Radio-Television Journalism
Degree and Sequence Requirements

Missouri Journalism Undergraduate Program    [Full Index]

Radio-TV Journalism Faculty

Kent Collins Radio-TV Journalism Chair Gary Grigsby Radio-TV Journalism Faculty Greeley Kyle Radio-TV Journalism Faculty Glenn Leshner Strategic Communication Faculty Jennifer Reeves Radio-TV Journalism Faculty Randy Reeves Radio-TV Journalism Faculty Anna Romero Radio-TV Journalism Faculty Lee Wilkins Radio-TV Journalism Professor Stacey Woelfel Radio-TV Journalism Faculty

Journalism Degree Requirements

Residency Requirement
All Journalism courses must be taken on the MU campus.

Electives and Course Load
Students may enroll in electives in sequences other than their own as long as they have completed the necessary requirements. A maximum of 10 credits in Journalism are allowed per semester.

Journalism Degree Requirements

• 18-19 credits of core courses required of all Journalism students.
• JOURN 1010 Career Explorations in Journalism (1 Credit). This will be taught for the first time in WS06.
• JOURN 1100 Principles of American Journalism (3 Credits).
• JOURN 2000 Cross Cultural Journalism (3 Credits).
• JOURN 2100 News (3 Credits).
• JOURN 3000 History of American Journalism (3 Credits) or JOURN 4950 Solving Practical Problems (3 Credits).
• JOURN 4000 Communications Law (3 Credits).
• The sequence capstone course (3 Credits).

Sequence Requirements

Core/Required Radio-Television Journalism Courses

• JOURN 4300 Broadcast News I (3 Credits) This course satisfies the School's Visual Literacy requirement.
• JOURN 4306 Broadcast News II (3 Credits)
• JOURN 4308 Broadcast News III (3 Credits)
• Capstone choices. Select one.
  • JOURN 4974 Advanced Internet Applications (3 Credits)
  • JOURN 4976 Seminar in Radio/TV News (3 Credits)
  • JOURN 4978 Media Management and Leadership (3 Credits)

Semester One
This is generally the first semester of the junior year.

• JOURN 3000 History of American Journalism (3 Credits) or JOURN 4950 Solving Practical Problems (3 Credits)
• JOURN 4000 Communications Law (3 Credits)
• JOURN 4300 Broadcast News I (3 Credits) This course satisfies the School's Visual Literacy requirement.

Semester Two

• JOURN 4306 Broadcast News II (3 Credits)
• Journalism elective (3 Credits)

Semester Three

• JOURN 4308 Broadcast News III (3 Credits)
• Journalism elective (3 Credits)

Semester Four

• Capstone choices. Choose one of the following:
  • JOURN 4974 Advanced Internet Applications for Radio/TV News (3 Credits)
  • JOURN 4976 Seminar in Radio/TV News (3 Credits)
  • JOURN 4978 Media Management and Leadership (3 Credits)
• Journalism electives (6 Credits)

Suggested Radio-Television Journalism Electives

• JOURN 4310 News Producing
• JOURN 4320 Advanced Broadcast Reporting
• JOURN 4326 Issues in Broadcast Management (2-3 Credits)
• JOURN 4328 Advanced News Communication (1 Credit)
• JOURN 4430 Computer-Assisted Reporting
• JOURN 4436 Investigative Reporting
• JOURN 4510 Visual Communications
• JOURN 4550 Basic Photography & Photo Editing
• JOURN 4650 International Issues in Reporting
• JOURN 4656 International News Media Systems
• JOURN 4660 Media Forces Shaping the European Union
• JOURN 4700 Online Journalism
• JOURN 4716 Women & the Media (2 Credits)
• JOURN 4718 Law and the Courts
• JOURN 4720 Internet Law
• JOURN 4730 Journalism & Conflict
• JOURN 4736 Economics and Finance of the Media
• JOURN 4050 Communications Practice (1-3 Credits)
• JOURN 4350 Problems in Journalism (1-3 Credits)
• JOURN 4940 Internship
• JOURN 4974 Advanced Internet Applications for Radio/TV News
• JOURN 4976 Seminar in Radio/TV News
• JOURN 4978 Media Management & Leadership

Other Options for Electives

• You can take courses from other sequences if you have satisfied prerequisites for that course.
• You can set up an individual study course with one of your professors for 1-3 credits.
  • JOURN 4050 Communications Practice, generally project-related, requires a contract available from Journalism Advising, 76 Gannett.
  • JOURN 4350 Problems in Journalism, generally research and paper writing, requires a contract available from Journalism Advising, 76 Gannett.
  
  
• New York Program
• Study Abroad (Journalism-approved programs only)
• Washington Program

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