Any journalism course not required is an elective. Popular and useful electives for all are Press Photography and Graphic Arts of the Print Media. News-Editorial students might want to take both Advanced Reporting and Feature Writing, though only one of them is required. Useful for Public Relations students are Public Relations Practicum, Case Problems in Advertising and Public Relations, and Reporting. Advertising students could look to Advertising Media and Case Problems in Advertising and Public Relations.
Internships are extremely helpful in all emphases.
The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications, which has accredited our program, specifies that a journalism major must earn at least 90 credits in courses outside of journalism and mass communication and that at least 65 of these credits must be in the liberal arts. All courses offered by the Department of Journalism. Courses in other departments that duplicate the content of courses offered by the Department of Journalism. Courses taken at other universities that resemble the offerings above and for which transfer students may receive credits. Each such course will be assessed by the chair of the Department of Journalism.