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Effective Fall 2006, students must earn a minimum grade of "C" to fulfill the 
major requirements.
                                                                                
JOURNALISM                                  Courses: 10/10

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 53-1016      Grammar for Journalists*             2       C  
 53-1010      Introduction to Journalism           3       C  
     OR 1 of the following:
     53-2010      History of Journalism            3
 53-1015      Reporting and Writing I              3       C  
 53-2015      Media Ethics and Law*                3       C  
 53-2020A     Reporting and Writing II             6       C  
 53-2025      Copy Editing*                        3       C  
 53-4115      Community News*                      3       C  
 53-3110      Feature Writing*                     3       C  
 53-3130      Interpretive Reporting*              3       C  

Select three of the following advanced courses, however, only one of the Science
& Medicine courses 
will count toward the advanced course requirements.

 
                                                                                
THREE OF THE FOLLOWING                      Courses:  3/ 3

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 53-3120      Covering Urban Affairs*              3       C  
 53-3125      Covering the Courts*                 3       C  
 53-3115      Investigative Reporting*             3       C  
 53-4110      The Business Beat*                   3       C  
 53-4410      Science and Medicine: Covering       3       C  
     OR 1 of the following:
     53-4415      Feature Writing in Scienc        3


Students must complete a minimum of 6 credit hours to fulfill the Journalism 
elective
requirement. Journalism internship credits may NOT be used to fulfill the 
elective requirement,
and a maximum of 3 credits from independent projects may be used towards this 
requirement. 
Additional credits from internships or independent projects will count towards 
College Wide
Electives.

                                                                                
JOURNALISM ELECTIVES                        Courses:  2/ 6

 Course       Title                             Credits  Grade

 53-2***                                                   C  

                                                                                
 53-3***                                                   C  
 53-4***                                                   C  


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