At least 90 of the 124 hours required for graduation must be in non-JMC courses, and 65 of those 90 hours must be in courses that are liberal arts in nature. In the Law School, several student organizations, including a Communications Law Society, provide opportunities for further expoloration of the issues relating to media law. Graduates are prepared to work professionally in either journalism or law fields. The Lottie and Robert Brown Fellowship is awarded annually to a student entering the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and may be renewed for each additional year of study. The Katherine Farber Futch Scholarship, based on the same achievement criteria and financial need, is also awarded annually and may be renewed.
Students are also eligible for other scholarships within their specific journalism program.
The T-D is published twice weekly. Drake Magazine, a student-run publication which has won Best College Magazine in the Midwest from the Society of Professional Journalists for the past two years. It is published twice yearly for the Drake community. The Des Moines magazines, written, edited and produced by senior magazines majors, have won the highest possible ratings and awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, the Associated Collegiate Press and the Society of Professional Journalists. Wow, Drake's student-run integrated communications agency, or produce a variety of radio and television programs with the Drake Broadcasting System.