curriculum

A. Introductory courses - COM 201 and 202

10

B. Core requirements

COM 360 Intro to Multimedia Journalism

5

COM 361 Advanced Multimedia Journalism

4

COM 362 Community Journalism

5

COM 363 Entrepreneurial Journalism

5

COM 440 Mass Media Law

5

COM 468 Journalism Ethics

5

Total

29

C.  Concentration Electives – minimum of 15 credits from one concentration list*

15

*Concentration Electives – Special Topics COM 460 and 495 may apply (depending on the topic) to these lists; for approval of these and other substitutions and exceptions, contact the Advising Office

289 Com & Difference

321 Com in International Relations

300 Basic Concepts of New Med

304 Press & Politics

322 Global Com

301 Nav Info Networks

305 Politics of Mass Com

420 Comparative Med Systems

302 Cultural Impact of Info Tech

306 Med, Soc, & Pol Identity

426 International Med Systems

401 Telecom Policy & Convrgnt Med

329 Rhet of Soc, Pol Mvmnts

427 Intl Com Law & Policy

407 Com Tech, Politics, & Intrnt

389 Race, Gender, & Sexuality

428 Media & Peace

418 Com & Environment

407 Com Tech & Politics         

458 Reporting Global Health

442 History Media Tech, Regulation

411 Political Com Seminar

475 Org Com (international focus)

460 Autumn (Health & Medical Rep)

414 Mass Media & Publ Opin

478 Intercultural Com

INFO 498 - Special Topics

417 Political Deliberation

484 Cultural Codes in Com

423 Com & Social Change

486 Com, Culture & Rome

444 PR & Society

488 Race, Gend, & Power in Asian Am Med

452 Crisis Com

495 Spring (Com & War)

464 Opinion Writing

465 Legislative Reporting

464 Opinion Writing

465 Legislative Reporting

488 Race in Asian Am Media

489 Black Cultural Studies

490 Beyond the Binaries

495 Spring (Trauma  & Journalism)    

D.  Journalism Electives (5 credits minimum)

Selected from:

445 - Journalism & Literature
459 - Narrative Journalism
460 - Special Reporting Topics
461 - Computer-Assisted Journalism
463 - Copy Editing and Design
464 - Opinion Writing
465 - Legislative Reporting (in Olympia)
466 - Digital Journalism
467 - Feature Writing
491 - Publication Design

5

Total Credits

59

These are strongly recommended courses for Journalism majors who wish to improve their writing style (not for COM credit):

ENGLISH 281 - Intermediate Expository Writing (this also satisfies the Gen. Ed. composition requirement)

ENGLISH 284 - Beginning Short Story Writing