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Nov 03, 2024
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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Journalism, Environmental Journalism and Communication Concentration, B.S.
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Journalism and Strategic Media
Sanjay Asthana, program coordinator
615-898-5274
Sanjay.Asthana@mtsu.edu
The concentration in Environmental Journalism and Communication explores the multifarious ways in which individuals, communities, publics, and citizens engage with, and relate to, the biological, physical, and social environment through diverse and mediated forms of communication and culture. Students will engage in critical analyses of media coverage and journalistic reporting on these topics and issues in print, broadcast, and digital media platforms, and acquire creative skills in building and developing media content as part of civic engagement and public participation.
Students should check the prerequisites for each course.
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Degree Requirements
| General Education |
41 hours |
| Major Requirements |
50 hours* |
| Minor |
15-18 hours |
| Electives |
11-17 hours |
| TOTAL |
120 hours |
*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the General Education curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill General Education requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.
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.
The following course required by the program meet General Education requirements:
Major Requirements (50 hours)
School of Journalism and Strategic Media Core (14 hours)
Environmental Journalism and Communication Concentration (12 hours)
Conceptual Requirements (12 hours)
Choose four:
Professional Topics (12 hours)
Required Minor (15-18 hours)
Electives (11-17 hours)
Students in the School of Journalism and Strategic Media (SOJSM) must complete 50 hours in liberal arts and sciences including General Education requirements and one minor from outside SOJSM. Students must select at least nine hours of liberal arts/social sciences (beyond General Education); at least six hours of liberal arts/social science electives must come from courses at the 3000-level or higher.
Curriculum: Environmental Journalism and Communication
Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.
Majors must have a C (2.00) or better in all Media and Entertainment courses.
Senior Spring
- 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)
- JOUR professional topic 6 credit hours
- Elective 3 credit hours
- Minor or elective course 3 credit hours
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