Digital Communication and Multimedia Journalism B.A. - 4 Year Plan of Study

Semester 1 (Fall)

• ✳️  ENC 1101 - Composition I Credit(s): 3
• TGEC - Creative Thinking  Credit(s): 3
• TGED - Human & Cultural Diversity  (Recommended:ANT 2410 - Cultural Anthropology  Credit(s): 3 )
• Foreign Language Exit Credit(s): 4
• Take the Civics Literacy Exam

Total Credit Hours: 13

Semester 2 (Spring)

• ✳️  ENC 1102 - Composition II Credit(s): 3
• STA 2023 - Introductory Statistics I Credit(s): 3
• SGES - General Education Core Social Sciences  (Recommend: POS 2041  OR  AMH 2020  to meet Civic Literacy requirement.) Credit(s): 3 
• Foreign Language Exit Credit(s): 4

Total Credit Hours: 13

Semester 3 (Summer)

• Non-Major Elective Credit(s): 3
• Non-Major Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 6

Semester 4 (Fall)

• ✳️  MMC 2100 - Media Writing Credit(s): 3
• MMC 3602 - Media and Society Credit(s): 3
• VIC 3001 - Visual Literacy Credit(s): 3
• SGEM - General Education Core Mathematics  / 6AMT - State Computation Requirement  Credit(s): 3
• SGEN - General Education Core Natural Sciences  Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Semester 5 (Spring)

• JOU 2100 - Beginning Reporting Credit(s): 3
• SGEH - General Education Core Humanities  Credit(s): 3 
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3
• Major Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 12

Semester 6 (Summer)

• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 4

Total Credit Hours: 4

Semester 7 (Fall)

• JOU 3101 - Advanced Reporting Credit(s): 3
• JOU 3346C - Multimedia Reporting Credit(s): 3
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3 

Total Credit Hours: 12

Semester 8 (Spring)

• MMC 4200 - History and Principles of Communications Law Credit(s): 3
• TGEE - Ethical Reasoning & Civic Engagement  Credit(s): 3
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3
• Major Elective Credit(s): 3
• Major Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Semester 9 (Summer)

• Major Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 3

Semester 10 (Fall)

• JOU 4188 - Neighborhood News Bureau Credit(s): 3
• MMC 4203 - Communication Ethics Credit(s): 3
• General/Unrestricted Elective Credit(s): 3
• Major Elective Credit(s): 3
• Major Elective Credit(s): 3

Total Credit Hours: 15

Semester 11 (Spring)

• JOU 4950 - Senior Capstone Seminar Credit(s): 2-3
• TGEH - High Impact Practice  Credit(s): 3
• Non-Major Elective Credit(s): 3
• Non-Major Elective Credit(s): 3

​NOTE: JOU 4950  is taken for 3 credit hours.

Total Credit Hours: 12