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Mass Communication Major

Pre-Mass Communication & Admission to the Major

Journalism & New Media Track

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Combined Major in Mass Communication & Political Science

Mass Communication Minor

Course Descriptions

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 Basic Courses (15 units)

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)
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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Patrick Smith '09 is an award-winning photojournalist. Read more.