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Nov 21, 2024
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Journalism, B.S.
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Journalism and Strategic Media
615-904-8331
Sally Ann Cruikshank, program coordinator
SallyAnn.Cruikshank@mtsu.edu
The major in Journalism offers preparation for students who wish to be journalists–news reporters, copy editors, feature writers, editorial writers, freelance magazine writers, and online or multiplatform journalists. Students should check the prerequisites for each course. One minor is required.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) |
41 hours |
| Major Requirements |
47 hours* |
| Minor |
15-18 hours |
| Electives |
14-20 hours |
| TOTAL |
120 hours |
*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.
True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.
The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:
Major Requirements (47 hours)
School of Journalism and Strategic Media Core (14 hours)
Journalism Requirements (12 hours)
Conceptual (9 hours)
Select three:
Professional Topics (12 hours)
Select four:
Minor (15-18 hours)
Selected from outside the School of Journalism and Strategic Media with advisor approval.
Electives (14-20 hours)
- Students must select at least nine hours of liberal arts/social sciences (beyond the True Blue core); at least six hours of liberal arts/social science electives must come from courses at the 3000-level or higher.
Curriculum: Journalism
Majors must have a C (2.00) or better in all Media and Entertainment courses.
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