Required Courses

After being admitted to candidacy in the Media Design sequence, a student must meet the following requirements:

FOUNDATIONS (6 credits)
JOUR 1010 American Media and Social Institutions
JOUR 3650 Free Expression, Mass Media, and the American Public

WRITING/DESIGN (15 credits)
Design (6 credits)
GRAF 2950 Media Design Applications
GRAF 3910 Basic Media Design
Writing (9 credits)
JOUR 2710 Media Writing
JOUR 3450 Editing
Choose one:
JOUR 3090 Reporting
JOUR 3530 Feature Writing
JOUR 4440 Advanced Reporting
EMC 3020 Writing for Electronic Media
EMC 3060 Writing for Digital Media

CONCEPTUAL TOPICS (9 credits)
GRAF 2010 Media Design and Visual Language
GRAF 3810 History of Media Design
Choose one:
JOUR 3510 Media History and American Culture
JOUR 4200 Mass Media Law
JOUR 4210 Mass Communication and Society
JOUR 4660 Mass Media Research
JOUR 4780 Media and Markets
JOUR 4790 Global News and World Media Cultures
JOUR 4850 Ethics and Mass Communication
JOUR 4800 Seminar in Media Issues

PROFESSIONAL TOPICS (3 credits)
Choose one:
GRAF 4010 Publication Design
GRAF 3950 Microcomputer Design

SENIOR TOPIC (3 credits)
GRAF 4180 Advanced Media Design

INTERNSHIP (1-3 credits)
JOUR 4000 Internship
JOUR 3580 Practicum
Approved JOUR, EMC upper-division elective

Total hours in the College: 37-39