Photojournalism majors study the visual reporting of news. This major is for students who have good visual perception and want to demonstrate this skill through photography. A dynamic portfolio is needed to break into this career, and the courses are geared toward producing one. Graduates find employment at newspapers, magazines or other print publications as well as online publications where visual presentation of news is required.
Download the detailed Requirements in PDF format
| Liberal Education Requirements and Orientation | 37 | |||
| Journalism and Mass Communication Courses | 45-46 | |||
| VCD | 37000 | Visual Design for Media: Advanced | 3 | |
| JMC | 20003 | Intro to Mass Comm. | 3 | |
| 20004 | Media Writing | 3 | ||
| 22001 | Photography | 3 | ||
| 22004 | Visual Storytelling | 3 | ||
| 26001 | Newswriting | 3 | ||
| 26007 | Print Beat Reporting | 4 | ||
| 32001 | Photojournalism I | 3 | ||
| 32002 | Photojournalism II | 3 | ||
| 42005 | Color Photography | 3 | ||
| 40006 | Law of Mass Comm. | 3 | ||
| 40010 | Ethics & Issues in Mass Comm. | 3 | ||
| 40092 | Internship | 1 | ||
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| 42008 | Advanced Photojournalism | 3 | ||
| 46054 | Broadcast Documentary | 3 | ||
| Choose one of the following: | ||||
| 46000 | Newspaper Design | 3 | ||
| 46001 | Information Graphics | 3 | ||
| 46020 | Magazine Design | 3 | ||
| Choose one of the following: | ||||
| JMC | 26008 | Broadcast Beat Reporting | 4 | |
| 40004 | Computer-Assisted Reporting | 3 | ||
| 40005 | Feature Writing | 3 | ||
| 40012 | Online Journalism | 3 | ||
| 40015 | Media Management | 3 | ||
| 40095 | ST: Cybermedia Design | 3 | ||
| 42008 | Advanced Photojournalism | 3 | ||
| 46000 | Newspaper Design | 3 | ||
| 46001 | Information Graphics | 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) | 16-18 | |||
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, Prof. Ann Schierhorn.