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.
I. |
DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 credit) |
Type |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
|
US |
10097 |
Destination Kent State: First Year Experience |
1 |
II. |
MAJOR REQUIREMENTS (19 credits) Courses count in major GPA* |
Type |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
|
JMC |
20003 |
Introduction to Mass Communication** |
3 |
|
|
20004 |
Media Writing |
3 |
|
|
20008 |
Audience Analysis and Research |
3 |
|
|
22002 |
Videography Basics |
1 |
|
|
30004 |
Writing for Electronic Media |
2 |
|
|
40006 |
Law of Mass Communication |
3 |
WIC |
|
40010 |
Ethics and Issues in Mass Communication*** |
3 |
ELR |
|
40092 |
Internship |
1 |
III. |
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS (57 credits) |
Type |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
KAD |
COMM |
15000 |
Introduction to Human Communication |
3 |
KHU
DD |
HIST |
12070 |
History of the United States: The Formative Period |
3 |
KHU
DD |
|
12071 |
History of the United States: The Modern Period |
3 |
|
LIS |
10010
30010 |
Information Fluency
or
Information Fluency in the Workplace and Beyond |
3 |
KMC |
MATH |
11009
11010 |
Modeling Algebra (4)
or
Algebra for Calculus (3) |
3-4 |
|
VCD |
14001 |
Visual Design Literacy |
3 |
|
Choose from the following: |
3 |
|
ENG |
30064 |
Argumentative Prose (3) |
|
|
|
30065 |
Expository Prose Writing (3) |
|
|
|
30066 |
Writing in the Public Sphere (3) |
|
|
Kent Core Composition |
6-8 |
|
Kent Core Fine Arts |
3 |
|
Kent Core Basic Science (must include one laboratory) |
6-7 |
|
Non-JMC General Electives (Electronic Media Management Concentration-1 hour must be upper division) |
21 |
IV. |
CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (47 credits) |
|
Electronic Media Management (47) |
|
Electronic Media Production (47) |
|
Electronic Media Sports Production (47) |
|
MINIMUM TOTAL |
124 |
* No grade lower than a C- (1.700) in a JMC course will be counted toward graduation or as a prerequisite for a subsequent class.
** Students who successfully complete JMC 20001 prior to declaring a JMC major may use it as a substitute for JMC 20003.
***A minimum C (2.000) grade must be earned to fulfill the writing-intensive requirement. Students declaring the combined degree program with the master's in journalism and mass communication will satisfy the writing-intensive requirement with JMC 60003 Ethics in Mass Communication.
Special Major Note:
Students who pass 15 credits of non-remedial academic coursework each fall and spring semester and the 1-credit First Year Experience course will accumulate 121 credits in four years. This major requires 124 credits for graduation. Students can stay on track for graduation by:
- Declaring their major as freshmen and completing all courses in sequence (bear in mind that switching majors may cause a delay in graduation);
- Prioritizing required courses above electives;
- Meeting regularly with their academic advisors to stay on track;
- Passing each required course the first time attempted and maintaining the minimal GPA for the major;
- Successfully completing more than 15 credit hours of relevant coursework (field-based work, internship) during academic semesters; and/or
- Completing relevant coursework (field-based work, internship) during summer sessions.
Electronic Media Management Concentration
For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2013-2014 Roadmap.
I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (24 credits) Courses count in major GPA |
Type |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
|
JMC |
21001 |
Principles of Advertising |
3 |
|
|
23031 |
Basic Audio Production |
3 |
|
|
30034 |
Programming for Electronic Media |
3 |
|
|
34038 |
Media Sales and Sales Management |
3 |
|
|
40015 |
Media Management |
3 |
|
|
41004 |
Broadcast Copywriting |
3 |
|
|
44045 |
Promotions for Electronic Media |
3 |
|
Upper-division JMC Elective |
3 |
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (23 credits)
|
Type |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
KSS |
ECON |
22060 |
Principles of Microeconomics |
3 |
KAD |
|
22061 |
Principles of Macroeconomics |
3 |
|
MKTG |
25010 |
Principles of Marketing |
3 |
|
MIS |
24163 |
Principles of Management** |
3 |
|
Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two curricular areas) |
3 |
|
General Electives (upper-division)* |
8 |
MINIMUM TOTAL
|
47 |
*Any JMC course taken is calculated in the major GPA.
**BMRT 11009 is equivalent to MIS 24163
Electronic Media Production Concentration
For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2013-2014 Roadmap.
I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (25 credits) Courses count in major GPA |
Type |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
|
JMC |
22003 |
Videography Basics II |
1 |
|
|
23030 |
Basic Video Production |
3 |
|
|
23031 |
Basic Audio Production |
3 |
|
Choose from the following: |
6 |
|
JMC |
33032 |
Audio Studio Production (3) |
|
|
|
33033 |
Audio Field Production (3) |
|
|
|
33042 |
Video Studio Production (3) |
|
|
|
33043 |
Video Field Production (3) |
|
|
Choose from the following: |
6 |
|
JMC |
30034 |
Programming for Electronic Media (3) |
|
|
|
33032 |
Audio Studio Production (3) |
|
|
|
33033 |
Audio Field Production (3) |
|
|
|
33036 |
Basic Media Engineering (3) |
|
|
|
33042 |
Video Studio Production (3) |
|
|
|
33043 |
Video Field Production (3) |
|
|
|
40013 |
Television Sports Production (3) |
|
|
|
40035 |
Television Graphics (3) |
|
|
|
40036 |
Non-Linear Video Editing (3) |
|
|
|
40037 |
Scriptwriting for Video and Film (3) |
|
|
|
44045 |
Promotions for Electronic Media (3) |
|
|
|
45000 |
Television Sports Graphics Production (3) |
|
|
|
45001 |
Lighting for Video Production (3) |
|
|
|
45005 |
Historical Television Documentary Production (3) |
|
|
|
46057 |
Motion Graphics for Video Editing (3) |
|
|
Choose from the following: |
6 |
|
JMC |
44050 |
Audio for Video (3) |
|
|
|
45010 |
Digital Film Preproduction (3) |
|
|
|
45013 |
Digital Film Postproduction (3) |
|
|
|
46054 |
Broadcast Documentary (3) |
|
|
|
49021 |
Corporate Video (3) |
|
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (22 credits) |
Type |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
|
Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) |
3 |
|
Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) |
6 |
|
General Electives (5 credit hours Non-JMC, minimum 9 hours upper division)* |
13 |
MINIMUM TOTAL
|
47 |
*Any JMC course taken is calculated in the major GPA. Minimum 72 credit hours taken outside JMC.
Electronic Media Sports Production Concentration
For semester-by-semester course sequencing for this program, view the 2013-2014 Roadmap.
I. CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (25 credits) Courses count in major GPA |
Type |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
|
JMC |
22003 |
Videography Basics II |
1 |
|
|
23030 |
Basic Video Production |
3 |
|
|
23031 |
Basic Audio Production |
3 |
|
|
40013 |
Television Sports Production |
3 |
|
|
44042 |
Live Sports Production |
3 |
|
|
44043 |
Sports Field Production |
3 |
|
|
45000 |
Television Sports Graphics Production |
3 |
|
Choose from the following: |
6 |
|
JMC |
33036 |
Basic Media Engineering (3) |
|
|
|
40036 |
Non-Linear Video Editing (3) |
|
|
|
44045 |
Promotions for Electronic Media (3) |
|
|
|
44050 |
Audio for Video (3) |
|
|
|
45001 |
Lighting for Video Production (3) |
|
|
|
45020 |
AVID Editor Certification (3) |
|
|
|
46054 |
Broadcast Documentary (3) |
|
|
|
46057 |
Motion Graphics for Video Editing (3) |
|
|
|
49021 |
Corporate Video (3) |
|
II. ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (22 credits) |
Type |
Course |
Title |
Credits |
|
SPAD |
25000 |
Sport in Society |
3 |
|
Choose from the following: |
9 |
|
SPAD |
45023 |
Sports Marketing (3) |
|
|
|
45024 |
Sport in Global Perspective (3) |
|
|
|
45026 |
Sport and the Media (3) |
|
|
|
45027 |
Public Relations and Promotion in Sport (3) |
|
|
Kent Core Additional (must be from two categories) |
3 |
|
Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) |
6 |
|
General Electives* |
1 |
MINIMUM TOTAL
|
47 |
*Any JMC course taken is calculated in the major GPA. Minimum 72 credit hours taken outside JMC.
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