School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Learn the skills necessary to excel in local and national media markets, and take advantage of the school's extensive internship listings to gain valuable media experiences.
Program: Initially, you will complete your freshman year in another college or school, typically in the College of Arts & Sciences as a prejournalism major. After which, you can apply to your chosen sequence: Advertising, Broadcast News, Broadcast Production, Media Studies, or News-Editorial, and earn a B.S. in Journalism.
Hands-on Learning: Students complete internships at magazines, newspapers, advertising agencies, public relations firms, and government and social service agencies. Students have served as interns at The New York Times, National Geographic, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Fox Sports, NBC, ABC, CNN, National Public Radio, Direct TV, US West, and Sun Microsystems.
Faculty: Faculty members have major-market experience in TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, and advertising. Among the faculty are leading researchers in today's media.
Sampling of Courses:
- Magazine and Feature Writing
- Publication Design and Production
- Electronic Information Strategies
- Press Photography
- Principles of Advertising
- TV Documentary
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Applying: As a freshman interested in the School of Journalism & Mass Communication, you should apply to the Prejournalism major in the College of Arts & Sciences. After, or during, completion of 30 semester hours you can apply to transfer into the school. This normally occurs at the end of your freshman year.
