Journalism: Recommended Three-Year Path

Notes:

Students will be able to complete the JR major in three years under the following conditions:
- Complete 18 credits each semester as well as 9 credits in two summer sessions
- Will have tested into Language 203 to complete 2 semesters of foreign language at 200-level

Fall One	Term Credit Hours	Cumulative Credit Hours
FYS101, First Year Seminar	3
Foreign Language 203	3
COM101, Rhetoric and the American Demo	3
JR112, Introduction to News Reporting and Writing	3
JR113, Introduction to Broadcast Journalism	3
AR, Analytical Reasoning	3
Total	18	18

Spring One	Term Credit Hours	Cumulative Credit Hours
FYS102, First Year Seminar	3
Foreign Language 204	3
JR210, Reporting and Writing	3
JR213, Broadcast Journalism	3
TI, Texts & Ideas	3
Elective (any discipline)	3
Total	18	36

Summer One	Term Credit Hours	Cumulative Credit Hours
GHS (1), Global & Historical Studies (online)	3
SW266-CCM, Media Literacy (online)	3
PCA, Perspectives in the Creative Arts (online)	3
Total	9	45

Fall Two	Term Credit Hours	Cumulative Credit Hours
NW, Natural World	5
JR312, Multimedia Journalism	3
PWB, Physical Well-Being	1
Elective (any discipline)	3
Elective (any discipline)	3
Elective (any discipline)	3
Total	18	63

Spring Two	Term Credit Hours	Cumulative Credit Hours
JR313, Advanced Broadcast Reporting	3
JR325, Gender and News: Global Views	3
JR409, Media Economics and Regulation	3
Elective (any discipline)	3
Elective (any discipline)	3
Elective (any discipline)	3
Total	18	81

Summer Two	Term Credit Hours	Cumulative Credit Hours
GHS (2), Global and Historical Studies (online)	3
JR417, Global Media (online)	3
JR440, Journalism Internship	3
Total	9	90

Fall Three	Term Credit Hours	Cumulative Credit Hours
JR411, Multimedia Newsroom	3
JR420, Media Ethics	3
JR Elective	3
Elective (any discipline)	3
Elective (any discipline)	3
Elective (any discipline)	3
Total	18	108

Spring Three	Term Credit Hours	Cumulative Credit Hours
JR412, In-depth Journalism	3
JR414, Media Law	3
JR Elective	3
Elective (any discipline)	3
Elective (any discipline)	3
Elective (any discipline)	3
Total	18	126