Journalism, B.A.

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The journalism major is designed to prepare students for careers as reporters, editors and writers with newspapers, news services, magazines, public information, public relations, advertising, and many other fields.

University Studies Program

The University Studies Program 2015

FYS- First Year - Seminar Credits: 3
COM 1 - Communication 1 Credits: 3
COM 2 - Communication 2 Credits: 3
COM 3 - Communication 3 Credits: 3
Q - - Quantitative Reasoning Credits: 3
PN - - Physical and Natural World (1) Credits: 3
PN - - Physical and Natural World (2) Credits: 3
H - - Human Culture (1) Credits: 3
H - - Human Culture (2) Credits: 3
V - - U.S. & WY Constitution Credits: 3

Required Courses

Departmental Core Courses Credits: 30

COJO 3480 - Internship Credits: 1‑12 (3)
COJO 3530 - Multimedia Production Credits: 3
COJO 4500 - Mass Communication Law Credits: 3
Elective Credits: 15 (At least 9 hours must be from the list of journalism courses.)Three hours need to be upper division in COJO. The other three hours can be upper or lower division in COJO/COMM.

Departmental Core Courses

In addition to the university studies requiremens listed in this catalog, all students majoring in communication and journalism must take the following required courses:

COMM 1000 - Intro to Mass Media Credits: 3
COMM 2010 - Public Speaking Credits: 3
COMM 2100 - Media Writing Credits: 3
STAT 2050 - Fundamentals of Statistics Credits: 4
COJO 3070 - Communication Research Credits: 3
LANG 1010 - First Semester in (TOPIC) Credits: 1‑4 (4)
LANG 1020 - Second Semester in (TOPIC) Credits: 1‑4 (4)

College of Arts and Sciences Requirements

A&S U.S. Diversity (ASD) Credits: 3
A&S Global Awarenesss (ASG) Credits: 3

Additional Program Requirements

Human Culture Credits: 6 (H)