Recommended Academic Plan for Journalism (JOURN at University Park)
Effective Summer 2004

Semester 1	Credits	Semester 2	Credits
ENGL 015 or 030 (GWS) Rhetoric & Comp or Honors Comp	3	CAS 100 (GWS) Effective Speech	3
Foreign Language	4	Foreign Language	4
Humanities (GH)	3	Arts (GA)	3
Natural Sciences (GN)	3	Social and Behavioral Sciences (GS)	3
COMM 160 Basic News Writing Skills	1	Natural Sciences (GN)	3
First-Year Seminar	1
Total Credits:	15	Total Credits:	16
Semester 3	Credits	Semester 4	Credits
COMM 260W News Writing and Reporting; or Minor Course	3	COMM 260W News Writing and Reporting; or Minor Course	3
Humanities (GH)	3	Other Cultures	3
Foreign Language	4	Bachelor of Arts Knowledge Domain (US or IL)	3
Quantification (GQ)	3	Social and Behavioral Sciences (GS)	3
Arts (GA)	3	Natural Sciences (GN)	3
Total Credits:	16	Total Credits:	15
Semester 5	Credits	Semester 6	Credits
COMM 403 Mass Comm Law; or Comm 409 News Media Ethics	3	COMM Professional (see advisor or degree audit)	3
COMM Mass Media Theory (see advisor or degree audit)	3	COMM 403 Mass Comm Law; or Comm 409 News Media Ethics	3
COMM Mass Media Theory (see advisor or degree audit)	3	Minor Course	3
Quantification (GQ)	3	Bachelor of Arts Knowledge Domain (US or IL)	3
Bachelor of Arts Knowledge Domain	3	ENGL 202 (GWS) Effective Writing	3
Total Credits:	15	Total Credits:	15
Semester 7	Credits	Semester 8	Credits
COMM Professional (see advisor or degree audit)	3	COMM 460W Reporting Methods	3
COMM Mass Media Theory (see advisor or degree audit)	3	Minor Course	6
Minor Course	6	Electives	4
Health and Physical Activity (GHA)	1.5	Health and Physical Activity (GHA)	1.5
Total Credits:	13.5	Total Credits:	14.5

• Bold type indicates courses requiring a quality grade of C or better.
• Italics indicates courses that satisfy both major and General Education requirements.
• Bold Italics indicates courses requiring a quality grade of C or better and that satisfy both major and General Education requirements.
• GWS, GHA, GQ, GN, GA, GH, and GS are codes used to identify General Education requirements.
• US, IL, and US;IL are codes used to designate courses that satisfy University United States/International Cultures requirements.
• W is the code used to designate courses that satisfy University Writing Across the Curriculum requirements.

Scheduling patterns for courses not taught each semester:

Program Notes: Comm 465, Broadcast Journalism II, can be used as a substitute for Comm 460W, Reporting Methods; however, the student must take, in addition to Comm 465, 6 more credits of professional journalism. Please see an academic advisor to discuss this substitution and whether it is appropriate for you.

Academic Advising Notes: