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Journalism major

COM101x Mass Media and Society 4
COM217 Communication Practicum in Print Media* 2
COM260 News Writing and Editing 4
COM261 Feature Writing 2
COM328 Media Law 3
COM417 Internship 4
Choose one course 3
COM400 Community Journalism
GEN312 Washington, News & Public**
Choose one course 4
ENG420 Advanced Writing Project
GEN312 Foundations for Media Involvement**
Choose 5 credits 5
ART220 Graphic Design I
ART265 Photography II
COM202 Video Production
COM263 Layout and Design
COM310 Advanced Topics in Communications***
COM315 Writing and Design for the Web
Cognate Requirements
ART164x Photography I 2
Choose 8 credits 8
ENG235 Introduction to Rhetorical Studies
ENG290 Art of the Essay
ENG294 Reading and Writing Short Fiction
ENG296 Reading and Writing Poetry
ENG297 The Rhetoric of Persuasion
ENG380 Special Topics in Writing
ENG401 History and Theory of Rhetoric
GEN312 Reporting in Washington**
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED 41

*COM217 is a 1 credit course to be taken twice.

**Requires acceptance into the CCCU Washington journalism semester program.

***COM310 must be a topic in journalism.

Students choosing the GEN312 course option must first be accepted into the CCCU Washington journalism semester program. The Washington journalism semester program is an advanced, experiential semester on Capitol Hill and consists of 3 seminar courses (Foundations for Media Invovlement - 4 credits; Reporting in Washington - 3 credits; and Washington, News, and Public Discourse - 3 cedits) and a 6 credit internship.



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Contact
Jamey Durham
Department of
Communications
Northwestern College
101 7th St. SW
Orange City, IA 51041
712-707-7025
jdurham@nwciowa.edu

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