2007-08 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
Chairperson: Randy L. Jesick
Faculty: Heilman, Loomis, McCoy, Mukasa
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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, visual journalism, on-line journalism, 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 communications 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 with a major 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 credits 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 all 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 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, and designated Special Topics courses. 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. Special attention should be given to course prerequisites to avoid scheduling students without proper experience into courses. The faculty retains 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
**required for journalism minors
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) |
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| 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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