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The Department of Communication offers a students a choice of the Bachelor of Arts (B.A) or Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) with a major in mass communications and a concentration in journalism. For the baccalaureate degree, 120 semester hours of credit must be earned. In addition to meeting all departmental requirements, majors must meet the College of Arts and Sciences requirements for B.A. or B.S. degrees. Students earning the B.S. may select the social and behavioral sciences concentration. Other mass communications concentrations include advertising, broadcasting, and public relations. Those electing to major in any mass communications concentration may not minor in any other mass communications concentration. A minor is required of all students and may be selected from any ETSU program other than mass communications. Department of Communication programs in Speech and Theatre are permissible as minors for students majoring mass communications. The journalism concentration major consists of prescribed sequences of 36 semester hours of course work. No more than 12 credit hours of transfer credit may be applied to the requirements in mass communications concentrations. In the mass communications major, 80 credit hours must be completed outside of mass communications (i.e., outside these course areas: MCOM, ADVR, JOUR, RTVF, PUBR) courses, and at least 65 of those 80 credit hours must be in traditional liberal arts subjects. Traditional liberal arts courses may be selected from the following areas:
Journalism Concentration Requirements MCOM 1030 Intro. to Mass Communications. . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 2050 History & Issues of Journalism . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 2120 Writing for Print Media I . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 2130 Writing for Print Media II . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 3130 In-Depth Reporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 3150 Copy Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 3160 Newspaper Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 3301 Photojournalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 4037 Communications Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 4107 Reporting Public Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 One of the following craft courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 3120 Opinion Writing JOUR 3350 Advanced Photojournalism JOUR 4080 Journalism Internship JOUR 4957 Topics in Journalism One of the following conceptual courses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 MCOM 3070 Mass Media and Society MCOM 4007 Seminar in Mass Communications Total: 36 Mass Communications Specialized minors of 21 credit hours may be designed for individual students in advertising and broadcasting with the prior approval of the department. The journalism minor consists of 24 credit hours of prescribed course work. No minor is available in public relations. Minor ---- Journalism Concentration JOUR 2050 History & Issues of Journalism . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 2120 Writing for Print Media I . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 2130 Writing for Print Media II. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 3150 Copy Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 JOUR 3160 Newspaper Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 MCOM 4037 Communications Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Two of the following . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 JOUR 3120 Opinion Writing JOUR 3130 In-Depth Reporting JOUR 3301 Photojournalism JOUR 4107 Reporting Public Affairs JOUR 4957 Topics in Journalism Total: 24 Additional Help The advisor for journalism majors is: Dr. Jack Mooney (423) 439-4168 or Dr. Norma Wilson (423) 439-7563 |
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