Offered by Department of Journalism and Mass Communication:

Journalism and Mass Communication Major

Broadcast Journalism Option
Bachelor of Science

FAH BS 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
BS Science-related course requirements = 9
Take 9 hours from:
CSIS 100-499
STAT 100-499
BMIS 181, 182, BMIS 282
BSED 302
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 to the program. Should 6 hours of the minor also meet other requirements, the unrestricted electives will be greater.
Minimum total hours required coursework = 114
Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 11
Minimum total hours required for BS 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.
(35 hours required) Journalism and Mass Communication: Broadcast Journalism Requirements
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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