The School of Journalism and Mass Communication offers 5 minor programs to accentuate your current degree program. A minimum of 2.75 GPA is required to enroll in classes and to graduate. Contact your academic advisor for more information on declaring a minor in JMC.
Generally it is not permitted to elect a major and minor from the same school; special permission should be obtained from the school by students wishing to do so.
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Note: Open only to VCD, MKTG, COMM and Fashion Merchandising majors
| JMC | 20004 | Media Writing | 3 |
| 21001 | Principles of Advertising | 3 | |
| 20008 | Audience Analysis | 3 | |
| 31003 | Advertising Media Planning | 3 | |
| 41003 | Ad Management | 3 | |
| 41005 | Adv. Campaigns | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following Upper division Electives | |||
| JMC | 30034 | Programming for Electornic Media | 3 |
| 34038 | Media Sales and Sales Management | 3 | |
| 40016 | Adv/PR Law | 3 | |
| 40095 | Adv. History | 3 | |
| 41003 | Adv. Management | 3 | |
| Total: | 21 hours | ||
| JMC | 20004 | Media Writing | 3 |
| 21001 | Principles of Advertising | 3 | |
| 31011 | Creative Ad Structures | 3 | |
| 31002 | Advertising Copywriting | 3 | |
| 41002 | Advanced Adv. Copywriting | 3 | |
| 41005 | Adv. Campaigns | 3 | |
| Choose one of the following Upper division Electives | |||
| JMC | 30034 | Programming for Electornic Media | 3 |
| 34038 | Media Sales and Sales Management | 3 | |
| 40016 | Adv/PR Law | 3 | |
| 40095 | Adv. History | 3 | |
| 41003 | Adv. Management | 3 | |
| Total: | 21 hours | ||
| JMC | 20004 | Media Writing | 3 |
| 22002 | Videography Basics I | 1 | |
| 22003 | Videography Basics II | 1 | |
| 23030 | Basic Electronic Media Video Production | 3 | |
| 23031 | Basic Electronic Media Audio Production | 3 | |
| 30004 | Writing for Electronic Media | 2 | |
| Choose two from the following | |||
| JMC | 33032 | Audio Studio Production | 3 |
| 33033 | Audio Field Production | 3 | |
| 33042 | Video Studio Production | 3 | |
| 33043 | Video Field Production | 3 | |
| Upper Division JMC Elective | 3 | ||
| Total: | 22 hours | ||
| JMC | 20001 | Media, Power and Culture | 3 |
| 21001 | Principles of Advertising | 3 | |
| 28001 | Principles of PR | 3 | |
| 20005 | Fundamentals Med. Mess. | 3 | |
| 40006 | Law of Mass Communication | 3 | |
| 30034 | Prog. for Elec. Media | 3 | |
| 40022 | Film as Communication | 3 | |
| Total: | 21 hours | ||
| JMC | 20004 | Media Writing | 3 |
| 26001 | Newswriting | 3 | |
| 28001 | Principles of Public Relations | 3 | |
| 38002 | Public Relations Case Studies | 3 | |
| 48002 | Public Relations Tactics | 3 | |
| 48006 | Public Relations Publications | 3 | |
| COMM | 30000 | Research Methods | 3 |
| VCD | 37000 | Visual Design for Media | 3 |
| Total: | 24 hours | ||
| JMC | 20004 | Media Writing | 3 |
| 22001 | Photography | 3 | |
| 20002 | Videography Basics | 1 | |
| 22004 | Visual Storytelling | 3 | |
| 26001 | News Writing | 3 | |
| 32001 | Photojournalism I | 3 | |
| VCD | 37000 | Visual Design for Media/ADV | 3 |
| Choose one of the following: | |||
| JMC | 32002 | Photojournalism II | 3 |
| 42005 | Color Photography | 3 | |
| Total: | 22 hours | ||