2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Communication, B.A.: Journalism Option

 

General Education 41-42

Foundations Requirements 13

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

 

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

OR

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

 

COMM 1402SPEECH COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2023RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

ENG 1030, COMM 1402: A grade of “C” or better is required.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 28-29

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.

Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit)

3

Music or Theatre

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

ID 2415SMALL GROUP COMMUNICATION

3

HIST 1062: GE Distributions course required of all students.

ID 2415: Major required course. A grade of "C" or higher is required.

Select One GE Approved course from one area below:
Psychology

3

Economics or ES 1010 World Geography

3

Political Science

3

Sociology or Anthropology

3

Science and Mathematics 10-11

 
Math or Computer Science 3
MATH 1000ALGEBRA FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS

3

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

MATH 1030PROBLEM SOLVING IN MATH

3

MATH 1054PRE-CALCULUS

3

OR

CPS 1032MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS

3

CPS 1231FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

4

Select two GE Approved Science courses from areas below; one must be a lab science
Biology

3-4

Chemistry or Physics

3-4

Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Forensic Sciences or Sustainability Sciences

3-4

Interdisciplinary

3

Academic Major 45

All Major courses and capstone require a grade of C or better. A cumulative GPA of 2.5 is required to graduate.

Major Required Courses 12

COMM 2425INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION

3

COMM 2503MASS MEDIA

3

COMM 3510PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION

3

COMM 3720COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA THEORY

3

COMM 3720: Writing Emphasis (WE) course.

Option Required Courses 21

COMM 2403DIGITAL VIDEO PRODUCTION

3

COMM 2920INTRODUCTION TO JOURNALISM

3

COMM 3910PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORTING

3

COMM 3915FEATURE WRITING

3

COMM 3280NEWS LITERACY

3

COMM 3780TOWER PRACTICUM

1

 

COMM 3420INTERVIEWING

3

OR

COMM 3533SOCIAL MEDIA

3

COMM 2403: Students may have to purchase a camera for this course.

COMM 3780: Must take 3 semesters.

Major Electives Courses 12

Choose any four Communication course with advisement.

COMM 3660 and COMM 3173 are recommended.

COMM

3

COMM

3

COMM

3

COMM

3

COMM*3173: Students can be approved for a maximum of two, three-credit internships which may be used to fulfill major elective requirements. COMM 3171 and COMM 3172 cannot be used as a major elective. Students must have a 3.0 GPA and completed 75-90 credits to be eligible for an internship.

Major Capstone Course 3

 
COMM 4962COMMUNICATION RESEARCH SEMINAR

3

COMM 4962: Course required by major. A grade of C or better is required.

Free Electives 30-31

(At least 50% must be 3000/4000 level)

Note: Communication courses cannot be used as free electives, with the exception of COMM 1996 and COMM 3171 and COMM 3172.

COMM 1996 (Optional) Freshman Research course: Freshman may partner with faculty to earn one credit as a free elective which may be taken up to two times.  

COMM 3171 and COMM 3172 (Optional) Internship courses: Students must have a 3.0 GPA and completed 75-90 credits to be eligible for an internship. A maximum of 6 credits for internships is allowed.

 

Total Credit Hours: 120