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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Journalism B.A.
Sample Plan: Journalism B.A.
Total Credits: 120.0
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
UST 1000 - Learning in Community : 1.0 cr
LE (Writing & Information Literacy) :3.0 cr
LE (Oral Communication & Languages) :3.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
JOUR 2001 - Introduction to Journalism : 3.0 cr
JOUR 2101 - Journalist's Toolbox : 3.0 cr
LE (Natural Sciences) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
JOUR 3001 - Local Journalism : 3.0 cr
JOUR 2400 - Community and Journalism : 3.0 cr : GLOBAL PER
LE (Humanities) :3.0 cr
LE (Natural Sciences) :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 13.0 cr
JOUR 3401 - Digital Storytelling : 4.0 cr
LE (Cultural Diversity in the US) :3.0 cr
LE (Fine Arts) :3.0 cr
Minor course 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
JOUR 3700 - Media Law and Ethics : 3.0 cr
LE (Sustainability) :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Minor course 3.0 cr
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 16.0 cr
WRIT 31xx - Adv Writing (3 cr) : 3.0 cr
JOUR 2501 - History of American Media : 3.0 cr
JOUR 3xxx : 3.0 cr
LE (Logic & Quantitative Reasoning) :4.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
COMM 3505 - Media Communications : 3.0 cr
LE (Social Sciences) :4.0 cr
JOUR 3xxx : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Minor course 3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 14.0 cr
JOUR 4102 - Newsroom Practicum : 3.0 cr
COMM 3211 - Communication and Technology in the Information Age : 3.0 cr
LE (Humanities) :4.0 cr
Minor course 4.0 cr