Business Journalism BA

The degree map is a suggested term by term sample course schedule.

120 TOTAL CREDITS

42	Pathways Credits
9	Pre-Weissman Credits
30	Major Credits
39	Elective Credits

120 Credits minimum required for the Bachelor of Business Arts (BA) degree

90 Liberal Arts Credits minimum required for the BA

2.0 GPA required to remain in good academic standing and to graduate

Liberal Arts Minor required to graduate (part of College Option) – Psychology majors cannot minor in Psychology

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FIRST YEAR

FALL 15 Credits		SPRING 15 Credits
ENG 2100 Writing I English Composition I	3 CR	ENG 2150 Writing II English Composition II	3 CR
MTH 2140 or MTH 2160 Math and Quantitative Reasoning or Ideas in Math and Applications	3CR	Life and Physical Sciences Natural Sciences Lab Course Pathways Requirement	3 CR
FYS 1000* First Year Seminar Degree Requirement	0 CR	COM 1010 Speech Communication Pre-Weissman Requirement	3 CR
Flexible Core Course Pathways Requirement	3 CR	Foreign Language I 1st Semester of Foreign Language Pre-Weissman Requirement	3 CR
Flexible Core Course Pathways Requirement	3 CR	Flexible Core Course Pathways Requirement	3 CR
Flexible Core Course Pathways Requirement	3 CR	*FYS 1000 is required for the first term & MUST be completed to graduate.

SOPHOMORE YEAR

JUNIOR YEAR

SENIOR YEAR

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Liberal Arts Elective

Non-Liberal Arts

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Business Journalism BA

FALL 16 Credits		SPRING 15 Credits
Liberal Art Minor Course Pathways College Option Requirement	3 CR	ENG 2800, CMP 2800, ENG 2850, or CMP 2850 Great Works of Literature I or II Pathways College Option Requirement	3 CR
JRN 5050, 5051, 5052, or 4920 Media Internship or Narrative Writing Major Requirement	4 CR	Major Elective Major Requirement	3 CR
Major Elective Major Requirement	3 CR	Major Elective Major Requirement	3 CR
Liberal Arts Elective Elective Requirement	3 CR	Free Elective* Elective Requirement	3 CR
Liberal Arts Elective Elective Requirement	3 CR	Liberal Art Minor Course Pathways College Option Requirement	3 CR

FALL 15 Credits		SPRING 12 Credits
Major Elective Major Requirement	3 CR	JRN 4500, or 4750, or 4920 or 5050, or 5051, or 5052 Capstone Course Major Requirement	3 CR
Liberal Art Minor Capstone Pathways College Option Requirement	3 CR	Free Elective* Elective Requirement	3 CR
Liberal Arts Elective Elective Requirement	3 CR	Free Elective* Elective Requirement	3 CR
Free Elective* Elective Requirement	3 CR	Free Elective* Elective Requirement	3 CR
Liberal Arts Elective Elective Requirement	3 CR	Free Elective* Elective Requirement	2 CR
*Free electives can be any business, liberal arts, or public affairs course.

AAS	ANT	ART	BIO	BLS	CHM	COM
CMP	ECO	ENG	ENV	FLM	FPA	GLS
HED	HIS	HSP	IDC	JRN	LACS	LIB
LTS	MSC	MTH	NMA	PHI	PHY	POL
PSY	REL	SOC	THE	WSM	ALL MODERN LANGUAGES

ART 5010	ART 5011	COM 4059	ECO 5010	ECO 5011	FPA 5070
FPA 5071	HED 1810	HED 2920	MSC 2061	MSC 2062	MSC 2063
MSC 2064	MSC 5050	MSC 5051	SOC 4085	SOC 4086	ART/MSC/THE Studio Elective Courses

5 Career Options for Business Journalism Majors	5 Top Skills for Business Journalism Majors
Business Analyst	Detail Oriented
Economist	Cultural Competencies
Reporter	Persuasiveness
Political Advocate	Research
Television Producer	Written and Oral Communications

FALL 16 Credits		SPRING 15 Credits
JRN 2500 The Individual and the News in the Information Age Major Requirement	3 CR	JRN 3220 Media Ethics Major Requirement	3 CR
JRN 3200 Business and Financial Journalism Major Requirement	4 CR	JRN 3510 Multimedia Reporting Major Requirement	4 CR
Foreign Language II 2nd Semester of Foreign Language Pre-Weissman Requirement	3 CR	Liberal Arts Elective Elective Requirement	3 CR
Flexible Core Course Pathways Requirement	3 CR	Flexible Core Course Pathways Requirement	3 CR
Free Elective* Elective Requirement	3 CR	Flexible Core Course Pathways Requirement	3 CR
		*Can enroll in PSY 2100 if Pre-Calculus eligible

Business Journalism BA

The degree map is a suggested term by term sample course schedule.

120 TOTAL CREDITS

42

Pathways Credits

9

Pre-Weissman Credits

30

Major Credits

39

Elective Credits

Degree Map

FIRST YEAR

FALL

15 Credits

SPRING

15 Credits

MTH 2140 or MTH 2160

3-Semester Plan (FYS 1000 Students)

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