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Broadcast Journalism


Freshman Year

Fall Courses
Fall
BIO-101Nature of Life
3
ENG- 101 Written Comm I
3
HEA-200 Health Education
2
HIS-105 Civ I or HIS-107 African-American
3
MAT-109 or higher
3
PED-___(1 hour)
1
UNV-101 Indiv&Life
1

TOTAL

16
Spring Courses
Spring
ENG-102 Written Comm II
3
HIS-106 World Civ II
3
MAT-110 or higher
3
PED-___ (1 hour)
1
SCI-102 Intro to Physical Science
3
SPD-103 Oral Comm
3
TOTAL
16

 

Sophmore Year

Fall Courses
Fall
CSC-120 or MGT-205
3
HUM-201 Humanities I
3
MME-200 Media & Multicultural Society
3
MME-201 Reporting & Newswriting I
3
MME-202 Precision Language
2
PSY-203 Intro to Psychology
3

Total

17
Spring Course
Spring
MME-243 Broadcast Reporting &Newswriting
3
SCT/SPD-121 Voice & Diction
3
HUM-202 Humanities II
3
PHI-210 Logic & Scientific Method
3
SOC-205 Intro to Sociology
3
POL-201 Intro to Political Science
3
TOTAL
18

 

 

Junior Year

Fall Courses
Fall
MME-320 Multicultural Reporting
3
MME-314 TV Newscast 1
3
ENG Lit (3 hours from list)
3
ECO-200 Intro to Economics
3
SOC-210 or PSY 205 or GEO-201
3
POL-204 State & Local Politics
3
TOTAL
18
Spring Courses
Spring
MME-308 Online Journalism
3
MME-319 TV Newscast 2
3
SOC-250 Intro Social Science Research
3
HIS (3 hours from list)
3
Outside Elective
3
ENG Lit (3 hours from list)
3
TOTAL
18

 

Senior Year

Fall Courses
Fall
MME-404 Ethics in Journalism/Comm
3
MME-____(elective, 3 hours)
3
MME-____(elective, 1 hour)
1
ENT-210 Entrepreneurship
3
MME-495 Senior Capstone
3
TOTAL 12
13
Spring Courses
Spring
MME-453 Comm Law
3
Outside Elective
3
LAS elective
3
Outside elective
3
TOTAL
12

TOTAL CREDITS for DEGREE: 128

Our broadcast journalism program aims to turn out the next generation of Gwen Ifills, Ed Bradleys, Bernard Shaws, Carole Simpsons. Our students practice digital editing of video and audio. They write and design for the Web. They learn strong news judgment and ethics. They report and write their own stories. They produce a newscast. They become solid journalists. To give them those skills and concepts, they follow this series of courses: