Required Courses and Credit Hours

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.

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.

Academic Preparation
No specific courses are required; however, students are encouraged to take writing courses while in high school.