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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.