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College
College of Communication and Information
Department
School of Journalism and Mass Communication

201 Franklin Hall
Tel: 330-672-2572
E-mail: jmc@kent.edu
Web: www.kent.edu/jmc

The Visual Journalism minor teaches the basic photography, videography and page layout design for newspapers and magazines.

Type Legend: DD Diversity–Domestic; DG Diversity–Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

VISUAL JOURNALISM MINOR REQUIREMENTS (19 credits)
Type Course Title Credits
  JMC 20004 Media Writing 3
    22001 Photography 3
    22002 Videography Basics 1
    26001 Multimedia Newswriting 3
    46001 Information Graphics 3
  VCD 37000 Visual Design for Media: Advanced 3
  Choose from the following: 3
  JMC 46000 Newspaper Design (3)  
    46020 Magazine Design (3)  
  MINIMUM TOTAL 19

This minor is open only to visual communication design majors or by special approval.

Minimum 2.750 GPA in the minor required for graduation.