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Journalism and Mass Communication, B.A., B.S.

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Freshman
FallCreditsSpringCredits 
ENGL 1503U.S Diversity 3 
JL MC 1101LIB 1601 
JL MC 1013Arts and Humanities3 
Arts and Humanities3Social Science3 
Natural Science3Natural Science3 
Social Science3Elective3 
 16 16
Sophomore
FallCreditsSpringCredits 
ENGL 2503JL MC 2013 
Social Science3JL MC 220 - 3543 
Foreign Language or Elective4Foreign Language or Elective4 
Natural Science2Arts and Humanities3 
Elective3Elective1 
 15 14
Junior
FallCreditsSpringCreditsSummerCredits
JL MC 202, 206 or 3213JL MC 200 - 3543JL MC 4993
Arts and Humanities3JL MC - 400-leve3 
DAC3DAC3 
DAC3DAC - 300+3 
Elective - 300+3STAT 1014 
 15 16 3
Senior
FallCreditsSpringCredits 
JL MC 220 - 3543JL MC 220 - 343 
JL MC 4603400-level3 
DAC - 300+3DAC - 300+3 
International Perspectives - 300+3DAC - 300+3 
Elective - 300+3  
 15 12
Total Credits: 122

Students in all ISU majors must complete a three-credit course in U.S. diversity and a three-credit course in international perspectives. Check (http://www.registrar.iastate.edu/courses/div-ip-guide.html) for a list of approved courses.

LAS majors require a minimum of 120 credits, including a minimum of 45 credits at the 300-level and above. Students must also complete the LAS foreign language requirement and any high school unmet admission requirements.

1

Students must pass the School administered English Usage Test (EUT) in accordance with the following guidelines:

  • Students entering the School as freshmen pre-advertising or pre-journalism and mass communications majors, whose entrance is not accompanied by a pre-entrance score on the ACT-E of 26 or higher, or an SAT-V score of 590 or higher, will have one calendar year from the start of their first term as a Pre-Advrt or Pre-Jl MC major to meet the requirement for the English Usage Test.
  • Students entering the School as transfer students, either from other institutions or from within Iowa State, must pass the School's English Usage Test or provide evidence of having received a score on the ACT-E of 26 or higher, or SAT-V of 590 or higher, by the end of their second full academic term in the School as a pre-major.
2

JL MC majors need a broad-based academic background that the School seeks to ensure by requiring a Designated Area of Concentration (DAC made up of 21 credits with at least 12 credits from the 300-level or above of coursework outside Greenlee. The DAC is a secondary area of expertise make up of courses selected and designed by the student, with adviser approval,m to complement the student's academic and career interest. A second major outside of Advrt or Jl MC may substitute for the DAC.