COMMUNICATION CORE (nine credit hours)

• CMUN 150. Communication Processes
• CMUN 160. Communication Practices
• CMUN 217. Ethics in Communication

RESEARCH COURSES (three credit hours)

• CMUN 246. Naturalistic Methods of Communication Research
• CMUN 248. Observing and Measuring Communication Behavior
• CMUN 249. Rhetorical Criticism
• CMUN 321. Critical Ethnography

JOURNALISM CORE COURSES (12 credit hours)

• CMUN 228. Historical and Critical Issues in Journalism
• CMUN 256. Broadcast News
• CMUN 271. Reporting and Writing
• CMUN 234. Interviewing -or- CMUN 332. Investigative Reporting

JOURNALISM ELECTIVES (nine credit hours)

• CMUN 234. Interviewing (if not taken as a required core course; see above)
• CMUN 235. Introduction to Video Production
• CMUN 238. Introduction to Radio Production
• CMUN 252. Mass Communication Law
• CMUN 257. Radio/TV Writing
• CMUN 258. History of American Broadcasting
• CMUN 259. Copy Editing
• CMUN 262. Feature and Opinion Writing
• CMUN 263. Layout and Editing
• CMUN 266. Writing and Marketing Articles
• CMUN 267. Writing for Business and Trade Publications
• CMUN 273. Writing for the Web
• CMUN 275. Photojournalism
• CMUN 315. Advanced Reporting and Writing
• CMUN 332. Investigative Reporting (if not taken as a required core course; see above)
• CMUN 333. Radio Documentary
• CMUN 339. Video Documentary
• CMUN 296.-298. Themes in Communication
• CMUN 340. Politics and the Press
• CMUN 370-372. Special Topics in Communication

FIELD EDUCATION (three credit hours)

Students must complete a placement for one semester, preferably one that can move smoothly in the following semester into the integration course described below.

• CMUN 396. Communication Internship (Journalism)

INTEGRATION COURSE (three credit hours)

As a final course, preferably in the final semester, students must take a journalism practicum that adheres to a specific plan for reporting and writing in one of the following areas: business, religion, education, science and health, public service or government.

• CMUN 382. Journalism Practicum or City News Bureau

SUPPORTING MINOR

The ethical responsibilities of journalism challenge the practitioner to cultivate the broad areas of knowledge that will allow for informed reporting and investigation, so journalism majors must complete a minor in another university department where the potential exists to develop knowledge as context for journalistic practice.