Dec 03, 2024  
2024-2025 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG 
    
2024-2025 UNDERGRADUATE CATALOG

Journalism-Journalism and Strategic Media (Accelerated BA/MA)


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The Accelerated Bachelor’s-Master’s BA in Journalism to MA in Journalism and Strategic Media program creates an opportunity for high-ability undergraduate journalism students to access more advanced experiences in Journalism and Strategic Media, exposes them to graduate-level study to ascertain if it meets their professional aspirations, and incentivizes them by accelerating their graduate program progression and completion.

Recommended plan of study (Journalism)


7000-level:

  • JRSM 7050 – Mass Comm Theory (JRSM Elective; strongly recommended)
  • JRSM 7124 - Data Journalism (JOUR 4124)
  • JRSM 7320 - Mass Media & Diversity (JRSM 4702)
  • JRSM 7330 - Social Media & Community Engagement (STRM 4210)
  • JRSM 7410 - Crisis Communication (STRM 4231)
  • JRSM 7412 - Analytics and Evaluation (STRM 3250)
  • JRSM 7510 - Information Design (CRMM 4920)

6000-level:

  • JRSM 6700 - Media Law (JRSM 4700)
  • JRSM 6702 - Media, Diversity & Society (JRSM 4702)
  • JRSM 6704 - Issues in Sport and Media (JRSM 4704)
  • JRSM 6708 - Mass Media Ethics (JRSM 4708)
  • JRSM 6720 - Presidents and the Press (JRSM 4720)
  • CRMM 6140 - Publication Design (CRMM 4140)
  • CRMM 6500 - Web Publish I: html/CSS (CRMM 4500)
  • CRMM 6526 - Advanced Photojournalism (CRMM 4526)
  • CRMM 6550 - Web Publish II: html/CSS (CRMM 4550)
  • JOUR 6150 - Sports Writing/Reporting (JOUR 6150)
  • JOUR 6155 - Multimedia Sports Reporting (JOUR 6155)
  • JOUR 6160 - Food Writing/Reporting (JOUR 6160)
  • JOUR 6170 - Business Reporting/Writing (JOUR 6170)
  • JOUR 6180 - Public Issues Writing/Reporting (JOUR 6180)
  • JOUR 6183 - Open-Source Investigative Reporting (JOUR 4183)
  • JOUR 6185 – Social Justice Writing/Reporting (JOUR 4185)
  • JOUR 6190 - Opinion Writing/Reporting (JOUR 6190)
  • JOUR 6530 - Innovative Storytelling Techniques (JOUR 4530)
  • JOUR 6629 - TV News Writing/Reporting (JOUR 4629)
  • JOUR 6639 - TV News Producing (JOUR 4639)
  • JOUR 6998 - Multimedia News Lab (JOUR 4998)

Recommended plan of study (Creative Mass Media concentration)


7000-level:

  • JRSM 7050 – Mass Comm Theory (JRSM Elective; strongly recommended)
  • JRSM 7124 - Data Journalism (JOUR 4124)
  • JRSM 7320 - Mass Media & Diversity (JRSM 4702)
  • JRSM 7330 - Social Media & Community Engagement (STRM 4210)
  • JRSM 7410 - Crisis Communication (STRM 4231)
  • JRSM 7412 - Analytics and Evaluation (ADVR 3330)
  • JRSM 7510 - Information Design (CRMM 4920)

6000-level:

  • JRSM 6700 - Media Law (JRSM 4700)
  • JRSM 6702 - Media, Diversity & Society (JRSM 4702)
  • JRSM 6704 - Issues in Sport and Media (JRSM 4704)
  • JRSM 6708 - Mass Media Ethics (JRSM 4708)
  • JRSM 6720 - Presidents and the Press (JRSM 4720)
  • STRM 6295 - Campaigns Implementation & Evaluation (STRM 4295)
  • CRMM 6140 - Publication Design (CRMM 4140)
  • CRMM 6500 - Web Publish I: html/CSS (CRMM 4500)
  • CRMM 6526 - Photojournalism (CRMM 4526)
  • CRMM 6550 - Web Publish II: html/CSS (CRMM 4550)
  • CRMM 6560 - Interactive Media Design (CRMM 4560)
  • CRMM 6900 - Creative Media Lab (CRMM 4900)
  • JOUR 6530 - Innovative Storytelling Techniques (JOUR 4530, JRSM elective)


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