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COLLEGE
OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT
OF COMMUNICATION
JOURNALISM
BACHELOR
OF ARTS/OR SCIENCE IN JOURNALISM
OBJECTIVES
The study of journalism at The University of Texas at Tyler prepares students for careers in news reporting and editing for newspapers, television, public relations, and other mass media. The department’s graduates usually take jobs with businesses, government agencies, professional, and non-profit organizations. Other graduates enter advertising or areas of specialized communication such as writing about medicine, technology, or business. Still others are choosing careers in “new media” - interactive computer systems, and information distribution. The journalism major also is excellent preparation for law school. The department offers the B.A. and B.S. in Journalism, and participates in the Master of Science/ Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies. The B.A. requires a foreign language sequence. The B.S. requires a set of courses in geography, economics, computer science, mathematics and or science in place of the foreign language. The study in journalism should be part of a broad and flexible education and the total educational experience is more important than any single part of it. Accordingly, more than seventy percent of a major’s work must be done outside of journalism. Students desiring teacher certification in journalism for Texas secondary schools must meet additional requirements that vary according to whether journalism is their first or second teaching field.
Options
OPTIONS
| A. |
B.A.
in Journalism: 36 hours in journalism, 24 of which must be advanced;
18 hours in a minor; four semesters of a foreign language. |
| B. |
B.S.
in Journalism: 36 hours in journalism, 24 of which must be advanced;
18 hours in a minor; six hours of mathematics, science, economics,
geography and/or computer science, in addition to those otherwise
counted as lower-division preparation |
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Minor
in Journalism: 18 hours in journalism, 12 of which must be advanced
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| D. |
Secondary-teacher
certification:
| 1. |
Journalism as a first teaching field or as a single teaching
field B.A. or B.S. in Journalism: Completion of requirements
for the B.A. or B.S. in Journalism including JOUR 4335 and prescribed
courses in education |
| 2. |
Journalism
as a second teaching field: 24 hours in journalism, 12 of which
must be advanced, including JOUR 4335; prescribed courses in
a first teaching field, and prescribed courses in education
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| 3. |
Journalism as a component in a language arts specialization;
six hours in journalism including JOUR 4335; 57 hours in other
language arts disciplines; and prescribed education courses |
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BACHELOR
OF ARTS DEGREE REQUIREMENTS IN JOURNALISM
Total Semester Credit Hours=124
The Bachelor
of Arts degree in Journalism requires 124 hours as follows:
| A. |
University Core Curriculum (47 hrs.) |
| B. |
36 hours of Journalism, 24 of which must be upper-division, and 12 must be taken at UT Tyler: |
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1.
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Journalism Core
JOUR 2307* Mass Media and Society
JOUR 2311* Writing for the Mass Media
JOUR 3318 Mass Media Law and Ethics
JOUR 3385 History of Mass Media
must be taken within the first nine (9) hours of journalism courses.
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12 |
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2.
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Journalism Option |
18 |
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News/Editorial Option (18 hrs.)
JOUR 3301 Feature Writing
JOUR 3311 Visual Design
JOUR 3360 Photojournalism
JOUR 4335 Business & Indust. Pub.
JOUR 3305 Advanced Newswriting and Editing
JOUR 4300 Opinion Writing |
Public Relations Option (18 hrs.)
JOUR 3355 Writing for Public Relations
JOUR 3340 Principles of Advertising
JOUR 3351 Advertising Writing and Design
JOUR 3375 Principles of Public Relations
JOUR 4363 Public Relations Case Studies
JOUR 4365 Public Relations technique |
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3.
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Upper-division Journalism Electives |
6 |
Total 36 Sem. Credit Hrs. |
| C. |
Outside Required Courses (9 semester credit hours)
SPCM 1315: Fundamentals of Speech Communication
ECON 1301: Introduction to Economics
ECON 2301: Principles of Economics I
POLS 3310: International Relations
MANA 3311: Organization Theory and Behavior
MARK 3311: Principles of Marketing
GEOG 3310: World Regional Geography
ANTH 3330: Cultural Anthropology |
| D. |
Minor-18 Sem. Credit Hrs. |
| E. |
Elective-including 4 semesters of foreign language |
BACHELOR
OF SCIENCE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS IN JOURNALISM
Total Semester Credit Hours=124
The B.S.
degree requirements in journalism are the same as those for the B.A. degree
except that instead of a foreign language requirement, the student is
required to take six hours of mathematics, science, economics, geography
and/or computer science, in addition to those otherwise counted as lower-division
preparation. These six hours may be taken at the lower- or upper-division.
JOURNALISM
AS A MINOR
Journalism may be chosen as a minor to satisfy bachelor degree programs
with majors in other fields. This program requires 18 hours of journalism,
12 of which must be advanced. Courses are selected by the student in consultation
with a member of the Department of Communication.
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