Journalism (B.A.)

The Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Journalism prepares students to report, edit, and present high-quality journalism for a variety of platforms.  It emphasizes clear writing, factual accuracy, critical thinking, ethical and legal principles, social consciousness, technological skill, and practical, hands-on reporting and editing experience. Students will develop an awareness of the role of journalism in a democratic society and think critically about emerging issues in journalism and mass media.

Concentrations

• Public Relations Concentration

Program Progression and Additional Graduation Requirements

• Attend an orientation session.
• Sign an Advising Agreement document.

In addition to the program requirements, students must:

• Complete a minimum of 120 credits.
• Complete a minimum of 48 of the 120 credits at the upper division (3000-4999 level).
• Earn a cumulative GPA of 2.0 for all coursework attempted at FGCU.
• Satisfy the College-Level Skills and foreign language entrance requirements.
• Satisfy the Service-Learning requirement.
• Satisfy the Civic Literacy requirement.
• Satisfy the residency requirement: 30 of the 60 sixty credits must be completed at FGCU.
• Complete the summer course enrollment requirement.
• Submit an Application for Graduation by the deadline listed in the FGCU Academic Calendar.

Program Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
FGCU General Education Program
To prevent or minimize excess hours, select general education courses that satisfy common prerequisite requirements for your intended major.
Common Prerequisites
A minimum grade of C is required in each course
ENC 1101	Composition I (Acceptable Substitute: ENCX101)	3
ENC 1102	Composition II (Acceptable Substitute: ENCX102)	3
MMC 2604	News Literacy (Acceptable Substitute: MMCX540 or MMCX000-X999)	3
In addition to the common prerequisites, FGCU strongly recommends students take courses with the following prefixes as part of their lower-division requirements or electives: AMH, AML, CRW, ECO, ENL, LIT, POS, SYG, or Public Speaking (SPC 2023). FGCU also recommends students pursuing a major in Journalism take at least two semesters of foreign language.
Required Courses in the Major		(28 credits)
A minimum grade of C is required in each course
DIG 3145	News Production	3
JOU 2100	Journalistic Writing	3
JOU 4110	Journalistic Fact Finding	3
JOU 4940	Internship	3
JOU 4950	Senior Capstone: Journalism (capstone)	3
MMC 3020	Grammar	1
MMC 3104	Writing for a Mass Audience	3
MMC 3125	News Reporting and Writing	3
MMC 4211	Media Law and Ethics	3
VIC 3002	Visual Storytelling	3
Restricted Electives in the Major/Concentration		(15 credits)
A minimum grade of C is required in each course
Select one of the following groupings:		15
No concentration noted on transcript
JOU 3201	News Editing	3
RTV 3301	Audio and Video Journalism	3
Select nine credits from the following:
JOU 3601	Photojournalism	3
JOU 4901	Directed Independent Study 1	1-3
JOU 4930	Special Topics in Journalism	3
Public Relations Concentration
PUR 3000	Principles of Public Relations	3
PUR 3100	Public Relations Writing	3
PUR 3600	Public Relations Strategy	3
PUR 4500	Public Relations Research	3
Select three credits from the following:
PUR 3104	Advanced PR Writing	3
PUR 4420	Nonprofit Public Relations	3
RTV 3301	Audio and Video Journalism	3
Any upper division (3000-4999 level) course with the prefix PUR that has not already been used to fulfill a requirement for the major.
Sustainability Course Graduation Requirement		(3 credits)
Select at least 3 credits in sustainability coursework (SCGR Attribute)
Additional Electives
As needed to reach total credits required for the degree

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A maximum number of 3 credits combined from this course can be used to fulfill the elective requirement. Course must be approved by the instructor.

Total Credits Required: 120