Minor Requirements

To be accepted as a minor in journalism ...
... a student must have an overall GPA of 2.5 or higher, as well as a journalism GPA of 2.5 or higher. To be admitted to the minor, students must have completed Journalism 101, 107 and 108 earning a C or better in each. Jour 108 and 208 must be taken concurrently with Jour 107 and 207.	After filling out an application to enroll in the minor program, you must take Jour 305 and two electives to complete your minor. To continue as a minor, students must maintain their GPAs of 2.5 or higher overall and in journalism.
Students majoring in another field ...
may minor in journalism by completing four core classes and selecting two courses from a list of electives as approved by a journalism adviser. Total credits you’ll need to earn—18.	Note: This information is from the 2005-2006 UNR catalog year. If you are a student who enrolled as a journalism minor in an earlier catalog year, your plan may be different than the one described below. See an academic adviser.
Core classes for minors
Journalism 101 Critical Analysis of Mass Media A healthy dose of media literacy to get you cruising down the pop culture-strewn highway toward the land of clear thinking. Journalism 107 Multimedia News Reporting & Writing I In this class, you’ll learn how to gather, organize and report information. Prepare for a challenge.	Journalism 207 Multimedia News Reporting and Writing II Learn to produce advanced multimedia journalism. Journalism 305 Media Ethics Learn how to identify, consider and resolve ethical problems in journalism.
Electives for minors
Choose two elective courses from the list below. Your choices must be approved by a journalism adviser. Journalism 300 Visual Communication You see a dozen magazines in the grocery store check-out line. One catches your attention and you pick it up. Why? This course examines visual literacy, perception, cognition, aesthetics and design principles. Journalism 335 Corporate Communications Explore the media planning, selection, copy writing and graphic design that advance a corporate or non-profit organization’s public relations' strategy. Journalism 401 The First Amendment & Society Ah, Freedom of the Press—an American tradition that we hope you’ll come to love as much as we do. Journalism 413 History of Journalism Ben Franklin. William Randolph Hearst. Matt Drudge. A look at the roots of the journalistic craft from colonial press days to the Internet era.	Journalism 418 Magazine Writing Emily Dickinson called publication “the auction of the mind of man.” Learn how to get some dough for your mind—that is, your published writing—in this class. Journalism 434 Visual Persuasion for Advertising and IMC Probe the nature of images as a tool for persuasive media messages, such as advertising. Journalism 450 Media Technologies & Society Examine the impact of communication technologies on social discourse and public perceptions. Journalism 481 Race, Gender & Media Explore ways in which media create and challenge social constructions of gender and race, with emphasis on women and minorities. Journalism 499 Professional Internship Put classroom ideas into practice in the professional realm by going to work for a newspaper, TV station, ad agency or public relations firm.