The Media School
Certificate in Journalism (Certificates)
Students on Summer 2018, Fall 2018, or Spring 2019 requirements JOURUGACR1
Requirements
The certificate requires at least 24 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- Core Courses. Five (5) courses:
- MSCH-C 101 Media
- MSCH-C 225
- MSCH-C 226
- MSCH-J 300 Communications Law
- MSCH-J 410 The Media as Ethical and Social Institutions
- Advanced Skills. Two (2) courses:
- MSCH-B 332 Sports Writing and Reporting
- MSCH-B 333 Sportscasting
- MSCH-B 334 Social Media in Sports
- MSCH-B 340 Sports Video Storytelling
- MSCH-B 350
- MSCH-B 430 Sports Media Laboratory
- MSCH-B 432 Advanced Sports Writing
- MSCH-J 301 Story Lab III
- MSCH-J 315 Feature Writing
- MSCH-J 331 Podcasting and Audio Storytelling
- MSCH-J 341 News Reporting
- MSCH-J 342 Magazine Reporting
- MSCH-J 343 Broadcast News
- MSCH-J 344 Photojournalism Reporting
- MSCH-J 351 News Editing
- MSCH-J 352
- MSCH-J 353 Advanced Broadcast News
- MSCH-J 354 Photojournalism Editing
- MSCH-J 360 Journalism Specialties (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- MSCH-J 362 Journalism Multimedia Storytelling
- MSCH-J 363 Web and Mobile Design
- MSCH-J 365 Graphic Design I
- MSCH-J 385 Television News Reporting and Producing
- MSCH-J 400 Converged Newsroom
- MSCH-J 401 Depth Reporting and Editing
- MSCH-J 402 Depth Photojournalism
- MSCH-J 404 Depth Multimedia
- MSCH-J 408 Investigative Reporting
- MSCH-J 413 Covering Murder and Mayhem
- MSCH-J 414 Narrative Journalism
- MSCH-J 415 Literary Journalism
- MSCH-J 416 Story Mechanics
- MSCH-J 426 Reporting on Fashion, Beauty, and Lifestyle
- MSCH-J 431 Advanced Podcasting and Audio Storytelling
- MSCH-J 444 Advanced Photojournalism
- MSCH-J 460 Topics Colloquium (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- MSCH-J 464 Infographics
- MSCH-J 465 Graphic Design II
- MSCH-R 349 Public Relations Writing
- MSCH-R 429 Public Relations Campaigns
- Electives. One (1) of the following options:
- Journalism Course. One (1) course:
- Additional MSCH-J course
- Additional MSCH-R course
- MSCH-X 474 Journalism Internship
- MSCH-X 478 Field Experience in Media (approved topics only; see academic advisor)
- CASE Intensive Writing Course. One (1) course:
- Any CASE Intensive Writing course except MSCH-J 410
- Statistics Course. One (1) course:
- CJUS-K 300 Techniques of Data Analysis
- ECON-E 370 Statistical Analysis for Business and Economics
- LAMP-L 316 Junior Seminar: Analytical Problem Solving
- PSY-K 300 Statistical Techniques
- PSY-K 310 Statistical Techniques
- SOC-S 371 Statistics in Sociology
- STAT-S 211 Statistics for Journalists
- STAT-S 300 Introduction to Applied Statistical Methods
- STAT-S 303 Applied Statistical Methods for the Life Sciences
- Journalism Course. One (1) course:
- Certificate GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
- At least 9 credit hours in the certificate must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the certificate.
- A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the certificate—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
- Exceptions to certificate requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.
Students in good academic standing at Indiana University who are not earning a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism are eligible to apply to this certificate program. Students must contact a Media School academic advisor.
To apply for the certificate, students must have completed the following:
- At least 26 credit hours toward a bachelor's degree
- A GPA of 2.200 or higher for all courses taken so far
- One (1) course on the CASE English Composition list with a grade of C or higher
- CMLT-C 110 Writing the World
- ENG-W 131 Reading, Writing, and Inquiry I
- ENG-W 170 Introduction to Argumentative Writing: Projects in Reading and Writing
- One (1) course on the CASE Mathematical Modeling list with a grade of C- or higher
- MATH-D 117 Introduction to Finite Mathematics II
- MATH-J 113 Introduction to Calculus with Applications
- MATH-M 106
- MATH-M 118 Finite Mathematics
- MATH-M 119 Brief Survey of Calculus I
- MATH-M 211 Calculus I
- MATH-M 213
- MATH-S 118 Honors Finite Mathematics
- MATH-S 211
- MATH-V 118 Finite Mathematics with Applications (Approved topics: "FINITE & CONSUMER MATHEMATICS" (TPC 2); "FINITE MATH FOR SOCIAL & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES" (TPC 1); "FINITE MATH IN ACTION" (TPC 3))
- MATH-V 119 Applied Brief Calculus I (Approved topics: "BRIEF CALCULUS FOR THE LIFE SCIENCES" (TPC 1))
- One (1) semester of a foreign language
- One (1) course on the Admissions Core Course list with a grade of C or higher
- MSCH-C 101 Media
- MSCH-C 225
- MSCH-C 226
- MSCH-C 250 Story Lab I
- MSCH-C 251 Story Lab II