Communication
Make It As A Professional Journalist!
Do you have the desire and motivation to become a working journalist? In this concentration, our faculty make it real by teaching you the specific investigative, writing and production skills necessary to work as professional journalist. As a student in the Journalism Concentration, you’ll also learn the tradition and responsibilities of professional journalists
Journalism Curriculum
| Course Number | Course Title | Credit Hour |
| Communication Core Curriculum | ||
| COM134 | Digital Photography | 3 |
| COM204 | Visual Communication, Graphics, and Presentational Strategies | 3 |
| COM212 | Introduction to Public Relations (w) | 3 |
| COM241 | Introduction to Mass Communication | 3 |
| *COM300 | Communication Research Methods and Information Sources (w) | 3 |
| *COM320 | Argumentation/Persuasion Theory and Practice | 3 |
| COM330 | Video Production | 3 |
| *COM340 | Law and Communication | 3 |
| One of the following: | ||
| *COM310 | Human, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication | 3 |
| *COM324 | Communicating Across Cultures (w) | 3 |
| *COM341 | Political Communication (w) | 3 |
| *COM450 | Critical Analysis of Mass Media (w) | 3 |
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3 |
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| One of the following: | ||
| *SAS470 | Internship | 3 |
| *SAS499 | Senior Seminar (capstone) | 3 |
| Journalism Concentration Curriculum | ||
| COM190, 290, 390 | Special Topics | 3 |
| OR | ||
| ENG262 | Editing | 3 |
| COM218 | News Writing (w) | 3 |
| *COM318 | Feature Writing | 3 |
| *COM410 | Advanced Reporting (w) | 3 |
| *COM438 | History & Tradition of American Journalism (w) | 3 |
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