Cedarville University

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Cedarville University

Courses

Program entrance requirements (checked at end of fall semester during sophomore year)

  • GPA overall to remain in program: 2.3
  • Portfolio

Journalism Major Graduation Requirements Summary

  • Requirements outside major: 80
    • General education requirements: 52-60
    • Support Field or minor: 16-18
  • Non-communication electives: 2-12
  • Journalism core requirements: 30
  • Emphasis requirements: 18

Total: 128

Required Courses

Course Number Course Name Course Hours
COM-1000 Intro to Communication Arts 3
JOUR-1000 Intro to Media Writing (Three sections) 3
JOUR-2000 Intro to Reporting (Three sections) 3
COM-2050 Communication Theory 3
COM-2510 Media History 3
COM-3220 Visual Communication 3
JOUR-3100 Media Law 3
JOUR-3150 Media Ethics 2
JOUR-4950 Internship 1

Core electives

All journalism students are required to structure the use of 16-18 credit hours of their electives in a minor or support field developed to meet career objectives.

6 hours required. You must take 3 cr. hrs. at 3000/4000 level.

Course Number Course Name Course Hours
COM-2220 Research in Communication 3
COM-2820 Political Communication 3
COM-3840 Media Analysis 3
COM-4210 Public Opinion and Polling 3
JOUR-3250 Digital Studies and Media 3
JOUR-4810 Special Topics in Journalism 3

Journalism Emphases

Broadcast Emphasis

Requirements (12)

Course Number Course Name Course Hours
JOUR-3900 Practicum in Journalism (repeatable for up to 2 credits) 1
JOUR-3310 Advanced Newswriting & Reporting for Broadcasting 3
JOUR-3320 Advanced Newswriting & Reporting for Print 3
JOUR-3350 Television News Production 3
JOUR-4350 Advanced Television News Production 2

Electives (6)

Course Number Course Name Course Hours
EMTC-1120 Audio Production 3
EMCT-3610 Visual Design for Electronic Media 3
EMTC-3350 Documentary Film 3
EMTC-3360 Documentary Film-style Production I 2
EMTC-3370 Documentary Film-style Production II (must also take Doc. 1) 2

Print Emphasis

Requirements (12)

Course Number Course Name Course Hours
JOUR-3900 Practicum in Journalism (repeatable for up to 2 credits)
JOUR-3310 Advanced Newswriting & Reporting for Broadcasting 3
JOUR-3320 Advanced Newswriting & Reporting for Print 3
JOUR-3420 Editing and Design 2
JOUR-4620 Feature-writing 3

Electives (6)

Course Number Course Name Course Hours
JOUR-3600 Computer-Assisted Reporting 3
JOUR-4600 Magazine Writing 3
JOUR-4610 Photojournalism 3
JOUR-4620 Investigative Reporting 3

Public Relations Emphasis

Requirements (12*)

Course Number Course Name Course Hours
JOUR-2500 Introduction to Public Relations 3
JOUR-3500 Public Relations Principle and Writing 3
JOUR-3550 Advanced Public Relations Writing 3
JOUR-4500 Public Relations Campaigns 2
JOUR-4550 Practicum in Public Relations (repeatable for up to 2 credits) 1

Electives (6)

Course Number Course Name Course Hours
COM-3230 Organizational Communication 3
COM-3810 Political Speechwriting 3
COM-4060 Organizational Leadership 3
MRKT-3600 Principles of Marketing 3
JOUR-4820 Special Topics in Public Relations 3

*In addition, students in PR concentration must elect Communication Research as one of their core electives and take a statistics course to meet their general education requirement for math.