Journalism Minor

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Affiliation: School of Social & Cultural Studies

The Journalism minor provides students with the foundation of mediated communication skills. Students learn to analyze, interpret, and critique civic issues in ways that can transform personal lives, social relations, political institutions, economic organizations, and cultural and aesthetic conventions in society. The minor focuses on convergent journalism, promoting writing, editing, production, and critical thinking skills used in multiple media platforms (print, online, audio, and video).

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:

A 2.00 GPA in minor requirements.
At least 9 hours of the program requirements must be completed at Truman State University.
No grade lower than a “C” is accepted toward the completion of the Journalism minor.

Program Requirements:

The Journalism Minor requires the successful completion of 18 credits of the following courses:

Foundations (7 credits):

COMM 250 - Mass Communication Credit(s): 3
COMM 251 - Media Writing Credit(s): 4

Advanced Courses (11 credits):

COMM 349 - News Reporting and Writing Credit(s): 4
COMM 355 - Digital Video Production Credit(s): 4
COMM 455 - Communication Law Credit(s): 3

Note:

A Journalism minor may be coupled with a Communication major, but only COMM 250 - Mass Communication and COMM 455 - Communication Law may count for both the major and minor.