Students wishing to pursue a career in print media are encouraged to select from a variety of newspaper and magazine courses designed to prepare students for working in publications. All students may choose journalism courses as electives to sharpen their writing skills and to prepare for various careers. Students taking such courses will be involved in student publications on campus.
| Core Requirements | 70 - 76 |
| Christian Literacy | (18 - 24) |
| Lower Level Courses |
| BI 1211/1311 Life of Christ |
| BI 1214/1314 Book of Acts |
| BI 2202/2302 Pentateuch |
| BI Elective (2/3 hours) |
| Upper Level Courses |
| BI 3311 Marriage and Family |
| BI 4311 Christian Cultural Heritage |
| BI Elective (2/3 hours) |
| BI Elective (2/3 hours) |
| Cultural Heritage Literacy | (12) |
| HU 1310 Western Cultural Heritage I |
| HU 1320 Western Cultural Heritage II |
| HU 2310 Western Cultural Heritage III |
| HU 2320 American Cultural Heritage |
| Mathematical and Scientific Literacy | (10) |
| Mathematics Requirement: MH 1338 Finite Mathematics or higher |
| Physical Science Requirement: a Physical Science, Chemistry, or Physics course |
| Natural Science Requirement: one course from Biology |
| Scientific Laboratory Requirement: one scientific laboratory companion course for either the course taken for the Physical Science requirement or the Natural Science requirement |
| Information and Communication Literacy | (21) |
| Composition and Literature |
| EH 1301 English Composition I |
| EH 1302 English Composition II |
| EH 2301 or EH 2303 |
| Communication: EH 1303 Speech Communication |
| Technology (one from the following list) |
| CA 1302 Computer Applications |
| CS 2305 Intro to Computer Science & Programming |
| INF1300 Information Research and Strategies |
| ED 2325 Technology in the Classroom [required for students seeking ED degrees] |
Foreign Language: 6 hours in a given foreign languageNote: Students pursuing a BA degree in English who have not earned six (6) hours or more of foreign language credit at the college level may meet this requirement by achieving a passing score on a nationally administered standardized exam in foreign language. Otherwise students will need to take six (6) hours or more in a given foreign language |
| Personal and Social Literacy | (10) |
| Personal |
| PE 1300 Lifetime Fitness |
| FE 1100 Freshman Experience |
| PE Activity: Two one-hour activity courses |
| Social Science: PY 1310 Introduction to Psychology |
| FASL 1090 Service-learning Course I |
| FASL 2090 Service-learning Course II |
| FASL 3090 Service-learning Course III |
| FASL 4190 Service-learning Course IV - Counts as a one-hour course |
| Requirements for Journalism Emphasis | 42 |
| EH 1241 AP Style/Grammar/Usage | 2 |
| EH 1141 Lab for 1241 | 1 |
| EH 1242 Beginning Newswriting | 2 |
| EH 1142 Lab for 1242 | 1 |
| EH 2241 Intermediate Newswriting | 2 |
| EH 2141 Lab for EH 2241 | 1 |
| EH 2242 Journalism Ethics | 2 |
| EH 2142 Lab for EH 2242 | 1 |
| EH 3241 Layout and Page Design | 2 |
| EH 3141 Lab for EH 3241 | 1 |
| EH 4241 Newspaper Management | 2 |
| EH 4141 Lab for EH 4241 | 1 |
| EH 4242 Senior Seminar | 2 |
| EH 4142 Lab for EH 4242 | 1 |
| EH 3315 Technical Writing | 3 |
| EH 3301 Advanced Composition | 3 |
| EH 4351 Studies in the English Language | 3 |
| EH 33XX/43XX American or British Literature (upper level) | 3 |
| EH 3321 Feature Writing | 3 |
| EH 4317 Rhetorical Theory | 3 |
| EH 4312 Internship | 3 |
| Electives | 12 |
| Total Hours | 125-130 |