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Multimedia Journalism and Production Sequence

Magazine Option

Required Courses Effective 2001-2002: (37 hours)

School Core Curriculum

MMC 2100 Writing for the Mass Media (3)
MMC 3602 Mass Comm and Society (3)

Sequence Core Curriculum (all eight courses required)

JOU 2100 Beginning Reporting (3)
JOU 3101 Advanced Reporting (3)
JOU 3308 Magazine Article and Feature Writing (3)
JOU 4201 News Editing I (3)
JOU 4212 Magazine Design and Production (3)
MMC 4200 Communications Law (3)
MMC 4203 Media Ethics (3)
MMC 4420 Research Methods in Mass Communications (3)


Qualifying Selective Requirements (minimum seven hours)

Any Approved Mass Communications Course

Required Courses Outside Mass Communications

An adviser-approved 15-hour concentration (15)
OR
ECO 1000 Basic Economics (3)
CRW 2100 Narration and Description (3)
PHI 1103 Critical Thinking (3)
POS 2041 American National Government (3)
POS 2112 State and Local Government and Politics (3)
OR
POS 3142 Introduction to Urban Politics and Government (3)
AND
SYG 2010 Contemporary Social Problems (3)


News-Editorial Option

Required Courses Effective 2001-2002: (37 hours)

School Core Curriculum

MMC 2100 Writing for the Mass Media (3)
MMC 3602 Mass Comm and Society (3)

Sequence Core Curriculum (all seven courses required)

JOU 2100 Beginning Reporting (3)
JOU 3101 Advanced Reporting (3)
JOU 4181 Public Affairs Reporting (3)
JOU 4201 News Editing I (3)
MMC 4200 Communications Law (3)
MMC 4203 Media Ethics (3)
JOU 4206 Newspaper and News Publication Design (3)
OR
PGY 3610 Photojournalism I (3)


Qualifying Selective Requirements (minimum 10 hours)

Any Approved Mass Communications Course

Required Courses Outside Mass Communications

An adviser-approved 15-hour concentration (15)
OR
ECO 1000 Basic Economics (3)
PHI 1103 Critical Thinking (3)
POS 2041 American National Government (3)
POS 2112 State and Local Government and Politics (3)
OR
POS 3142 Introduction to Urban Politics and Government (3)
AND
SYG 2010 Contemporary Social Problems (3)


Telecommunications News Option

Required Courses: Effective 2001-2002: (37 hours)

School Core Curriculum

MMC 2100 Writing for the Mass Media (3)
MMC 3602 Mass Comm and Society (3)

Sequence Core Curriculum (all seven courses required)

JOU 4181 Public Affairs Reporting (3)
MMC 4200 Communications Law (3)
MMC 4420 Research Methods (3)
RTV 3001 Introduction to Telecommunications (4)
RTV 3301 Broadcast News (4)
RTV 4304 TV News (3)
RTV 4320 Electronic Field Production (3)


Qualifying Selective Requirements (minimum nine hours)

Any Approved Mass Communications Course

Required Courses Outside Mass Communications

PHI 1103 Critical Thinking (3)
POS 2041 American National Government (3)
POS 2112 State and Local Government and Politics (3)
OR
POS 3142 Introduction to Urban Politics and Government (3)
AND
SPC 2600 Public Speaking (3)


Telecommunications Production Option

Required Courses: Effective 2001-2002: (37 hours)

School Core Curriculum

MMC 2100 Writing for the Mass Media (3)
MMC 3602 Mass Comm and Society (3)

Sequence Core Curriculum (all seven courses required)

MMC 4200 Communications Law (3)
RTV 2100 Writing for Radio and TV (3)
RTV 3001 Introduction to Telecommunications (3)
RTV 3301 Broadcast News (4)
RTV 4220 TV Production and Direction (3)
RTV 4320 Electronic Field Production (3)
RTV 4500 Telecommunications Programming (3)


Qualifying Selective Requirements (Minimum nine hours)

Any Approved Mass Communications Course

Required Courses Outside Mass Communications

CRW 2100 Narration and Description (3)
OR
ENC 3310 Expository Writing (3)
AND
PHI 1103 Critical Thinking (3)