Degrees at the College
B.S. or B.A. with a Major in Journalism
The journalism major prepares students for
leadership roles in rapidly changing media by requiring a strong
core of journalism courses within the rich context of a liberal
arts education. Courses are designed to foster analytical and
critical thinking skills and to teach students to communicate
effectively with a mass audience.
Founded in 1914, the journalism program has full
national accreditation by the Accrediting Council on Education
in Journalism and Mass Communications. Alumni include Pulitzer
Prize winners, Nieman fellows and nationally known journalists.
Journalism majors learn about media law, ethics
and history, and about the media's role in an increasingly
diverse society. The program emphasizes hands-on learning.
Students select either a print or electronic emphasis in their
professional skills courses. Majors choosing a print emphasis
have the opportunity to write for a daily newspaper and to
write, edit, design and produce a magazine. Students who select
the electronic track gain on-air experience at the university
radio station and report, anchor, videotape and produce a
newscast aired on a local cable channel.
Graduates are prepared for jobs as reporters and
editors for print, broadcast and on-line media, and for
positions as assignment editors, producers, managing editors,
publishers and new media entrepreneurs. Courses are also offered
for students interested in specialized careers such as sports
reporting, business writing, arts criticism or graphic design.
All majors are encouraged to supplement their
course work with media experience at the Kentucky Kernel,
the independent daily student newspaper; the Kentuckian,
the student yearbook; WUKY,
the university's public radio station, or WRFL,
the student-run radio station. In addition, students are
expected to take advantage of the school's internship and job
placement programs.
Degree Requirements
In addition to satisfying the University Studies
Requirements and the College B.A./B.S. Requirements, each
student completes the following:
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Premajor Requirements
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Hours
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JOU 101 Introduction to Journalism
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3
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JOU 204 Writing for the Mass Media
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3
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Any political science course
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3
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Subtotal: Premajor Hours
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9
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Core Major Requirements
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Hours
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JOU 531 Media Law and Ethics
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3
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plus three hours from conceptual courses such as
the following:
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JOU 455 Mass Media and Diversity (Subtitle required)
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3
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JOU 532 Ethics of Journalism and Mass Communication
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3
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JOU 535 History of Journalism
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3
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Options
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One of the following options:
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-- Print -- |
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JOU 301 News Reporting
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3
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JOU 303 News Editing
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3
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JOU 410 Publications Production
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3
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-- Electronic -- |
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JOU 302 Radio and TV News Reporting
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3
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JOU 304 Broadcast News Decision Making
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3
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JOU 404 Advanced TV News: JAT News
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3
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Major Electives
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Nine hours of upper division electives in
JOU, ISC or TEL, including three hours from
reporting/writing courses approved by student's advisor.
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Portfolio required for graduation.
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Field of Concentration
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Breadth will be insured in students'
programs by at least 18 credit hours of upper division
liberal arts courses such as economics, philosophy,
history, languages, literature, political science,
psychology, sociology, or the sciences. Within those 18
hours, at least 15 hours should involve concentrated study
in one field. This does not mean that all such courses
must be in a single department, but they should be united
under a topic heading such as "international
relations," "American government," or
"political behavior."
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Subtotal: Major Hours
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42
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Total Hours:
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minimum of 120
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Note: Of a student's total
course work for a bachelor's degree, 80 of the 120 hours
required for graduation must be in courses other than journalism
or mass communications. (Accreditation standards require at
least 65 semester hours in basic liberal arts and sciences.)
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