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Journalism Plan of Study

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Communications: Journalism (42 credits)
In addition to General Education and foreign language requirements, the requirements of the major in Communications are as follows:

Required Core Courses (18 credits)
Course # Course Title
COM 102 Communication Theory
COM 103 History of Media and Communication
COM 104 Art of Film and Video
COM 225 Introduction to Moving Image and Production
COM 300 Media Criticism
COM 410 Senior Thesis Seminar
Required for Journalism
Course # Course Title
COM 207 Introduction to Journalism
COM 208 Writing for Newspapers I
Choose 12 credits from:
COM 209 Writing for Newspapers II (Prerequisite: COM 208)
COM 252 Writing the Sports Story
COM 316 Writing for Magazines
COM 216 Feature Writing
COM 320 Magazine Editing and Production
COM 329 Special Topics: Photojournalism I and II
COM 329 Special Topics: Web Journalism
COM 403 Free Speech, Media Law, and Democracy
COM 450 Documentary Production (prerequisite: COM 225)
Communications Electives (6 credits)
Any two courses offered by the communications department.

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Department of Communications
Blodgett Hall
Adelphi University
P.O. BOX 701
Garden City, NY 11530-0701
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