Required Courses for Journalism Minor Tracks

Each minor track requires 18 hours of coursework to be completed at UNT.

Broadcast focus

• Jour 2300 Principles of News
• Jour 2310 Intro to Media Writing
• Jour 3300 Vis Communication for News
• Jour 3323 News Writing for Broadcast and the Web
• Jour 3322 Copyediting OR Jour 4230 Arts & Culture Journalism
• 6th Class—Free choice

News writing/editing focus

• Jour 2300 Principles of News
• Jour 2310 Intro to Media Writing
• Jour 3321 News Reporting/Writing/Editing
• Jour 3310 Feature Writing OR Jour 4321 Opinion Writing OR Jour 3322 Copyediting
• Jour 4510 Media Ethics OR Jour 4620 Mass Comm Law
• 6th Class—Free choice

Photojournalism focus

• Jour 2300 Principles of News
• Jour 2310 Intro to Media Writing
• Jour 3321 News Reporting/Writing/Editing
• Jour 3310 Feature Writing OR Jour 4321 Opinion Writing OR Jour 4230 Arts & Culture Journalism
• Jour 3700 Photojournalism
• Jour 4720 Multimedia Storytelling for News

Advertising focus

• Jour 2000 Principles of Strategic Communication
• Jour 3020 Advertising Concepts
• Jour 3040 Advertising Media and Marketing
• Jour 3050 Advertising Creative
• Jour 3055 Visual Strategy
• 6th Class—Free choice

Public relations focus

• Jour 2000 Principles of Strategic Communication
• Jour 3400 Fundamentals of PR
• Jour 3410 PR for Non Profit OR Jour 4340 Crisis Communication for PR Professionals
• Jour 4270 Strategic Social Media
• Jour 4440 PR Case Studies OR Jour 4340 Crisis Communication for PR Professionals
• 6th Class—Free choice