2004-05 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
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Chairperson: |
Robert H. Russell |
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Faculty: |
Ankney, Heilman, Jesick, Loomis, Mukasa |
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DeGeorge, Furgiuele, Truby |
Website: www.iup.edu/journalism
| Course Sequence |
| Bachelor of Arts–Journalism |
| Minor–Journalism |
Students interested in a career in
news-editorial or public relations fields, with opportunities in such related
areas as magazines, advertising, desktop publishing, computer-assisted
reporting, and marketing, should enjoy this innovative, flexible program. The
journalism major combines journalism elective courses, the student’s choice of a
variety of courses from other university departments, plus internships which
provide on-the-job experience.
The IUP journalism major is flexible for the individual student, who decides,
with an advisor, what directions his or her education will take for a mass
communication career.
A student wishing to enter the program becomes a journalism major in the College
of Humanities and Social Sciences. Then, the student chooses an individual
program within a large group of elective journalism courses, plus a much larger
group of courses from various other areas of the university. A student who
completes the major graduates with a B.A. degree in Journalism. Because
journalism itself covers all areas of life, the journalism major covers many
areas of study preparation. There are only four required courses, so the student
is free to mold the program to his/her own special interests through both major
and free electives.
The journalism major will use journalism courses to fulfill the minimum of 30
hours required for the major. All journalism majors must complete the
intermediate sequence of a foreign language. This may be done in one of three
ways: by examination, by earning credit in third and fourth levels of a foreign
language, or by completing four levels of a new language. If the last procedure
is used, the two beginning foreign language courses may be applied as free
electives to the total number of credits needed for graduation.
The Department of Journalism offers an 18-credit minor designed to complement
any major. Three 3-credit courses are required:
JRNL 105,
102, and
120.
The remaining 9 credits may be taken from the following list of Journalism major
courses:
JRNL 326,
338,
344,
347,
375,
Internship credits do not apply toward the 18-credit minor; however, a student
in the minor program may take an internship and apply the credits as free
electives.
The journalism faculty offers the following
operational policy for its course sequence and prerequisites. The basic idea is
for students to take Level I courses prior to Level II courses, etc. We ask that
special attention be given to course prerequisites to avoid scheduling students
without proper experience into courses. We do retain flexibility of waiving
sequence and prerequisites in individual cases.
Level I
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Basic Journalism Skills* |
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Journalism and the Mass Media* |
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Journalistic Writing** |
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Writing for the Print Media* |
*required for all journalism majors and minors
** for journalism minors and nonmajors
Level II
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History of American Press |
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Women and the Press |
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Feature Writing |
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Public Relations I |
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Layout, Design, and Production |
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News Reporting (required for all journalism majors) |
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Editing |
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Issues and Problems |
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Sports Journalism |
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World News Coverage |
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Document Design I |
Level III
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Journalism Law |
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The Editorial Page |
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Management in Mass Communications |
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Publications |
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Public Opinion and the News Media |
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Research Methods in Journalism |
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Advertising Writing |
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Independent Study |
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Public Relations II |
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Presentation Making |
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Problem-solving in Public Relations |
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Internship |
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Document Design II |
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Liberal Studies: As outlined in Liberal Studies section with the following specifications: Mathematics: 3cr Liberal Studies Electives: 9cr, no courses with JRNL prefix |
53-55 | ||
| College: | 0-6 | ||
| Foreign Language Intermediate Level (1) | |||
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Major: |
30 | ||
| Required Courses: | |||
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Basic Journalistic Skills |
3cr | ||
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Journalism and the Mass Media |
3cr |
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Writing for the Print Media |
3cr |
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News Reporting |
3cr |
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| Controlled Electives: | |||
| Other JRNL courses (as listed in this catalog) (2) | 18cr | ||
| Other Requirements: | 0 | ||
| Department recommends a planned program of dual major, minor(s), or electives (3, 4) | |||
| Free Electives: | 29-37 | ||
| Total Degree Requirements: | 120 | ||
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(1) Intermediate-level Foreign Language may be included in Liberal Studies electives. (2) Maximum of 6cr of internship applied to major. (3) Students may take no more than 15cr outside the College of Humanities and Social Sciences without prior approval of advisor. (4) Majors in the public relations sequence should make every effort to schedule BTST 321, MKTG 320, and MKTG 433. |
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Minor–Journalism (1) |
18 |
| Required Courses: | |||
| JRNL 102 | Basic Journalistic Skills (2) | 3cr | |
| JRNL 105 | Journalism and the Mass Media (2) | 3cr | |
| JRNL 120 | Journalistic Writing (2) | 3cr | |
| Controlled Electives: | |||
| Three courses from the following : JRNL 243, 326, 338, 344, 347, 375, 481 (3) | 9cr | ||
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(1) Internship credits do not apply toward the 18cr minor; however, a student in the minor program may take an internship and apply the credits as free electives. (2) The above three courses are to be taken in sequence. (3) Minors may substitute only with departmental permission. |
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