ENG 214 ENG 390 ENG 433 ENG 445

(See the Curriculum Ladder below for EDU course requirements.)

Free Electives 29 hours

Minor

Creative Writing 18 credits

The minor in creative writing requires the completion of 18 credit hours by completing: One of the following – ENG 214, ENG 216, or JOU 204; and one of the following – ENG 311, 314, or 317; and ENG 342, 345, 346 and 490.

Minor

English 21 credits

A minor in English requires the completion of 21 semester credit hours in the following courses: ENG 214 and 313; one of the following: ENG 311, 314, or 317; either ENG 322 or 323; either ENG 324 or 325; either ENG 411 or 415 and one 300/400 level ENG course.

In addition to the above courses, a teaching minor in English requires the completion of 24 semester credit hours including ENG 390. These requirements are in addition to ENG 101, 102, and 211 or 215.

MASS COMMUNICATIONS AND JOURNALISM

The health of a democracy is deeply connected to the health of a free press. Thomas Jefferson thought so highly of the importance of the press' role in guarding the people's rights that he stated: "If I had to choose between a government without a free press and a free press without government, I would choose the latter." From the hey-day of its nationally celebrated civil rights leader and alumnus Whitney M. Young, Jr. to its connections with Kentucky's black owned or operated newspapers and indeed throughout its some 120 years of great achievements and challenges, Kentucky State University's own history has been deeply entwined with the exercise of a free press. All three aspects of Kentucky State's mission – liberal studies, land grant status (especially the mass communications facilities of the land grant program), and its status as an HBCU --, coalesce together in a B.A. program in mass communications and journalism.

Unconditional admission requires the following:

• The student must be in good academic standing with the University;
• The student must have completed with a passing mark (C or above) the prerequisite English courses, namely, ENG 101 and ENG 102;
• The student must have a 3.0 Grade Point Average (4.0 scale) in English courses taken prior to application to the journalism major;
• The student must submit a letter of application articulating his or her interest in journalism.

Students who do not hold the 3.0 GPA in English coursework may be considered for conditional admission, but must receive consent of the journalism faculty and will be placed in a probationary status for the first academic year of coursework in journalism.

of the journalism faculty and will be placed in a probationary status for the first academic year of coursework in journalism. The major has three components: 1) a 30 credit hour core of fundamental coursework in basic journalism and mass communication, 2) a 12 credit hour academic track in the student's choice of more advanced coursework options in print journalism, broadcast journalism, or public relations, and 3) a nine credit hour selection of elective courses which offer appropriate, relevant support for the student's choice of a mass communication or journalism concentration:

Bachelor of Arts

Journalism and Mass Communication 120 credits

Liberal Studies Requirements 45 hours

Core Courses hours

JOU 204 JOU 210 JOU 215 JOU 305 JOU 322

ENG 361 ENG 362 ENG 364 ENG 365 ENG 366

Track Courses 12 hours

Twelve hours in one of the following tracks.

Broadcast Journalism Track

Broadcast Journalism Track

JOU 367 JOU 369 JOU 373 JOU 435

JOU 367 JOU 369 JOU 373 JOU 435

Print Journalism Track

Print Journalism Track

JOU 363 JOU 368 JOU 401 JOU 434

JOU 363 JOU 368 JOU 401 JOU 434

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