Major Requirements / Requisitos Principales

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE JOURNALISM MAJOR / REQUISITOS PRINCIPALES

TOTAL UNIT REQUIREMENT: 45

Journalism Core: 33 units

Lower Division (9 units) / División inferior (9 unidades)

  • JMC 105 Introduction to Mass Communication (3)
  • JMC 120 Beginning Reporting (3)
  • JMC 125 Media Tools (3)

Upper Division (11 units) / División superior (11 unidades)

  • JMC 327 Lumberjack News Workshop (2)
  • JMC 328 Media Law (3)
  • JMC 332 Media Ethics (3)
  • JMC 480 Special Topics (topic changes each semester) (3)

Take one upper division elective from the following: / Tome una materia optativa de división superior de lo siguiente:

  • JMC 302 Mass Media and Popular Arts (3)
  • JMC 305 Global Media and Society (3)
  • JMC 306 Mass Media History (3)
  • JMC 309 Analyzing Mass Media Messages (3)

Experiential Learning Core (10 units) / La esencia de Aprendizaje Experiencial (10 unidades)

Take 6 units of lower division experiential learning courses. / Tome 6 unidades de cursos de aprendizaje experiencial de división inferior.

  • JMC 134 Photojournalism (3)
  • JMC 150 Media Design (3)
  • JMC 154 Radio & Audio Production (3)
  • JMC 155 KRFH On Air Workshop (1)
  • JMC 156 Video Production (3)
  • JMC 160 El Leñador News (2)

Take 4 units of upper division experiential learning courses. / Tome 4 unidades de cursos de aprendizaje experimental de la división superior.

  • JMC 325 Osprey Magazine Production (2)
  • JMC 355 Advanced KRFH On Air Workshop (2)
  • JMC 360 Advanced El Leñador  News (2)
  • JMC 427 Advanced Lumberjack News Workshop (2)
  • JMC 482 Media Internship (variable)

Select either a News Concentration or a Public Relations Concentrations (12 units): / Seleccione una Concentración de noticias o una Concentración de relaciones públicas (12 unidades):

News Concentration: 12 units

Take one of the following: / Tome uno de los siguientes:

  • JMC 318 Media Research (3)
  • JMC 322 Editing (3)

Take 9 units from the following: / Tome 9 unidades de lo siguiente:

  • JMC 320 Advanced Reporting (3)
  • JMC 324 Feature Writing for Publication (3)
  • JMC 334 Advanced Photojournalism (3)
  • JMC 336 Advanced Video Production (3)
  • JMC 450 Media Management and Entrepreneurship (3)
Public Relations Concentration: 12 units

Take all of the following: / Tome todo lo siguiente:

  • JMC 322 Editing (3)
  • JMC 323 Public Relations (3)
  • JMC 429 Advanced Public Relations (3)

Take one of the following: / Tome uno de los siguientes:

  • JMC 318 Media Research (3)
  • JMC 354 Media Advertising (3)
  • JMC 450 Media Management and Entrepreneurship (3)
Media Studies Concentration: 15 units

Take both of the following: / Tome todo lo siguiente:

  • JMC 305 Global Media & Society (3)
  • JMC 318 Media Research (3)

Complete 9 units from the following: Tome 9 unidades de lo siguiente:

  • JMC 306 Mass Media History (3)
  • JMC 309 Analyzing Mass Media Messages (3)
  • JMC 323 Public Relations (3)
  • JMC 354 Media Advertising (3)