BA Requirements

The undergraduate major in Journalism and Mass Communication consists of 39-40 semester hours of credit in the Cronkite School:

1 credit JMC 194 Grammar for Journalists or JMC 194 Freshman Seminar
For non-freshmen 1 credit JMC 194 Grammar for Journalists OR a grade of at least 82% on the Cronkite School’s English grammar exam.

12 credits (four courses) in these foundations and core values classes
- JMC 110 Principles and History of Journalism
- JMC 366 Journalism Ethics and Diversity
- JMC 402 Mass Communication Law
- JMC 494 Business and Future of Journalism

12 credits (four courses) in these basic skills classes
- JMC 201 News Reporting and Writing
- JMC 301 Intermediate Reporting and Writing (required for Print Journalism and Strategic Media & Public Relations)
- OR
- JMC 315 Intermediate Reporting & Writing (required for Broadcast)
- JMC 313 Editing (required for Print Journalism and Public Relations)*
- OR
- JMC 345 Videography (required for Broadcast)*
- JMC 425 Online Media
* Students interested in the Digital Journalism specialization are required to take either JMC 315 Intermediate Reporting and Writing (broadcast) and JMC 345 Videography OR JMC 301 Intermediate Reporting and Writing (print) AND JMC 313 Editing

12 credits (four courses) in any one of the following advanced specializations

Broadcast Journalism

JMC 330 Television Reporting (required)
JMC 475 NewsWatch
JMC 494 Cronkite News Service (broadcast)
OR
JMC 437 Documentary Production
JMC 484 Professional Internship (required)

Print Journalism

Advanced Reporting & Writing (required)
JMC 494 Cronkite News Service (print)
OR
A pair of upper division major electives (examples include JMC 351 Photojournalism I and JMC 451 Photojournalism II; JMC 413 Advanced Editing and JMC 414 Electronic Publication Design)
JMC 484 Professional Internship (required)

Digital Journalism

JMC 494 Advanced Online Media (required)
JMC 494 Digital Media Entrepreneurship (required)
JMC 494 Multimedia Reporting
JMC 494 Independent Study/Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship
JMC 494 New Media Innovation Lab
JMC 484 Professional Internship (required)

Strategic Media & Public Relations

JMC 310 Public Relations (required)
JMC 415 Writing for Public Relations (required)
JMC 417 Public Relations Campaign (required)
JMC 484 Professional Internship (required)

3 credits (one course) Any upper division unrestricted JMC/MCO course

CRONKITE SCHOOL GENERAL STUDIES REQUIREMENTS (80-81 credits)

6 credits English Composition (ENG 101 AND ENG 102 OR ENG 107 AND ENG 108 OR ENG 105 and any elective)

3 credits Statistics (fulfills the university’s computer science requirement)

3 credits English Literature

3 credits Philosophy (PHI 101 or 103 or 105 or 305 or 306 or 309)

6 credits History (1 U.S. History class and one additional HST class)

3 credits Government (POS 110 or 310)

3 credits Psychology (PGS 101)

3 credits Sociology (SOC 101 or 301)

3 credits Economics (ECN 211 or 212)

0-16 credits Non-English language—completion of the intermediate (202) level of proficiency

12 credits Related area—courses in one subject area outside of the Cronkite School. Examples include Communication, Business, Political Science, History and Fine Arts. These courses must be approved by a Cronkite School adviser.

19-35 credits Electives

All ASU General Studies courses can be found at https://www.asu.edu/interactive/classsearch/

To be eligible to enroll in JMC courses at the 200-level or above, a Cronkite School student must maintain a minimum 2.5 ASU GPA AND have successfully completed JMC 194 Grammar for Journalists or passed the English Grammar Exam Test administered by the Cronkite School.

For more details on the Cronkite School’s requirements visit http://cronkite.asu.edu/assets/forms/newcurriculum.pdf

Students admitted to ASU prior to fall 2006 should consult their advisers for information regarding their programs of study:
Undergraduate Program Advisers

Barrett, The Honors College

The Cronkite School is proud to have engaged and graduated many successful Barrett Honors College students since 1988. Sections of a number of JMC courses have been reserved exclusively for Honors College students. In addition, both semesters of The Human Event complete Humanities requirements in the Journalism and Mass Communication curriculum. HON 171 satisfies the English literature requirement and HON 172 satisfies the philosophy requirement.

Minor of Media Analysis