Broadcast Journalism Option
Bachelor of Arts
FAH BA 3217
- Minimum General Studies = 45
- including General Studies coursework required by major
- English Language minimum = 9
- Humanities minimum = 9
- Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
- Natural Sciences minimum = 7
- Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9
- Personal Development minimum = 3
- JMC 100GS, Mass Media in America - 3 hours
- BA Language requirement = a minimum of 6
- The BA requires completion of two intermediate or advanced courses in a single modern
language. Students coming to campus having met the admission requirements taking effect in
1997 will typically have a 5-6 hour requirement. Students without two years of high school
language study will typically take 10 hours of first year language before completing this
requirement for intermediate or advanced courses.
- Major Option = 36
- Minor or 2nd Major, minimum = 24
- Minors are 24 hours; 18 must be unduplicated. Electing a second major may add as many as
18 required hours. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the
unrestricted electives will be greater.
- Minimum total hours required coursework = 111
- Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 14
- Minimum total hours required for BA in Journalism and Mass Communication-Broadcast
Journalism = 125
- All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for
all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above
taken at a 4-year college or university.
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- Students selecting a major in Broadcast Journalism must earn a minimum 2.5 G.P.A. in
the major.
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- Students selecting a major in Broadcast Journalism must compile evidence of
achievement particular to their chosen career field. Students will present this portfolio
and discuss its contents with a Faculty Portfolio Committee in the semester prior to their
graduation.
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- A. Journalism and Mass Communication-Broadcast Journalism Requirements (35 hours
required)
- Take all of the following:
- JMC 215, Newswriting - 3 hours
- JMC 226, Audio Production - 3 hours
- JMC 265, Video Production - 3 hours
- JMC 310, Communications Law - 3 hours
- JMC 315, Advanced Reporting - 3 hours
- JMC 326, Electronic News Gathering - 3 hours
- JMC 337, Radio Workshop: News - 2 hours
- JMC 344, Television Workshop: News - 2 hours
- JMC 350, Antelope Newspaper Production- News Staff - 1
hour
- JMC 356, Broadcast Announcing - 3 hours
- JMC 386, Broadcast News - 3 hours
- JMC 416, Interpretive Reporting - 3 hours
- JMC 460, Mass Media and Society - 3 hours
- B. Journalism and Mass Communication-Broadcast Journalism-TV/Radio Workshop (1 hour
required)
- Take 1 hour from:
- JMC 337, Radio Workshop: News - 1 hour
- JMC 344, Television Workshop: News - 1 hour
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