About the Journalism Bachelor’s Program
The journalism degree program prepares students for meaningful careers in today’s leading news organizations. Journalism classes are steeped in traditional journalism values and emphasize the importance of storytelling, clarity, conciseness, accuracy, and fairness in reporting.
Augmenting journalism education based in valued traditions, the College of Media and Communication journalism faculty and staff work with news organizations in the Southwest to provide students meaningful internships and other career-advancing opportunities.
Texas Tech offers a multi-platform journalism program. All journalism majors study the unique attributes of print, broadcast, and online news content and production. Students have the opportunity to produce news and information using a variety of media including social, print, broadcast and online.
In order to ensure expertise in a content area, Journalism majors are required to choose either a 15-credit interdisciplinary cognate, an 18-21 credit minor, or a second major. Suggested cognates include strategic communication, media economics and management, visual communication, bilingual journalism, international/intercultural communication, education and social issues, communication studies, political journalism, health/science/environmental studies, and digital/social media studies. Students may pursue additional cognates with advisor and department chair approval.
Total Hours: 120
Students majoring in journalism are required to complete 58 hours from the following core courses: MCOM 1100 or one-hour EMC practicum; MCOM 1300 , MCOM 1301 , MCOM 2350 , MCOM 3300 , MCOM 3320 , JEM 2301 , JEM 2302 , JOUR 2300 , JOUR 2310 , JOUR 3311 , JOUR 3312 , JOUR 3314 , JOUR 3350 , JOUR 3355 , JOUR 3380 , JOUR 3390 , JOUR 4350 , JOUR 4370 , PHOT 3310 .
Journalism students must also choose either a 15-hour interdisciplinary cognate or an 18-hour minor and either 6 hours (with a minor) or 9 hours (with a cognate) of electives in ADV, COMS, EMC, JOUR, MDST, or PR.
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