 101 or 103. No majors within Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, HRIM or MIS may receive credit for this course. See Note #2 below.)
or
ECON 101: Introduction to Microeconomics: Supply and demand concepts, issues such as government regulation and environmental problems. (Prerequisite or corequisite: One of the following: MATH 114, 115, 117, 221, 241, 242, 243.)
ENGL 309: Feature and Magazine Writing (Prerequisite: ENGL 307 or permission of instructor. Satisfies A&S writing requirement.)
ENGL 406: Nonfiction Workshop (Prerequisite: ENGL 305 or 309 or permission of instructor)
ENGL 407: Investigative Reporting (Prerequisite: ENGL 307)
ENGL 408: Sports Writing (Prerequisite: ENGL 307 or permission of instructor)
ENGL 409: Topics in Journalism (Prerequisite: ENGL 110. Satisfies A&S writing requirement. May be taken twice when topics vary.)
ENGL 414: Editing. (Prerequisite: ENGL 110)
ENGL 416: Designing Online Information. (Prerequisite: ENGL 110. Satisfies A&S writing requirement.)
JOUR 311: Multimedia Journalism (No prerequisite. Open to JOUR minors only.)
JOUR 425: Ethics and Issues in Journalism (Prerequisite JOUR 301)
JOUR 464: Internship in Journalism (Open to JOUR minors only. Satisfies the university Discovery Learning Experience requirement.)