Point Loma Nazarene University offers a major in Broadcast Journalism, sponsored jointly by the Department of Communication and Theatre and the Department of Literature, Journalism, and Modern Languages. Students may direct their questions to either department.
LOWER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS |
| COURSE |
TITLE |
UNITS |
| COM 150 |
Introduction to Media Communication |
3
|
| COM 243 |
Introduction to TV and Film Production |
3
|
| COM 275 |
Audio Production |
2 |
| TRE 250 |
Voice and Diction |
2 |
| WRI 215 |
Newspaper Workshop |
1 |
| WRI 250 |
Introduction to Journalism |
3 |
|
TOTAL |
14 |
|
|
|
UPPER-DIVISION REQUIREMENTS |
| COURSE |
TITLE |
UNITS |
| COM 313 |
Television News Production |
3 |
| COM 413 |
Advanced Television News Production |
3
|
| COM 414 |
Long-Form Broadcast News |
3 |
COM 425
|
Advanced Television Workshop (1) |
2
|
| WRI 312 |
Television Newswriting |
3 |
| WRI 340 |
Media Ethics and Law |
3 |
| WRI 430 |
Multimedia Journalism |
3 |
WRI 470
COM 421 |
Writing InternshipOR
Communication Internship |
2
(3) |
|
TOTAL |
22-23 |
| Note: Writing 312 and Communication 313 are corequisites and must be taken in the same semester. |
ELECTIVES |
| COURSE |
TITLE |
UNITS |
| Take two (2) courses from the following: |
| WRI 310 |
Advanced Reporting |
3 |
| WRI 313 |
Electronic Journalism |
3 |
| WRI 323 |
Creative Writing: Creative Non-Fiction |
3 |
| WRI 330 |
Photojournalism |
3 |
| WRI 350 |
Writing for the Mass Media |
3 |
| One literature course beyond general education: |
2-3 |
|
TOTAL |
5-6 |
|
MAJOR TOTAL |
41-43 | |