In addition to the department?s academic core classes and professional skills core classes, students in the Journalism option take courses in news writing, reporting, feature writing, news editing and a senior media lab.?

Students in Journalism have gone on to jobs with newspapers, magazines, websites, private businesses, nonprofits and government agencies. Graduates have moved on to such careers as:

Editors with newspapers, magazines, websites and book publishers

• Copy editors
• Reporters, columnists and technical writers
• Print production

The Mass Communication major is divided among an academic core based on principles of inquiry, a set of core electives, and four options. This major prepares students to create, produce, deliver, and understand the effects of mediated messages. To accomplish the major, a student must complete the academic core and one of the options.

For majors in Mass Communication, a minor is required. Students majoring in any Mass Communication option may not simultaneously declare the same Mass Communication option as a minor, nor may students declare the general Mass Communication (MCOM) minor. The 2.5 GPA is required for enrolling in many Mass Communication courses.