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2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Journalism and Electronic Media Major, BS in Communication


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uTrack Requirements (for first-year students)

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester known as milestones. Milestones may include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect first-time, first-year, full-time, degree-seeking students entering Fall 2013.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Communication • Journalism and Electronic Media Major


Term 1 Hours Milestone Notes
ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118 * 3 Natural Sciences* or Quantitative Reasoning* Elective
JREM 175  3  
1Natural Sciences Elective* 3-4  
PSYC 110 * or PSYC 117 * 3  
2Quantitative Reasoning Elective* 3-4  
Term 2
ENGL 102 * 3 ENGL 102 *
JREM 200 * 3 JREM 175 
1Natural Sciences Elective* 3-4  
POLS 101 *, POLS 102 *, or POLS 107 * 3  
2Quantitative Reasoning Elective* 3-4  
Term 3
3Cultural Studies Elective* 3 JREM 200 *
4English Literature Elective* 3 One additional Natural Sciences* or Quantitative Reasoning* Elective
5Intermediate Foreign Language* 3  
JREM 230 , JREM 250  6  
Term 4
CMST 210 *, CMST 217 *, CMST 240 *, or CMST 247 * 3 Intermediate Foreign Language Sequence*
3Cultural Studies Elective* 3  
ECON 201 * or ECON 207 * 4  
4English Literature Elective* 3  
5Intermediate Foreign Language* 3  
Term 5
6Arts and Sciences Elective 3 ECON 201 *
7College Elective 3 JREM 230 , JREM 250 
8Journalism and Electronic Media Elective 3 Two English Literature Electives*
9Political Science Elective 3  
10General Elective 3  
Term 6
6Arts and Sciences Elective 3 No milestones
8Journalism and Electronic Media Elective 3  
JREM 466  3  
10General Elective 3  
Term 7
6Arts and Sciences Elective 3 No milestones
7College Elective 3  
8Journalism and Electronic Media Elective 3  
JREM 400 , JREM 492  4  
10General Elective 3  
Term 8
6Arts and Sciences Electives 6 No milestones
8Journalism and Electronic Media Elective 3  
JREM 499  3  
10General Elective 0-4  
     
TOTAL 120  

* Meets University General Education Requirement .
1 Chosen from ANTH 110 * or ANTH 117 *; ASTR 151 * (with or without lab–ASTR 153 ) or ASTR 217 *, ASTR 152 * (with or without lab–ASTR 154 ) or ASTR 218 *; BIOL 101 *, BIOL 102 *, BIOL 111 *, BIOL 112 *, BIOL 130 * or BIOL 138 *, BIOL 140 * or BIOL 148 *; CHEM 100 *, CHEM 110 *, CHEM 120 * or CHEM 128 *, CHEM 130 * or CHEM 138 *; * or *, *; * or *, * or *, *, *, *, * or *, *, * or *; *; *, *. At least one of the courses must have a laboratory.
2 Chosen from * or *, *, *, *, * or *, * or *, *, *; * or *.
3 Chosen from *, *; * or *; * or *, * or *, *, *, * or *, * or *; *, *.
4 Chosen from * or *, * or *, *, *, *, *, *, * or *, * or *, *, * or *, * or *, * or *, *.
5 Six hours of the same intermediate foreign language.
6 Fifteen hours in the College of Arts and Sciences.
7 Six hours in the College of Communication and Information, including Journalism and Electronic Media.
8 Four upper-level courses (12 hours) of journalism and electronic media. Students are encouraged to select courses from a specialty area including sports journalism, science journalism, media management, print/web journalism, broadcast journalism, visual communication, and magazine journalism.
9 Chosen from any upper-division political science course.
10 Chosen from any course not taught in advertising, communication and information, journalism and electronic media, or public relations.

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