Requirements

Journalism minor requirements (5.25 course credits)

Core Courses (3.25 minimum course credits)

• COMM 260 Introduction to Journalism: Reporting and Writing                  
• PUBR 267 Layout & Design
• PUBR 363 Media and Public Relations Writing
• COMM 117 Journalism Workshop (0.25 class credit)

Electives (2.0 elective course credits)

Students will choose two elective courses, neither of which may be in a student’s major department or counts toward their major, selected from the following list (or approved by the journalism coordinator).

• ARTD 237 Photography: Digital
• BUSI 105 Introduction to Commerce
• BUSI 307 Principles of Marketing
• CHEM 102 Forensic Science
• COMM 261 Mass Media and Modern Society
• ECON 200 Principles of Economics
• ECON 340 Economics and Law
• ENGL 301 Creative Non-Fiction
• MATH 106 Statistics
• PHIL 201 Critical Thinking: Introduction to Logic
• PHIL 207 Ethics: Philosophical and Religious
• POLS 210 Public Opinion
• POLS 311 Parties and Elections
• POLS 333 U.S. Foreign Policy
• SOCI 102 Social Problems
• SOCI 251 Criminology

Internship

An internship pre-approved by the Journalism Minor Coordinator (may be taken for credit through COMM 494, 495, 496 or PUBR 493).

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Transfer Credits:

Across the Core Curriculum and other programs of Monmouth College, most transfer courses are accepted. Departments Chairs have the final determination regarding how transfer credit will be applied to meet major or minor requirements. More information for transfer students is available on our Admission Transfer Credits page.