Journalism, Advertising-Public Relations Concentration (Recording Industry) B.S.

General Education (41 hours)

General Education  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

Major Requirements (59 hours)

Minor (15-18 hours)

• Selected from outside the School of Journalism and Department of Electronic Media Communication; students may wish to consider a minor in the Jennings A. Jones College of Business.

Electives (2-5 hours)

• Students in the School of Journalism must complete 72 hours of coursework from outside JOUR or EMC courses.

Freshman

• ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)

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• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

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• JOUR 1020 - American Media and Social Institutions 3 credit hours OR
• EMC 1020 - American Media and Social Institutions 3 credit hours OR
• RIM 1020 - American Media and Social Institutions 3 credit hours

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• Mathematics 3 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
• Natural Sciences 4 credit hours
• JOUR 2720 - Digital Media Skills 3 credit hours

Sophomore

• ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)

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• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

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• JOUR 2710 - Media Writing 3 credit hours
• PR 2040 - Public Relations Principles 3 credit hours
• Natural Science 4 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Science 3 credit hours
• Minor course 3 credit hours
• Minor course/elective 3 credit hours
• RIM 3000 - History of the Recording Industry 3 credit hours
• RIM 3600 - Survey of the Recording Industry 3 credit hours

Junior

• JOUR 3650 - Free Expression, Mass Media, and the American Public 3 credit hours
• PR 3360 - Strategic Communication Writing for Public Relations 3 credit hours
• VCOM 2950 - Visual Communication Applications 3 credit hours
• Elective 2 credit hours
• Minor courses 6 credit hours
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
• JOUR conceptual requirement 3 credit hours
• JOUR/RIM conceptual requirement 3 credit hours

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• JOUR 3090 - Reporting 3 credit hours OR
• RIM 3780 - Entertainment Reporting and Writing 3 credit hours

Senior

• RIM 3700 - Copyright Law 3 credit hours
• PR 4740 - Public Relations Campaigns 3 credit hours
• JOUR 3660 - Strategic Communication Research 3 credit hours
• PR 3380 - Public Relations Publications 3 credit hours
• PR 3400 - Case Studies in Public Relations 3 credit hours
• JOUR 4880 - Professional Development 1 credit hour

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• JOUR 3580 - MC Practicum 1 to 3 credit hours (1 credit hour required) OR
• JOUR 4000 - MC Internship 1 to 3 credit hours (1 credit hour required)

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• JOUR/RIM conceptual requirement 3 credit hours
• Professional Topics requirement 3 credit hours
• Minor courses 6 credit hours