Area F Guidelines: Journalism and Mass Communication
(including Broadcasting, Public Relations, Advertising, Magazines, Newspapers, Telecommunications, and Publication Management)
REVISED REQUIREMENTS
The following revised requirements go into effect for students entering in summer, 2002 or later. To facilitate transfer, institutions should make the revised curriculum available and encourage students to follow it as soon as possible.
Eighteen hours of lower-division (1000- and 2000-level) courses:
| Introduction to Mass Communication | 0 to 4 hours |
| Basic News Writing | 0 to 4 hours |
| Communication and Computer Literacy Basic speech, creative or technical writing, introduction to human communication, computer and information technology, communication research (These courses may not be from the areas of journalism, public relations, telecommunications, new media, publication management, magazines, newspapers, or advertising.) |
0 to 9 hours |
| Foreign Language Minimum of three hours at the 1000 or higher level (Note: additional foreign language hours may be encouraged in Restricted Electives below) |
3 to 6 hours |
| Restricted Electives
Humanities, social sciences, fine arts, business, foreign language courses deemed appropriate to the major, economics, accounting, anthropology, art, classical culture, history, comparative literature, drama, English, geography, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, speech communications, statistics (These courses may not be from the areas of journalism, public relations, mass communication, telecommunications, new media, publication management, magazines, newspapers, or advertising.) |
0 to 18 hours |
| Total | 18 hours |
| NOTE: Experiential credit such as internship or practicum credit is not applicable in Area F, although the Introduction to Mass Communication and Basic News Writing classes could include applied components. | |
AREA F GUIDELINES: Journalism and Mass Communication
The following guidelines will be replaced effective summer, 2001:
Eighteen (18) hours of lower-division (100- and 200-level) courses related to journalism and mass communication and courses prerequisite to higher level courses:
| Written and Oral Expression This may include basic news writing, basic speech, creative or other technical writing courses, introduction to human communication, technical writing. |
3 to 9 hours |
| Foreign Language Three hours at the 100 level (Note: additional foreign language hours may be encouraged in Electives below) |
3 to 6 hours |
| Electives Including humanities, social sciences, fine arts, business, foreign language courses deemed appropriate to the major, economics, accounting, anthropology, art, classical culture, history, comparative literature, drama, English, geography, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, speech communications, statistics. |
3 to 9 hours |
| Media Literacy and Computer literacy This may include introduction to mass communications, mass media and society, introduction to computer information systems, communication research and information technology. |
3 to 6 hours |
| Total | 18 hours |