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Journalism Major

The major in journalism is focused on teaching students to gather, synthesize and produce news and information in a form appropriate to the medium and audience. Majors, grounded in the liberal arts, learn about those areas of law, history, ethics and social science that relate to the information media and its functions in society and acquire the professional expertise necessary to pursue careers in journalism itself as well as related fields such as law, business and government. Writing is emphasized.

The journalism faculty has adopted the following profile of the responsible journalist:

"The professional multimedia journalist gathers, analyzes, synthesizes and presents news and information, skillfully drawing on a variety of courses in order to help maintain a fully-informed, diverse, self-governing citizenry. The multimedia journalist is guided in the development and production of news and information by commitments to truth, social responsibility and Fourth Estate principles, as well as two principles of human cognition. S/he understands the variety of forms that news and information can take, including objective accounts of the day's events as well as advocacy and other storytelling approaches where appropriate. S/he is able to place the practice of journalism within the theoretical, methodological, historical, ethical and legal contexts of the field. The multimedia journalist is independent, intellectually curious, rigorous, flexible, enterprising and innovative" (adopted by the journalism faculty on November 12, 2010).

Requirements for a Major: A total of 37 credits of course work must be completed for the major in journalism. Students with a major in journalism cannot take more than 48 credits in the mass communication areas (ADPR, BREC, COMM and JOUR) and are required to take 80 credits outside of the mass communication areas with at least 65 credits in the liberal arts. The following courses must be completed toward the 37 credits:

Required Courses

JOUR 1100	Digital Journalism 1: Journalism Bootcamp	3
JOUR 1550	Digital Journalism 2: Reporting and News Design	3
JOUR 1964	Practicum in Student Publications	1
JOUR 2100	Digital Journalism 3: Community Reporting	3
COMM 3800	Media Law	3
COMM 3900	Ethical Problems of Mass Communications	3
One Theory/Research Course:		3
BREC 4855	Communication and Social Issues of the Internet
COMM 4100	Mass Media and the American Family
COMM 4200	International Communication
COMM 4300	Survey Research and Reasoning for Communication Professionals
COMM 4400	Mass Communication Theory and Research
COMM 4500	Race and Gender Issues in Mass Media
COMM 4550	Media and the "Other
One History Course:		3
BREC 4810	American Television: 1946-Present
BREC 4830	Early History of Broadcasting
JOUR 4600	History of American News Media
Two Advanced Multimedia Reporting Courses. Take two separate offerings of the following variable topic course.		6
JOUR 4932	Course JOUR 4932 Not Found
Two Electives		6
ADPR 3200	Marketing Communications Design and Production
BREC 4615	Radio Programming
COMM 4600	Media Management
JOUR 1200	Basic Photography
JOUR 3500	Television Reporting
JOUR 3700	Radio Reporting
JOUR 3986	Internship in Journalism
JOUR 4160	Narrative Nonfiction Reporting
JOUR 4200	Publications Editing
JOUR 4330	Course JOUR 4330 Not Found
JOUR 4500	Newspaper Design and Production
JOUR 4510	Magazine Design and Production
JOUR 4800	Methods for Advising School Publications, Teaching Secondary Journalism
JOUR 4931	Topics in Journalism
JOUR 4953	Seminar in Journalism
JOUR 4995	Independent Study in Journalism
JOUR 4999	Senior Thesis
JOUR 5330	Health, Science, and Environmental Communication
One Senior Capstone Course:		3
JOUR 4996	Capstone: Journalism News Service
JOUR 4997	Capstone: Magazine with a Mission
Total Credit Hours		37

One of the following courses is also required but does not count as hours in the major:

MATH 1700	Modern Elementary Statistics
PSYC 2001	Psychological Measurements and Statistics
SOCI 2060	Social Statistics
Total Credit Hours		0

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Typical Program for Journalism Majors

Freshman
First Term	Hours	Second Term	Hours
CMST 1000	3	COMM 1200	3
ENGL 1001 (UCCS (R))	3	PHIL 1001 (UCCS (HNE))	3
JOUR 1964	1	Foreign language or UCCS (DC)	3-4
Foreign language or UCCS (DC)	3-4	JOUR 1100	3
THEO 1001 (UCCS (T))	3	Minor/elective	3
UCCS (HCS)	3
	16-17		15-16
Sophomore
First Term	Hours	Second Term	Hours
COMM 1100 (UCCS (R))	3	COMM 2100 (or UCCS (DC))*	3
COMM 2100 (or UCCS (DC))*	3	JOUR 2100	3
COMM 2500	3	MATH 1700 (UCCS (MR) or UCCS (SN))	3
JOUR 1550	3	PHIL 2310 (UCCS (HNE))	3
MATH 1700 (UCCS (MR) or UCCS (SN))	3	UCCS (LPA)	3
Minor/elective	3	Minor/elective	3
	18		18
Junior
First Term	Hours	Second Term	Hours
JOUR History elective	3	JOUR 4932**	3
JOUR Theory/Research elective	3	UCCS (T)	3
JOUR major elective	3	JOUR Major elective	3
Minor/elective	9	Minor/elective	6-9
	18		15-18
Senior
First Term	Hours	Second Term	Hours
COMM 3800 or 3900	3	COMM 3800 or 3900	3
JOUR 4932**	3	JOUR 4996 or 4997	3
Minor/electives	9	Minor/electives	7-12
	15		13-18
Total credit hours: 128-138

*	COMM 2100 Introduction to Visual Communication cannot be used to fulfill the UCCS Literature/ Performing Arts requirement.
New Footnote	**Two semesters of Advanced Topics in Jouralism are required.

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Wisconsin Teaching Licensure in Journalism (Middle Childhood/Early Adolescence)

In addition to completing all requirements as specified by the College of Education, students must also complete all requirements listed under the journalism major.

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Wisconsin Teaching Licensure in Journalism (Early Adolescence/Adolescence)

In addition to completing all requirements as specified by the College of Education, students seeking Wisconsin teaching licensure in journalism at the early adolescence/adolescence level must also complete 34 hours including:

Required Courses

JOUR 1100	Digital Journalism 1: Journalism Bootcamp	3
JOUR 1964	Practicum in Student Publications	1
JOUR 2100	Digital Journalism 3: Community Reporting	3
JOUR 4120	Course JOUR 4120 Not Found	3
or JOUR 4140	Course JOUR 4140 Not Found
JOUR 4200	Publications Editing	3
JOUR 4500	Newspaper Design and Production	3
or JOUR 4510	Magazine Design and Production
JOUR 4600	History of American News Media	3
JOUR 4800	Methods for Advising School Publications, Teaching Secondary Journalism	3
COMM 1200	Media in Society	3
COMM 3800	Media Law	3
COMM 3900	Ethical Problems of Mass Communications	3
And one of the following:		3
COMM 4100	Mass Media and the American Family
COMM 4200	International Communication
COMM 4400	Mass Communication Theory and Research
COMM 4500	Race and Gender Issues in Mass Media
Total Credit Hours		34