Bachelor of Arts in Communications (Broadcasting/Journalism Track)

120 credits

Major Requirements (45 crs)

Required Courses:

AR 180	Multimedia	3
COM 120	Public Speaking	3
COM 200	Introduction to Journalism	3
COM 305	Media Literacy	3
COM 310	Applied Electronic Journalism I	3
COM 329	Introduction to Mass Media IS	3
COM 330	Writing for the Media	3
COM 375	Professional Social Media Communications	3
COM 410	Applied Electronic Journalism II	3
COM 451	Ethics and Law in a Digital World	3
COM 460	Media Message Production	3
COM 591	Internship	3
COM 599	Writing for Your Professional Life	3
PY 150	Introduction to Psychology	3
	Choose one of the following:
MKT 231	Principles of Marketing	3
MKT 351	Principles of Advertising	3

AR 180, COM 200, and PY 150: Satisfies general education requirements - 9 crs

Students may not register for COM 591 or COM 599 while earning less than a 2.50 GPA in the combined core and track communications classes

General Education for the Bachelor’s Degree (37 crs)

General Education Requirements

EN 110	Principles of Composition	3
	Or
EN 111	English Composition I	3
EN 112	English Composition II	3
GE 102	Saint Mary Experience	2
GE 301	General Education Capstone	2
TH 112	Introduction to Spirituality	3
	Arts (Art, Music, Theatre)	3
	Mathematics - MA 134 or higher	3
	Humanities - must be from two different areas of study (Communication, English (including literature; excluding EN 200), History (excluding HI 301, HI 455, and HI 569), Philosophy, Theology)	6
	Natural Science with Lab	3-4
	Social or Behavioral Sciences - must be from two different areas of study (Criminology, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work)	6
	Theology	3

Electives to reach 120 credit hours

General Electives

Electives

47