PROGRAM OVERVIEW: In the 3+3 program, a student is scheduled to complete all Journalism and Mass Communication course requirements in the first three years at Drake, including the classes for a specific undergraduate JMC major. If admitted to the Law School, the student then counts the Law School courses taken in the fourth year as constituting the area of concentration required of all SJMC majors. The fourth year also constitutes the student's first year of enrollment in Law School.

Admission to the 3+3 program is by application to the dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Because of the rigorous nature of the program and the tight scheduling involved, admission is limited to exceptional and highly motivated students.

Students with excellent high school records may be admitted to the program as part of their admission to the University, provided they are approved by the dean and a faculty committee. Application to the program also can be made during the student's first semester on campus.

FACULTY: The members of the journalism faculty are both experienced professionals and leading academicians. The Law School faculty includes recognized experts in several fields of law, distinguished scholars and outstanding teachers. The journalism-law program is coordinated by Herbert Strentz and Kathleen Richardson of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

ACADEMIC PREPARATION: No specific courses are required; however, students are encouraged to take writing courses while in high school.

REQUIRED CREDIT HOURS AND COURSES
For a Major: For the B.A., 124 credit hours total, including from 31 to 34 credit hours in a major sequence in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. At least 90 of the 124 hours required for graduation must be in non-JMC courses, and 65 of those 90 hours must be in courses that are liberal arts in nature.

REQUIRED COURSES AND CREDIT HOURS
Outside Major: All JMC students must complete four required classes: JMC30 Communications in Society; 40 Pre-professional Workshop; 54 News and Reporting Principles; and 104 Communications Law and Ethics.

SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES/INTERNSHIPS:A number of organizations, such as the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Society of Professional Journalists, offer nationally competitive internships in areas of media law, press freedom and freedom of information for which 3+3 students would be well-prepared. In the Law School, several student organizations, including a Communications Law Society, provide opportunities for further expoloration of the issues relating to media law.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES:Graduates are prepared to work professionally in either journalism or law fields.

SCHOLARSHIPS: The Lottie and Robert Brown Fellowship is awarded annually to a student entering the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and may be renewed for each additional year of study. The Katherine Farber Futch Scholarship, based on the same achievement criteria and financial need, is also awarded annually and may be renewed. Students are also eligible for other scholarships within their specific journalism program.

ORGANIZATIONS: Students have the opportunity to work on three publications as undergraduates:

The Times-Delphic, Drake's award-winning, student-run campus newspaper. The T-D is published twice weekly.

Drake Magazine, a student-run publication which has won Best College Magazine in the Midwest from the Society of Professional Journalists for the past two years. It is published twice yearly for the Drake community.

The Des Moines magazines, written, edited and produced by senior magazines majors, have won the highest possible ratings and awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, the Associated Collegiate Press and the Society of Professional Journalists.

Students can work with Bow Wow, Drake's student-run integrated communications agency, or produce a variety of radio and television programs with the Drake Broadcasting System. They can also join Drake's chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists, Ad Pros and Public Relations Student Society of America.

In addition, law school students may work on The Gavel, the newspaper of the Drake Law School.