Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies
Mass Communication Major
Journalism and New Media Track
Mass Communication majors who choose the Journalism and New Media Track complete 36 units: 9 units in core courses and 27 units in track courses. They enroll in MCOM 257 Journalism/New Media I to begin the track.
Required Core Courses for all three tracks in the major (9 units)
MCOM 101
Introduction to Mass Communication
3
MCOM 490
Mass Communication Research
3
MCOM 350 or MCOM 433
Media Law
or
Media Ethics
3
Journalism and New Media Track (27 units)
Required Basic Courses (15 units)
MCOM 257
Journalism/New Media I
3
MCOM 258
Journalism/New Media II
3
MCOM 341
Digital Publishing
3
MCOM 358
News Editing
3
MCOM 407
Multimedia Reporting Capstone
3
Required Professional Skills Writing Courses (3 units)
Required Basic Courses (15 units)
Choose
one of the following courses. (Additional courses taken from this list may count as electives.)
3
MCOM 356
Feature Writing
MCOM 381
Broadcast Journalism I
MCOM 383
News Reporting
MCOM 409
Literary Journalism
Electives (9 units)
Choose 9 units from the following courses:
9
MCOM 352
Media Criticism (3)
MCOM 359
Magazine Publishing (3)
MCOM 385
Mass Media and Society (3)
MCOM 388
Cyberspace and Communication (3)
MCOM 391
Photojournalism I (3)
MCOM 411
Communication Process (3)
MCOM 415
Mass Media Graphics (3)
MCOM 431
Public Opinion and the Press (3)
MCOM 457
Photojournalism II (3)
MCOM 460
Internship in Mass Communication (1–6)
MCOM 479
Special Topics in Journalism (3)
MCOM 481
Broadcast Journalism II (3)
MCOM 496
Independent Study in Mass Communication (1–6)
Total Units
36
Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies
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