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Journalism

News Reporting - Sports


Effective Fall 2006, students must earn a minimum grade of "C" to fulfill the 
major requirements.
                                                                                
JOURNALISM REQUIREMENTS                     Courses: 12/12

 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  
 53-3110      Feature Writing*                     3       C  
 53-2520      Sports Reporting*                    3       C  
 53-4540      Advanced Sports Reporting*           3       C  
 53-4110      The Business Beat*                   3       C  
 53-4115      Community News*                      3       C  
 53-3130      Interpretive Reporting*              3       C  


                                                                                
Students must complete at least 6 credits to fulfill the Journalism Elective 
Requirement. Journalism internship credits will NOT count toward the elective 
requirement, and only 3 credits of independent project credit can be counted 
toward this requirement. 
Additional credits from internships or independent projects may be counted 
toward the 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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