Offered by Department of Communication

Journalism and Mass Communication Major

Broadcasting Option
Bachelor of Science

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 27
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 6
    • Social Sciences minimum = 6
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
    • Wellness minimum = 0
  • Capstone = 3
• BS Science-related course requirements = 9 including:
  • Take:
    • JMC 300, Website Design - 3 hours
  • Take 6 hours from the following:
    • JMC 110, Topics - 1 hour
    • BSED 302, Automated Office Systems - 3 hours
    • MIS 182GS, Software Productivity Tools - 3 hours
    • MIS 282, Business Intelligence Using Databases - 3 hours
    • CSIS 100-CSIS 499
    • STAT 100-STAT 499
• Major Option = 36
• Minor or 2nd Major = 24
• For specific requirements see #3 of Bachelor of Science Degree requirements. Selecting a minor or second major less than or greater than 24 hours will alter the number of unrestricted electives.
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 114
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 11
• Minimum total hours required for BS in Broadcasting = 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.

Students selecting a major in Journalism and Mass Communication-Broadcasting must earn a minimum 2.5 G.P.A. in the major.

Students selecting a major in Journalism and Mass Communication-Broadcasting 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.

1. Journalism and Mass Communication-Broadcasting Option Requirements (36 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 316, Broadcast Advertising and Programming - 3 hours
     • JMC 318, Writing for The Media - 3 hours
     • JMC 320, Media Management - 3 hours
     • JMC 336, Radio Workshop - 2 hours
     • JMC 340, Media Sales - 3 hours
     • JMC 343, Television Workshop - 2 hours
     • JMC 356, Broadcast Announcing - 3 hours
     • JMC 414, Communications Law - 3 hours
     • JMC 460, Mass Media and Society - 3 hours
   • Take 2 hours from:
     • JMC 336, Radio Workshop - 2 hours
     • JMC 343, Television Workshop - 2 hours