Full Major Courses

Full major requirements for students who declared "pre-journalism" as their major Fall 2011 or later:

• Gateway to Media series
• Core Context requirement
• Sequence (choose one): Advertising, Communication Studies, Journalism, Public Relations  
• At least 60 journalism credits are required. The premajor core (8 credits), Gateway to Media series (12 credits), Core Context requirement (16 credits) and Sequence courses (20 credits) add up to 56 credits. All students must complete four elective journalism credits.

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Full major requirements for students who declared "pre-journalism" as their major Fall 2009-Summer 2011:

• Gateway to Media series
• Core Context requirement
• Sequence (choose one): Advertising, Communication Studies, Journalism, Public Relations 
• At least 60 journalism credits are required. The premajor core (8 credits), Gateway to Media series (12 credits), Core Context requirement (16 credits) and Sequence courses (20 credits) add up to 56 credits. All students must complete four elective journalism credits.

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Full major requirements for students who declared "pre-journalism" as their major before Fall 2009:

• Upper division breadth requirement
• Sequence (choose one): Advertising, Communication Studies, Electronic Media, Magazine, News/Editorial, Public Relations 
• At least 49 journalism credits are required. The premajor core (19 credits), Upper Division Breadth requirement (12 credits) and most Sequence courses (16-20 credits) add up to 51 credits. The news/editorial major is an exception. As the sequence only requires four courses (16 credits), all news/editorial students must complete two elective journalism credits.

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