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Dec 19, 2025
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2025-2026 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 | 49 hours* | | Minor | 15-18 hours | | Electives | 12-21 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 (49 hours)
School of Journalism and Strategic Media Core (15 hours)
Journalism Requirements (12 hours)
Journalism Subcore (Two Options, 7 hours)
Conceptual (9 hours)
Select three: - ADV 3020 - Principles of Advertising 3 credit hours
- ADV 3060 - Issues in Advertising: Sexuality and Gender 3 credit hours
- ADV 3080 - Ethical Standards and Practices in Advertising 3 credit hours
- JOUR 2020 - Introduction to Environmental Journalism and Communication 3 credit hours
- JOUR 2800 - Journalism and Media Topics 1 to 3 credit hours
- JOUR 3000 - Journalism and Media in the Movies 3 credit hours
- JOUR 3050 - Principles of Health Communication 3 credit hours
- JOUR 3600 - Digital and Media Literacy 3 credit hours
- JOUR 3650 - Free Expression, Media, and the American Public 3 credit hours
- JOUR 3660 - Strategic Communication Research 3 credit hours
- JOUR 3850 - Crime, Gender, and Media 3 credit hours
- JOUR 4210 - Media and Society 3 credit hours
- JOUR 4220 - Media, Environment, and Climate Change 3 credit hours
- JOUR 4240 - Television, Culture, and History 3 credit hours
- JOUR 4350 - Children and Media 3 credit hours
- JOUR 4510 - Media and Social Change 3 credit hours
- JOUR 4700 - Mass Media and National Security 3 credit hours
- JOUR 4780 - Media and Markets 3 credit hours
- JOUR 4790 - Global News and World Media Cultures 3 credit hours
- JOUR 4820 - Race, Gender, and Class in Media 3 credit hours
- JOUR 4850 - Media Ethics 3 credit hours
- PR 2040 - Public Relations Principles 3 credit hours
- SPM 2100 - Media and Sports 3 credit hours
- SPM 3750 - Sports and Social Media 3 credit hours
- VCOM 2010 - Introduction to Visual Communication 3 credit hours
- Or an approved School of Journalism and Strategic Media conceptual elective 3 credit hours
Professional Electives (6 hours)
Select two: Minor (15-18 hours)
Selected from outside the School of Journalism and Strategic Media with advisor approval. Electives (12-21 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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