Information design majors study the visual presentation of news. Students also may work on visual presentation of news for both The Daily Kent Stater and The Burr. Graduates can find employment as page designers or copy editors at traditional newspapers and magazines or at online publications.
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| Liberal Education Requirements and Orientation | 37 | |||
| Journalism and Mass Communication Courses | 41-42 | |||
| VCD | 37000 | Visual Design for Media: Advanced | 3 | |
| JMC | 20003 | Intro to Mass Comm. | 3 | |
| 20004 | Media Writing | 3 | ||
| 22001 | Photography | 3 | ||
| 22002 | Videography Basics | 1 | ||
| 26001 | Newswriting | 3 | ||
| 36005 | Copyediting | 3 | ||
| 40006 | Law of Mass Comm. | 3 | ||
| 40010 | Ethics & Issues in Mass Comm. | 3 | ||
| 40092 | Internship | 1 | ||
| 46000 | Newspaper Design | 3 | ||
| 46001 | Information Graphics | 3 | ||
| Choose TWO of the following: | ||||
| JMC | 26007 | Print Beat Reporting | 4 | |
| 22004 | Visual Storytelling | 3 | ||
| 46020 | Magazine Design | 3 | ||
| Choose one of the following: | ||||
| JMC | 23031 | Basic Electronic Media Audio Production | 3 | |
| 26007 | Print Beat Reporting | 4 | ||
| 32001 | Photojournalism I | 3 | ||
| 32002 | Photojournalism II | 3 | ||
| 40004 | Computer-Assisted Reporting | 3 | ||
| 40005 | Feature Writing | 3 | ||
| 40012 | Online Journalism | 3 | ||
| 40015 | Media Management | 3 | ||
| 40095 | ST: Cybermedia Design | 3 | ||
| 46006 | Editorial Writing | 3 | ||
| 46007 | Reporting in Depth | 3 | ||
| 46009 | Reporting Public Affairs | 3 | ||
| 46016 | Magazine Publishing | 3 | ||
| 46020 | Magazine Design | 3 | ||
| 46054 | Broadcast Documentary | 3 | ||
| Additional Degree Requirements | 24-25 | |||
| ART | 22006 | Art History I | 3 | |
| 22007 | Art History II | 3 | ||
| Any upper-division Art History elective | 3 | |||
| ENG | Any upper-division English course | 3 | ||
| ECON | 22060 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | |
| POL | 10100 | American Politics | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following: | ||||
| POL | 10004 | Comparative Politics | 3 | |
| PSYC | 11762 | General Psychology | 3 | |
| SOC | 12050 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following: | ||||
| POL | 30001 | Political Methods | 3 | |
| PSYC | 21621 | Quantitative Methods in Psychology I | 3 | |
| SOC | 32220, 32221 |
Data Analysis & Data Analysis Lab | 4 | |
| General Electives (Courses must be outside the School of Journalism and Mass Communcation. Number of electives needed depends on how the student utilizes double counting policy and whether a student chooses to get a minor) | 22 | |||
Minimum Liberal Studies Requirement: 65 hours
Minimum Upper-Divison Requirement: 39 hours
Minimum Total Requirement: 124 hours
If you are not from the current catalog year, please download your catalog requirements in PDF format below. Your catalog year is determined by the year in which you officially entered the University.
2004 - 2005 (PDF) (Cherry Color)
2005 - 2006 (PDF) (Banana Color)
2006 - 2007 (PDF) (Blueberry Color)
2007 - 2008 (PDF) (Salmon Color)
For more information contact the sequence coordinator, Barb Hipsman Springer, at bhipsman@kent.edu