2005-06 Undergraduate Catalog
Majors
In this curriculum, core courses offer students basic preparation and professional electives allow students to develop strengths in one or more areas.
Journalism majors are required to take these courses in addition to the core requirements: MMC 2100 Writing for Mass Communication and MMC 4200 Law of Mass Communication.
At the beginning of the junior year, journalism majors meet with their assigned faculty adviser to plot the last two years of courses. Students select an area of emphasis from Editing, Graphic Design, Magazines, Online Media, Photojournalism and Reporting. Each area has a designated capstone course, which is taken in the last semester. With the faculty adviser, the student maps a two-year program leading toward the capstone course.
Capstone courses for the areas of emphasis:
Editing: JOU 4202 Advanced Editing and Design
Graphic Design: JOU 4421 Advanced Design
Magazines: JOU 4445C Applied Magazine Publishing or JOU 4311 Advanced Magazine Writing
Online Media: JOU 4946 Applied Electronic Publishing
Photojournalism: JOU 4605 Advanced Photojournalism 2
Reporting: JOU 4946 Applied Journalism
One of the requirements of the capstone course will be submission of a professional portfolio.
Selecting an area of emphasis does not preclude students from taking courses in other areas. Students are able to create personalized degree plans in collaboration with a faculty adviser.
A minimum grade of C is required in journalism courses.
For semesters 7-8, students must complete two professional courses.
* C or better required in these courses
Special training and supervised research are available for journalism teachers and others interested in working at the high school level. Students seeking state certification in journalism should contact the Department of Journalism or the Office of Student Services, College of Education.
The state headquarters of the Florida Scholastic Press Association is located in the College of Journalism and Communications. A summer institute for high school teachers and journalism students is conducted in cooperation with the Division of Continuing Education.
Students take core courses, an area in methods of teaching journalism, 26 hours of education courses and a minor in English or speech. Students seeking state certification in language arts should contact the Department of Journalism.
| Journalism |
| College: Journalism and Communications |
| Degree: Bachelor of Science |
| Hours for the Degree: 124 |
| Areas of Emphasis: Editing, Graphic Design, Magazines, Online Media, Photojournalism, Reporting |
| Minor: No |
| Combined-Degree Program: No |
| Website: www.jou.ufl.edu |
In this curriculum, core courses offer students basic preparation and professional electives allow students to develop strengths in one or more areas.
Core Courses (all journalism majors)
| JOU 1100 Introduction to Journalism | 1 |
| JOU 3101 Reporting | 3 |
| JOU 3110 Applied Fact Finding | 3 |
| JOU 4201 Newspaper Editing | 3 |
| JOU 4700 Problems and Ethics of Journalism in Society | 3 |
Journalism majors are required to take these courses in addition to the core requirements: MMC 2100 Writing for Mass Communication and MMC 4200 Law of Mass Communication.
At the beginning of the junior year, journalism majors meet with their assigned faculty adviser to plot the last two years of courses. Students select an area of emphasis from Editing, Graphic Design, Magazines, Online Media, Photojournalism and Reporting. Each area has a designated capstone course, which is taken in the last semester. With the faculty adviser, the student maps a two-year program leading toward the capstone course.
Capstone courses for the areas of emphasis:
Editing: JOU 4202 Advanced Editing and Design
Graphic Design: JOU 4421 Advanced Design
Magazines: JOU 4445C Applied Magazine Publishing or JOU 4311 Advanced Magazine Writing
Online Media: JOU 4946 Applied Electronic Publishing
Photojournalism: JOU 4605 Advanced Photojournalism 2
Reporting: JOU 4946 Applied Journalism
One of the requirements of the capstone course will be submission of a professional portfolio.
Selecting an area of emphasis does not preclude students from taking courses in other areas. Students are able to create personalized degree plans in collaboration with a faculty adviser.
A minimum grade of C is required in journalism courses.
Critical Tracking Requirements
Semester 1:
- 2.8 GPA on all work at all institutions
Semester 2:
- 3.0 GPA on all work at all institutions for semesters 2-4
- Complete 2 of 6 critical courses - AMH 2010, AMH 2020, POS 2041, approved English elective, MMC 2100 and 1 of the following: POS 2112, INR 2001 or CPO 2001
Semester 3:
- Complete 2 additional courses
Semester 4:
- Complete 2 additional courses
To remain on track, students must complete the appropriate critical-tracking courses, which will be bold.
Suggested semester-by-semester plan
| Semester 1 | Credits |
| ENC 1101 Introduction to College Writing (GE) * | 3 |
| POS 2112 American State and Local Government (GE–S) | 3 |
| Physical or Biological Sciences (GE) | 3 |
| Mathematics (GE) * | 3 |
| AMH 2010 United States to 1877 (GE–H) | 3 |
| JOU 1000 Introduction to Journalism | 1 |
| Total | 16 |
| Semester 2 | Credits |
| Mathematics (GE) * | 3 |
| POS 2041 American Federal Government (GE–S) | 3 |
| English elective * | 3 |
| AMH 2020 United States Since 1877 (GE–H) | 3 |
| Foreign language/quantitative option | 3-5 |
| Total | 15-17 |
| Semester 3 | Credits |
| Physical or Biological Sciences (GE) | 3 |
| Foreign language or quantitative option | 3-5 |
| English elective * | 3 |
| JOU 3110 Applied Fact Finding | 3 |
| MMC 2100 Writing for Mass Communication * | 3 |
| Total | 15-17 |
| Semester 4 | Credits |
| JOU 3101 Reporting * | 3 |
| ECO 2013 Principles of Macroeconomics or ECO 2023 Principles of Microeconomics (GE–S) | 3 |
| SPC 2600 Introduction to Public Speaking or ORI 2000 Oral Performance of Literature 1 * | 3 |
| Electives outside college | 6 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 5 | Credits |
| JOU 4201 Newspaper Editing | 3 |
| JOU courses | 6 |
| Outside concentration | 3 |
| Electives outside college | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 6 | Credits |
| Outside concentration | 6 |
| Elective outside college | 3 |
| JOU courses | 6 |
| Total | 15 |
For semesters 7-8, students must complete two professional courses.
| Semester 7 | Credits |
| JOU courses | 6 |
| JOU 4700 Problems and Ethics of Journalism in Society | 3 |
| Outside concentration | 3 |
| Electives outside college | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
| Semester 8 | Credits |
| JOU course | 3 |
| JOU capstone course | 3 |
| MMC 4200 Law of Mass Communication | 3 |
| Outside concentration | 3 |
| Elective outside college | 3 |
| Total | 15 |
* C or better required in these courses
Journalism for Teachers
Special training and supervised research are available for journalism teachers and others interested in working at the high school level. Students seeking state certification in journalism should contact the Department of Journalism or the Office of Student Services, College of Education.
The state headquarters of the Florida Scholastic Press Association is located in the College of Journalism and Communications. A summer institute for high school teachers and journalism students is conducted in cooperation with the Division of Continuing Education.
Students take core courses, an area in methods of teaching journalism, 26 hours of education courses and a minor in English or speech. Students seeking state certification in language arts should contact the Department of Journalism.