Your Junior and Senior Years

Today’s media marketplace is much more complex and much more diverse. To prepare for this environment, Missouri journalism students can choose from an array of interest areas – more than 30 – designed to build expertise in areas in which journalism and strategic communication majors typically find jobs.

The expanded number of options allow students to take better advantage of the courses, hands-on opportunities in real-media labs and other resources available in their particular interest areas as well as create interdisciplinary and cross-platform learning opportunities tailored to their career goals.

To get ready for the more in-depth journalism and strategic communication study during the junior-senior years, students take 12 credits in journalism during their freshmen and sophomore years. This includes a required course in multimedia at the sophomore level.

The outline of each interest area in this section includes a brief overview, required courses, suggested journalism electives and relevant non-journalism courses. One option allows students to individually design a course of study if none of the existing interest areas meet their needs.

Students admitted before fall 2010 continue with their existing course of study with emphasis areas.

We invite you to explore your options and create your future in journalism and strategic communication.