2024-2025 Catalog

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2024-2025 Catalog

Journalism/Multimedia with Teacher Certification, BS (JMTC)

General Education Requirements

Please see the General Education section of this catalog.

Major Requirements

Media Studies

JMC 100 - Media Issues Credit Hours: 3 *
JMC 302 - Introduction to Race and Media Credit Hours: 1
JMC 303 - Colloquium in Race and Media Credit Hours: 1 (twice)
JMC 488 - Communication Law Credit Hours: 3 (writing-intensive course)
*Hours may also fulfill general education requirements and are not included in total major hours

Total: 6 Credit Hours

Digital Media

JMC 165 - Media Maker I Credit Hours: 3
JMC 342 - Communication Design Credit Hours: 3
JMC 351 - Web Publishing Credit Hours: 3

Total: 9 Credit Hours

Professional Practice

JMC 224 - Media Writing Credit Hours: 3
JMC 233 - Photography Credit Hours: 3
JMC 261 - Television Production Credit Hours: 3
JMC 265 - Film Production Credit Hours: 3
JMC 321 - Student Media Lab Credit Hours: 0 (1 semester required)
JMC 324 - Advanced Reporting Credit Hours: 3
JMC 338 - Broadcast News and Sports Credit Hours: 3
JMC 341 - Editing and Content Management Credit Hours: 3

Choose 6 hours from the following:

JMC 166 - Media Maker II Credit Hours: 3
JMC 364 - Media and Religion Credit Hours: 3
JMC 367 - Social Media Credit Hours: 3
JMC 441 - Topics in Journalism Credit Hours: 3
JMC 449 - Opinion Writing Credit Hours: 3
JMC 450 - Feature Writing Credit Hours: 3

Total: 27 Credit Hours

Professional Education Requirements

EDUC 211 - Introduction to Education: Culture and Contexts Credit Hours: 3 *
EDUC 412 - Secondary Curriculum and Media Credit Hours: 3 (capstone course)
EDUC 432 - Secondary Management and Methods Credit Hours: 3 (writing-intensive and capstone course)
EDUC 476 - Effective Teaching Strategies for English Learners Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 490 - Clinical Teaching Credit Hours: 6 (capstone course)
READ 322 - Disciplinary Literacies Credit Hours: 3
SPED 371 - Teaching Exceptional Students Credit Hours: 3
*Hours may also fulfill general education requirements and are not included in total major hours

Choose 1 of the following courses:

EDUC 221 - Educational Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 232 - Developmental Psychology Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 241 - Cognition and Learning Credit Hours: 3

Total: 24 Credit Hours

Electives

Minimum - 8 Credit Hours

Total Major Hours: 74

Criteria for Admission to Teacher Education

In accordance with Texas state law, students must meet the admission criteria .

Other Graduation Requirements

Minimum GPA in major: 2.25
Minimum GPA for graduation: 2.75
Minimum hours outside JMC: 72
Minimum advanced hours: 33
Minimum total hours: 128

Courses numbered 0** do not count in minimum hours required for degree.