| Required courses (29 hours) |
| JMC 099 | Freshman Orientation (1) |
| JMC 168 | Contemporary Mass Media |
| JMC 194 | Newswriting |
| JMC 294 | Advanced Newswriting |
| JMC 295 | Copyediting |
| JMC 330 | Mass Media Effects |
| JMC 396 | Publication Design |
| JMC 397 | Newspaper Reporting |
| JMC 499 | Senior Seminar (1) |
| JMC 590 | Mass Communication Law |
| JMC 597 | Public Affairs Reporting |
| electives--pick two of the following (6 hours): |
| JMC 213 | Computer Techniques for Print Media |
| JMC 283 | Principles of Photojournalism |
| JMC 300 | Digital Media Production |
| JMC 322 | Mass Media Study Abroad |
| JMC 344 | Press and Politics
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| JMC 390 | World Wide Web as Mass Medium |
| JMC 398 | Electronic News Reporting |
| JMC 400 | International Mass Communications |
| JMC 440 | Research Methods for Public Relations |
| JMC 445 | Newspaper Management |
| JMC 486 | Media Production Technique |
| JMC 492 | Feature Writing |
| JMC 515 | History of U.S. Journalism and Broadcasting |
| JMC 560 | Alternative Media Criticism |
| JMC 568 | Critical Analysis of Mass Media |
| JMC 593 | Editorial and Critical Writing |
| JMC 596 | Internship in Advertising, Journalism, Public Relations and Radio-TV |
